Platform / Infrastructure Architect (Hybrid, UK/Morocco) in London

Intelance is a specialist consultancy in Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and AI. We are building a lean, senior team to stand up a new Enterprise Architecture function for a major engineering and project-delivery group in North Africa. We are looking for an experienced Platform / Infrastructure Architect to define hosting and platform patterns, shape the target technical landscape (on-prem and cloud), and support key projects with clear, pragmatic infrastructure designs.

Tasks

• Work with Enterprise, Solution, Security, Data, and Integration Architects to define the client's platform and infrastructure baseline (on-prem, cloud, network, identity, endpoints).
• Document current infrastructure landscape – core platforms, environments, key dependencies, and technical risks.
• Define target hosting patterns and platform standards (e.g. when to use on-prem vs cloud, multi-tier patterns, shared services, shared platforms).
• Design infrastructure views for 1-2 pilot projects going through the new EA workflow, covering environments, connectivity, resilience, and operational model.
• Specify and refine non-functional requirements (availability, performance, capacity, backup/restore, DR, monitoring) for solutions and integrations.
• Work closely with Security Architects to ensure designs meet security controls (network zoning, identity, encryption, logging) without blocking delivery.
• Support IT Operations in aligning platform operations and support (monitoring, patching, incident management) with the target architecture.
• Contribute clear, reusable infrastructure patterns and reference diagrams into the EA repository.
• Highlight and prioritise infrastructure risks and technical debt that impact projects, and help shape a realistic improvement roadmap.
• Explain infrastructure options and constraints clearly to non-infrastructure stakeholders (IT leadership, PMO, business).

Requirements

• 7+ years' experience in Infrastructure Architecture, Platform Architecture, or related roles.
• Strong experience designing infrastructure for complex environments with a mix of on-prem and cloud, multiple line-of-business systems, and integrations.
• Good understanding of core domains such as compute, storage, networking, identity, load balancing, backup/DR, monitoring, and operations.
• Hands‐on exposure to at least one major cloud platform (e.g. Azure, AWS) and hybrid connectivity patterns.
• Comfortable producing clear infrastructure design artefacts (high‐level infra diagrams, environment maps, NFR definitions).
• Able to work closely with Solution, Integration, and Security Architects to ensure designs are coherent and implementable.
• Confident discussing trade‐offs (cost vs resilience, performance vs complexity) with technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills in English and comfortable working in a hybrid model (remote plus occasional on‐site visits to Casablanca and/or London).

Nice to have

• Experience supporting platforms in engineering, construction, energy, utilities, or other project‐driven industries.
• Knowledge of Microsoft‐centric environments (Windows Server, Active Directory / Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Azure).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, App Insights, Splunk, ELK, etc.).
• French language skills and/or experience working with Francophone or North African clients.
• Experience contributing to EA or design authority forums (ARB, CAB).

Benefits

• Key role in shaping the technical foundation of a new Enterprise Architecture capability for a major engineering and project‐delivery group.
• Work in a small, senior team that values clear, practical designs and honest risk discussion.
• Hybrid working model – remote by default, with focused on‐site trips to run workshops and support pilot projects.
• Exposure to Intelance's broader EA, Cybersecurity, and AI work, with the opportunity to influence platform / infrastructure practices across clients.
• Competitive compensation with options for freelance / Ltd company engagement or longer‐term collaboration.
• Direct access to Intelance leadership and the chance to help shape our platform / infrastructure architecture playbooks and patterns.

If you are a Platform / Infrastructure Architect who enjoys turning messy hybrid estates into clear patterns and realistic designs that projects can actually deliver, we would like to hear from you. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a brief introductory call, followed by a practical case discussion with the Intelance team.