Are you a forward-thinking technical leader with a passion for driving architectural strategy across complex infrastructure and cloud environments? We're looking for a Technical Architect to join a high-performing team shaping the future of enterprise technology platforms.

This is a hands-on, senior-level role suited to someone who enjoys solving deep technical problems while providing architectural oversight for concurrent projects. You'll play a key role in developing current, future and transitional states for core platforms and ensuring alignment to enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the development of architecture artefacts for large-scale IT projects across infrastructure and application domains.
• Providing guidance to delivery teams and vendors, ensuring alignment to architectural standards and roadmaps.
• Managing architectural input into technical governance forums and reviewing proposals for feasibility and impact.
• Supporting the transition to cloud-native platforms and advising on hybrid infrastructure challenges.
• Overseeing the technical delivery of solutions to meet both operational and strategic goals.
• Analysing technical debt and contributing to its management through pragmatic long-term planning.
• Supporting infrastructure optimisation, security posture uplift, and data centre transitions where required.

Skills and experience required

• Hypervisors (e.g. VMware)
• Compute and storage architecture (e.g. SANs)
• Networking (Cisco desirable)
• Azure cloud technologies - storage, networking, compute
• Container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker) - nice to have

• 8+ years' experience as a Technical Architect, Infrastructure Architect or Solutions Architect.
• A strong understanding of enterprise architecture disciplines and tools, ideally with exposure to TOGAF or similar frameworks.
• Proven experience designing technical solutions across infrastructure stacks including:
• Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technology design.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including working with senior executives and cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting the architectural governance process, including presenting to review boards and contributing to the definition of standards.

Desirable qualifications & skills

• Bachelor's degree in IT or a related field.
• Certifications in Azure, Microsoft or Citrix (desirable).
• Enterprise architecture training (TOGAF or equivalent) is a bonus.
• Background in data centre transformation, security-aware design, or infrastructure as code is highly valued.

Please apply with your current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Andrew Smith on [email protected], quoting reference JN -072025-40799. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com