Senior Technical Infrastructure Architect

Senior Technical Infrastructure Architect

• Competitive salary
• 80% remote working available
• Up to 25% annual bonus

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a Technical Infrastructure Architect to join the IT Architecture team. You will work within the existing Architecture practice on the multi-year project portfolio, supporting in the definition and creation of technical architecture artefacts.

As a Technical Infrastructure Architect, you will oversee the creation of high-level design documents derived from business requirements of a solution vision to support projects, assisting in the creation of initial and final solution architecture documents. You will review and approve partner organisation documentation against corporate and architectural standards, providing technical infrastructure expertise to various governance forums, projects and focus groups.

You will have excellent communication skills, working with project stakeholders to ensure that Infrastructure Architecture requirements are effectively incorporated into project solutions and deliveries, working closely with other Technical Architecture teams building technical and working relationships. You will maintain, develop, and store the roadmaps and designs of our IT infrastructure landscape, focusing on supporting the Solution Architecture function in the development of solutions and recommended platforms. You will provide technical guidance to the Enterprise Architecture team on recommended and emerging infrastructure technologies, providing governance and assurance of standards adherence. You will create KDDs, Standards and Patterns for new technology, reviewing and approving partner designs, decisions, and quotations against requirements and HLDs, presenting HLDs, KDDs, Standards & Patterns to various governance forums.

About you

As a Technical Architect, you will have experience of playing a key role within an IT delivery function, with working knowledge of all architectural domains. You will have worked within infrastructure related projects and service provision, demonstrating infrastructure domain experience including hyper-converged infrastructure, architectural design patterns and architectural standards and methodologies.

You will also have excellent presentation and influencing skills and experience of working to tight deadlines. You will be comfortable working on projects at home and in the office and capable of working independently, coupled with good team skills.

We are seeking an individual with key technical skills in the following:

• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of defining and implementing a DevOps practice
• Working knowledge of DevOps, CI / CD, automation and containerization technologies such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubrenetes etc
• Experience in Software Development using Java and .Net technologies and Agile Practices
• Experience with Cloud Native Architectures, REST and APIs, Microservices, Spring Boot / Framework, .Net / .Net Core, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker
• Solid understanding of Private Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, as well as various Cloud Models (Azure and AWS).
• Infrastructure architecture and best practice experience a significant plus.
• Broad knowledge of software development techniques, processes, methods and best practices.
• Knowledge of application test automation products, processes, and best practices
• Proven experience and strong understanding of agile development and conventional method and its application to company technology needs.
• Strong strategic decision making and long-term planning abilities to manage resources and develop efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems.
• Demonstrable experience in automating operations tasks with one or more scripting languages
• Experience creating and/or maintaining production software delivery pipelines using common CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GoCD, CircleCI)
• Experience working with one of the main cloud providers (AWS, Azure or Google)

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus (up to 25% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Private medical insurance + options to add family members
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and are one of only 39 companies across the globe, and the only organisation with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2022 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021 and the Glassdoor Best 50 Workplaces List 2023.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.