Infrastructure Architecture Lead

Role Title: Infrastructure Architecture LeadDuration: Contract to run until 30/01/2027Location: London. Hybrid, 3 days per week onsiteRate: up to 678.96 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary Lead the end-to-end infrastructure architecture workstream, ensuring the design and delivery of secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally supportable infrastructure solutions. The role provides architectural leadership across infrastructure, network, cyber security, and monitoring domains while aligning solutions to business and technology objectives. Key ResponsibilitiesOwn the infrastructure architecture roadmap and target-state designs.Lead architecture activities across compute, storage, cloud, network, workplace, and platform services.Provide oversight and governance for Cyber Security, Network, and Monitoring workstreams.Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, operational, and compliance requirements.Define infrastructure standards, patterns, and best practices.Work closely with delivery, engineering, security, and client stakeholders to drive architectural decisions.Review and approve high-level and low-level solution designs.Support risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical assurance activities.Provide leadership to architects and technical SMEs across the programme.Required Skills and ExperienceStrong infrastructure architecture experience across enterprise environments.Broad knowledge of cloud platforms, data centres, networking, and ..... full job details .....