At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement cutting-edge infrastructure for defence and aerospace operations.
- Company: Join DXC Technology, a global leader in tech solutions with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, enhanced pension, private medical insurance, and flexible working.
- Other info: Opportunities for professional development and training in a diverse, inclusive team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence tech while advancing your career in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: 12+ years in IT infrastructure, with strong cloud architecture and leadership experience.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
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About DXC Technology
DXC Technology is a Fortune 500 global technology services company delivering mission-critical solutions across more than 130,000 professionals worldwide. With over 40 years' presence in the UK, DXC has recently established its Aerospace and Defence Hub in Farnborough. We deliver enterprise technology solutions that help defence organisations modernise infrastructure, implement cloud platforms, and optimise mission-critical systems.
The Infrastructure/Platform Architect is a senior technical leadership position responsible for designing, implementing and managing enterprise-scale infrastructure platforms supporting defence and aerospace operations. You will architect complex IT environments, define technology strategies, lead infrastructure modernisation programmes, and ensure alignment with security, compliance and operational requirements.
- Design and define enterprise infrastructure architectures spanning compute, storage, networking and virtualisation platforms.
- Develop cloud strategy and hybrid infrastructure roadmaps aligned with MOD requirements and defence security standards.
- Lead capacity planning, scalability assessments and infrastructure optimisation initiatives.
- Lead design and implementation of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or private cloud) supporting mission-critical workloads.
- Architect security controls into infrastructure design, including network segmentation, access controls and encryption.
- Ensure infrastructure compliance with MOD security policy, ITAR regulations and industry standards.
- Support operational readiness, performance monitoring and incident response planning.
Security Clearance
Minimum 12 years' IT infrastructure experience with at least 5 years in an architecture role.
- Strong background in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or equivalent) and hybrid infrastructure models.
- Track record of leading infrastructure modernisation programmes and technology transformation.
- Experience in defence, aerospace or government IT environments.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent), including services, scaling and cost optimisation.
- Strong networking knowledge including SDN, load balancing and network security architectures.
- Familiarity with MOD security requirements, classification handling and defence contractor compliance.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery planning, business continuity and high-availability design patterns.
- Experience with aerospace and defence IT programmes.
- AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect or equivalent cloud certification.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices.
Highly competitive salary and benefits package:
- Enhanced pension scheme.
- Private medical insurance and comprehensive health benefits.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Professional development and training support.
DXC Technology is an equal opportunities employer committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success.
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