I'm partnering with a well-respected global technology solutions and services provider to hire a Data Centre Solutions Architect into their London-based architecture team.
This is a client-facing pre-sales role for someone who loves on-premises infrastructure and enjoys turning complex business problems into clear, well-designed technical solutions. You'll join a highly skilled team of architects and engineers who speak at conferences, run meetups and are genuinely passionate about data centres, cloud, automation and AI.
What you'll be doing:
- Working directly with clients to understand their challenges and design the right on-prem solution
- Data centre network modernisation: spine-leaf, SDN and Cisco ACI
- Infrastructure automation and cost optimisation using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Designing resilient, highly available environments and DR strategies
- Architecting AI-ready infrastructure (GPU/CPU compute) and advising on power, cooling and rack density
- Presenting solutions and business value to technical and senior stakeholders
What you'll bring:
- 5+ years in enterprise infrastructure or data centre architecture
- Hands-on design or deployment experience across some of: Cisco UCS or Dell PowerEdge, Cisco Nexus/ACI, HCI (Nutanix, HyperFlex, Azure Local), Pure Storage or Dell EMC, VMware Cloud Foundation
- Experience architecting and delivering migrations end to end
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to link technology to business outcomes
- Bonus points for CCNP, NVIDIA certifications, Python/REST APIs, or Docker/Kubernetes
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Data Centre Solutions Architect employer: First Point Group
Join a dynamic team in Farnborough, where innovation meets collaboration in the telecommunications sector. As a Software Engineer, you'll benefit from a hybrid work arrangement that promotes work-life balance while being part of a supportive culture that values continuous learning and professional growth. With opportunities to engage directly with client engineering teams and contribute to cutting-edge projects, this role offers a meaningful chance to make an impact in the fast-evolving world of telecom.
