Systems Architect

Operational Systems Architect Permanent - Hybrid (Reading) About the Role We''re partnering with an innovative technology business delivering mission-critical operational systems to customers across the UK and internationally. They are looking for an experienced Operational Systems Architect to take ownership of the design, resilience and ongoing performance of complex IT infrastructure supporting live operational environments. This is a hands-on senior engineering position where you''ll be responsible for ensuring systems remain secure, highly available and fully recoverable. Working across infrastructure, databases, networking and systems integration, you''ll play a key role in maintaining business-critical platforms while driving continuous improvements to reliability, monitoring and operational standards. The role offers a mix of office-based and customer-facing work, with regular travel to client sites and opportunities to contribute to the delivery of large-scale, high-availability technology solutions. Key Responsibilities Design and maintain scalable, secure and resilient system architectures across internal platforms and customer deployments. Develop, implement and regularly test backup, restore and disaster recovery strategies to ensure business continuity. Support and optimise operational databases, data pipelines and storage platforms, maintaining data integrity and system performance. Deploy, configure and manage Windows and Linux server environments ..... full job details .....