Overview
The Solutions Architect will play a pivotal role in transforming a Scottish public body's data centre and cloud infrastructure. This hybrid position involves collaborating with technical teams to assess the current state of server virtualisation, desktop hosting, and storage solutions, while also crafting recommendations and transition roadmaps. The architect will ensure that all infrastructure designs align with organizational standards and address the needs of ongoing projects, fostering a comprehensive architectural strategy.
Responsibilities
- Baseline current server virtualisation technologies and recommend replacements with a defined transition roadmap.
- Assess current virtual desktop hosting services and outline options with supporting recommendations.
- Evaluate future SAN requirements and develop a roadmap based on the current usage and available options.
- Baseline and assess existing infrastructure components—including firewalls, backups, and disaster recovery—to define target solutions.
- Collaborate with operational teams to accurately validate the current infrastructure state.
- Create enterprise target solutions that integrate business, application, data, and security considerations.
- Align all infrastructure designs with the organization's architecture principles and strategies.
- Participate in architecture governance and contribute to the development of infrastructure standards and best practices.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect or similar role, with hands-on knowledge of virtualization and SAN technologies.
- Strong familiarity with Broadcom vSphere, Omnissa Horizon, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365.
- Ability to translate complex dependencies into clear and actionable recommendations.
- Experience in developing strategic infrastructure solutions that align with enterprise architecture principles.
- Strong understanding of architecture governance and the ability to create and update architectural artefacts.
- Excellent collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams, including information governance and cyber security.
- Experience with cloud frameworks and knowledge of disaster recovery solutions is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to manage transition plans in conjunction with other ongoing projects effectively.