Infrastructure Architect

Role: Infrastructure Architect

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Coventry

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Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We don’t just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more opportunities to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation.

• Work with some of the brightest global minds in the industry.
• Collaborate with highly important stakeholders.
• Lead and influence some of the brightest global minds in the industry.

The Role

As an infrastructure architect, you need to have a balanced set of skills. The skills you possess will not only shape your professional career but also impact the success of the organizations you work for. Requires technical skills and soft skills that will make you an effective infrastructure architect. Possess the technical skills required to design, plan, and manage infrastructure projects.

Your Profile

Key skills/knowledge:

• Networking: you should be well-versed in networking technologies and protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, VLAN, DNS, and DHCP.
• Storage: you should have expert knowledge of storage protocols, architecture, and technologies such as SAN, NAS, RAID, and cloud storage.
• Virtualization and Cloud Computing: you should have a solid understanding of virtualization technologies and cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Operating Systems: you should have a strong grasp of different operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Unix, and macOS.
• Security: you should have knowledge of cybersecurity threats and measures to prevent them, such as firewalls, intrusion detection, and prevention systems.
• Moreover, you should have experience in the following technologies:
• Middleware and Application Servers: you should have a good understanding of application servers and middleware such as JBoss, WebSphere, and Tomcat.
• Web Servers and Load Balancers: you should have experience with web servers such as Apache and Nginx, as well as load balancers such as F5 and HAProxy.
• Automation Tools: you should be having fair amount of knowledge on how and when to use these automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Artificial intelligence – Must have : Fair Knowledge on technologies used in developing AI solution

Key Responsibilities

• Some of your key roles and responsibilities as an Infrastructure Architect include:
• Designing and implementing IT infrastructure solutions that meet the organization’s business needs
• Ensuring the stability, security, and scalability of the organization’s IT infrastructure
• Developing and maintaining IT infrastructure policies and procedures
• Collaborating with other IT professionals, such as Application teams and network engineers, to ensure the integration of IT infrastructure solutions
• Providing technical support and guidance to extended IT teams both within and outside organization
• Designing and implementing physical and virtual server infrastructures
• Developing disaster recovery plans for IT infrastructure systems
• Implementing and maintaining cloud-based solutions, such as Private cloud, AWS or Azure
• Ability to convey the solution and seek approvals from customer’s technical design authority and other stakeholders
• Designing and implementing network infrastructure solutions, such as firewalls and VPNs
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards and security policies as defined by the organization
• Fair amount of knowledge on Legacy tools, Operating systems and approach for mitigating them
• Ability to understand, comprehend and visualize the data for effective solutioning
• Derive and deliver Legacy OS and Tools remediation approach, in line with application roadmap and environment’s roadmap
• Document the HLD, LLD and process flow from scratch for the solution being proposed
• Ability to understand the cost implications and effort calculation for the proposed solution
• Provide a rough estimation for the solution being proposed and how different it is from other solutions
• Knowledge on Artificial Intelligence and drive the AI technical team in developing use cases and test cases

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing

At TCS, we believe in building and sustaining a culture of equity and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our diversity motto is ‘Inclusion without Exception’.

You’ll find a welcoming culture and many internal volunteering and social networks to join. Our diversity, inclusion and social activities include LGBTQ+ and mental health networks, as well as health and wellness initiatives and sports events (we even sponsor the London Marathon).

TCS celebrates inclusion without exception. We are open to all and treat applications equally, regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation or beliefs.

If you are an applicant who needs an accommodation due to a disability to complete an employment application, or during any phase of the hiring process, please contact us at ansah.steve@tcs.com with the subject line: “Disability Accommodation Request”.

Due to a high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.

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