At a Glance
- Tasks: Define infrastructure architecture and design observability solutions using New Relic or Datadog.
- Company: Join a PE-backed scale-up focused on major platform transformation in a regulated business.
- Benefits: Contract role for 6 months with the opportunity to shape future-state architecture.
- Other info: Experience with Kubernetes, AKS, and Docker is essential.
- Why this job: Be pivotal in transitioning from Azure to a modern containerised environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience as an Infrastructure, Cloud, or Platform Architect is required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Contract - Infrastructure Architect - PE backed - Regulated business - Scale up 6 months
We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to support a major platform transformation, moving from a current Azure estate to a modern containerised environment.
Key Responsibilities- Define and govern infrastructure architecture across Azure and container platforms.
- Design observability solutions using New Relic, Datadog, or similar tools, covering logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards.
- Lead disaster recovery and resilience design across application, database, and data layers, including backup and restore testing.
- Define environment topology, segregation, and operational support models.
- Drive ITIL-aligned service transition into BAU, including operational acceptance criteria, runbooks, and escalation processes.
- Proven Infrastructure, Cloud, or Platform Architect experience.
- Experience with Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, or containerised platforms.
- Expertise in observability and monitoring solutions.
- Strong understanding of resilience, disaster recovery, and operational readiness.
- Experience delivering service transition and ITIL-based support models.
This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future-state architecture of a business-critical cloud platform.
Infrastructure Architect employer: Siena Partnership
This PE-backed scale-up is transforming its cloud platform and offers a contract role for 6 months. The team is focused on delivering a modern containerised environment while ensuring operational readiness and resilience.
We think you need these skills to ace Infrastructure Architect
Infrastructure Architecture
Azure
Containerisation
Kubernetes
AKS
Docker
Observability Solutions
