Cloud Architect
London
Permanent
£70k-£75k
Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
My client is leading in the IT Managed Services sector and is seeking a Cloud Architect to join their team. You will be a Senior Cloud Architect and will need to present technical knowledge and lead with it for hybrid cloud and converged Infrastructure architectures inside the business.
Duties:
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Technical leadership for hybrid cloud and converged infrastructure architectures
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Develop and maintain consistent architecture standards and roadmaps
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Subject matter expert for hybrid cloud, converged infrastructure, cloud management, orchestration and automation tools within the Platform Team
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Provide Level 3 Support for Platform/Cloud, HA and DR technologies
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Provide Level 2/3 Support for Platform/Converged Infrastructure technologies
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Develop/Support key operational processes, including change, problem, incident and demand management to ensure Platform meets regulatory and customer requirements.
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Take a key role in key client projects and tasks to ensure successful delivery
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Maintain agreed Vendor Cloud and Converged Infrastructure certifications, ie VCDX-Cloud (VMware Certified Design Expert) and FlexPod Design
Experience
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Providing Hybrid Cloud/Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture designs and standards in Metro-HA and Beyond Metro DR configurations
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Understanding Cloud Platforms from a service provider perspective
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Understanding Vulnerability Information, Assessment and Management processes
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Understanding of Cloud and Infrastructure automation and orchestration
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Regulatory frameworks, such as PCI-DSS, and a good understanding of the work required attaining and maintaining these
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Converged Infrastructure: FlexPod, VersaStack, Vblock, VxRack
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Domain Services: Active Directory, DNS, Certification
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Hybrid Cloud solutions: vCloud, Azure, Softlayer, AWS
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Hybrid IT Infrastructure Automation: vROps, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Vagrant
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Hypervisor: vSphere, Hyper-V, OpenStack
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Monitoring Tools: vROps, Spectrum UIM/NimsoftScripting Languages: Shell, Ruby, Perl, Python, PowerShell
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VCDX-Cloud or similar level of knowledge
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Virtualisation: vSphere, Hyper-V, Docker, vSAN, NSX, Cisco ACI