The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.
Infrastructure/Domain Architect
6 Month Contract£500 a day Inside IR35Remote with occasional site visits (London)
MUST BE UK BASED AND ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE (or already have it)
DXP Talent is hiring for an Infrastructure Architect with a background in delivering Data Centre migrations and who has particular experience with Solaris and AIX.Working on a Government data centre migration project, you'll bring broad infrastructure knowledge across AIX, Solaris, physical servers, virtualisation, networks, storage and security and understand the full migration lifecycle and translate technical requirements into practical designs, reusable migration patterns and clear delivery mechanisms.
Additionally, you'll be working closely with various teams to challenge technical assumptions and guide migrations from discovery through production cutover and operational handover.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead infrastructure migration architecture across the assigned estate, aligning designs with client requirements, security controls and programme standards.
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Assess existing infrastructure, applications, databases and interfaces to establish migration scope, dependencies, compatibility constraints and risks.
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Define appropriate approaches for physical to physical, physical to virtual and virtual to virtual migrations, including relocation, rehosting, rebuilding, replication and recovery where appropriate.
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Create reusable architecture patterns, design templates, technical standards and migration decision frameworks.
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Produce high level designs and work with technical specialists to develop and assure low level designs.
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Establish repeatable delivery mechanisms covering discovery, design, build, testing, migration readiness, cutover, hypercare and service transition.
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Define migration waves and sequencing, accounting for application dependencies, business priorities, data volumes, connectivity and permitted downtime. xsabvtc
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Ensure designs address network routing, firewall rules, segmentation, DNS, IP addressing, load balancing, identity, privileged access and encryption.
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Incorporate storage, backup, recovery, capacity, availability and performanc
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IT Infrastructure Architect employer: DXP Talent
At DXP Talent, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. Our team members benefit from flexible hybrid working arrangements in Telford, competitive daily rates, and opportunities for professional growth within a secure government project environment. Join us to be part of a supportive community where your contributions are valued and your career can thrive.
