Infrastructure Architect

• Architecture and Design • Define the target infrastructure architecture across on-premise data centres and Azure, including compute, storage, network, Kubernetes/OpenShift, middleware and database hosting. • Design landing zones and platform patterns for the core banking system, API platform, Kafka, observability and integration workloads. • Define high availability, active-active and active-passive topologies, backup and disaster recovery patterns with RTO and RPO aligned to service criticality. • Produce reference architectures, high-level and low-level designs and architecture decision records. Qualifications and Experience • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field. • 12-15+ years in infrastructure engineering and architecture, with significant time in banking. • Demonstrated architecture leadership in a large core banking transformation. • Track record of designing HA and DR for tier-1 banking systems. • Experience working with core banking vendors and global system integrators. Technical Skills • Hybrid cloud architecture, with Azure strongly preferred. • VMware virtualisation, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Linux and enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, object storage). • Oracle database infrastructure including RAC, Data Guard and Exadata. • Data centre and cloud networking, load balancing and security zoning. • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), GitOps and CI/CD. • Observability and capacity management tooling. • Understanding of BIAN-aligned, API-led and event-driven architectures. Preferred Certifications • TOGAF 9 or 10. • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. • Red Hat OpenShift or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). • Oracle Exadata or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certification. • Experience Level 12-15+ years in banking infrastructure and architecture Skills Azure Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code