Technology Architect - Infrastructure Architect (Capacity & Performance, Multi-Platform) - Lond[...]

Role - Technology Architect

Technology - Infrastructure Architect (Capacity & Performance, Multi-Platform)

Location - Leeds/Warwick UK

Role Overview

The Infrastructure Architect will be responsible for designing, optimizing, and managing enterprise IT infrastructure across Compute (AIX/Linux, Windows/VMware), Storage, and Network domains, with strong focus on capacity planning, performance engineering, and operational resilience. The role will support large‑scale enterprise environments and ensure high availability, scalability, and performance optimization across all infrastructure layers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, optimal sizing, and continuous monitoring of compute, storage, and network infrastructure.
• Capacity planning and forecasting for compute, storage and network resources.
• Performance analysis, tuning, and bottleneck mitigation across AIX/Linux/Windows and VMware environments.
• VMware infrastructure lifecycle management – ESXi, vCenter, clusters.
• Storage & backup architecture – design SAN/NAS, optimize IOPS, throughput, latency and lead backup/recovery strategies.
• Network architecture – LAN/WAN, DC networking, routing/switching to support scalability and HA.
• Implement and enhance monitoring solutions, alerts and automation for provisioning, capacity reporting and performance tuning.
• ITIL process support – Incident, Problem and Change management and root‑cause analysis for recurring performance issues.
• Design and validate DR/HA solutions, conduct periodic DR drills.

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

• Compute – IBM AIX (LPAR, Power systems, PowerVC), Linux (RHEL), Windows Server & AD
• Virtualization – VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, HA, DRS)
• Storage & Backup – SAN/NAS, replication, backup solutions
• Networking – LAN/WAN, routing/switching, DC networking
• Monitoring & Tools – infrastructure monitoring, alerting and performance tools

Experience

10–15+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture/engineering in large enterprise environments (multi‑DC, hybrid infra). Proven experience in stakeholder management across storage, network and application teams and strong problem‑solving skills.

Soft Skills

• Capacity planning & trending
• Performance analysis & tuning
• Infrastructure optimization
• ITIL process awareness (Incident, Change, Problem)
• Strong stakeholder management and cross‑team collaboration
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Leadership in design discussions and technical governance

All aspects of the hiring process and employment at Infosys are based on merit, competence and performance. We are committed to embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Infosys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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