Infrastructure Architect
Location: Leeds/hybrid
Salary: Up to £90,000 DOE, plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:30
Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery.We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider.
We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.
The Infrastructure Architect plays a crucial role in designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions that support both cloud-based and on-premises applications and services. This role involves gathering business and technical requirements, creating and implementing Azure-related infrastructure designs, and ensuring compliance with design and security standards.The Infrastructure Architect acts as the subject matter expert in infrastructure technologies, supporting implementation teams and ensuring successful delivery of solutions that align with business objectives.
In addition to working closely with stakeholders and project teams, the Infrastructure Architect ensures that all solutions are documented, transitioned seamlessly to operational support, and aligned with enterprise-wide architectural strategies.
What’s in it for you?
Occupational sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Contributory pension
Discounted insurance (Aviva)
Employee discount site
Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
Employee assistance programme
In-house mental health support
Free onsite parking
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Social events throughout the year
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme*(subject to minimum earnings)
Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
Long service bonus
Refer a friend bonus
Blue light card
Hybrid working
Commitment to CPD/training
25 days annual leave increasing with service
Annual leave buy and sell scheme
Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
25% Discount on Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor Services
What you’ll be doing?- Gather business and technical requirements for infrastructure solutions
- Define, own, and implement high- and low-level Azure-related infrastructure designs to support deployment of cloud-based and on-premises applications/services
- Ensure the completeness of infrastructure technical designs, incorporating non-functional requirements such as security, scalability, and performance
- Work with implementation teams to ensure delivered solutions align with customer and stakeholder requirements
- Enforce architectural governance, security, and compliance standards
- Act as the subject matter expert for Azure-based infrastructure solutions
- Ensure seamless handover of solutions to support teams through proper documentation and knowledge sharing
- Work closely with the architects, and other IT teams to align infrastructure solutions with overall technology roadmaps
- Drive continuous improvement and recommend enhancements to existing architectures
- Optimise the balance between innovation, cost efficiency, and scalability
- Extensive experience in enterprise network design and infrastructure solutions, with a preference for Azure expertise
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL architecture and integration of core infrastructure technologies
- Experience with Linux architecture and its integration with Active Directory
- Proficiency in implementing identity & access and privilege management strategies at an enterprise scale
- Knowledge of network authentication protocols such as 802.1x
- Hands-on experience with VMware, Hyper-V, and other virtualization technologies
- Familiarity with modern infrastructure methodologies, including hybrid cloud models, PaaS, and SaaS
- Ability to translate business needs into infrastructure solutions
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to assess technical trade-offs and make informed decisions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, influencing both technical and non-technical stakeholders
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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