Infrastructure Architect

Legal & General is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to spearhead the architecture design and development of our comprehensive monitoring and observability toolset. This pivotal role involves supporting multiple product and service teams on a fractional basis working closely with architects product owners and engineers across the organisation.

The ideal candidate will possess an indepth understanding of L&Gs infrastructure policies and standards and will leverage this expertise to empower teams to make swift informed conclusions. This role is crucial in ensuring our observability toolset remains scalable secure and reliable. The successful candidate will provide strategic recommendations and collaborate with teams to ensure the seamless implementation of monitoring solutions.

What youll be doing:

• Spearheading the design of monitoring and observability across multiple teams ensuring alignment with Legal & Generals broader technology architecture and strategy to support business objectives. Your direction will drive innovation and excellence
• Designing and implementing mechanisms for rapid delegated architectural management within product and service teams preventing architecture decisions from delaying customer delivery. Empowering teams to make swift impactful results
• Developing and effectively communicating strategies solution designs key design resolutions and approaches to stakeholders creating roadmaps patterns and standards as necessary to ensure adherence to agreed architectures. Inspiring clarity and collaboration across the organisation
• Serving as an authority on Legal & Generals infrastructure policies standards and frameworks providing pragmatic advice to teams on their application to enable swift progress.
• Steering the assessment and decisionmaking process for new technology and infrastructure choices leveraging expert knowledge of the observability landscape to guide teams in making optimal conclusions for Legal & General. Championing the adoption of cuttingedge solutions
• Deciding when choices should be escalated to organisationwide architectural governance forums ensuring that only necessary choices are elevated. Streamlining processes and keeping the momentum going

Qualifications :

Who were looking for:

• Expertise in monitoring and observability technologies including networks Cloud (AWS and Azure) data centers instrumentation application performance and capacity management
• Comprehensive knowledge of infrastructure technologies across hosting networks applications middleware enduser computing and information security
• Experience with Service Management Frameworks FinOps and Enterprise Architecture Tooling.
• Proven track record in designing and implementing monitoring and observability solutions using diverse vendor technologies
• Experience in largescale instrumentation and observability programs including managing thirdparty suppliers and communicating solutions to technical and business users
• Strong background in coordinating and delivering large architecture projects with multiple stakeholders
• Experience mentoring less experienced architects and involving them in architecture initiatives
• Ability to build consensus for design decisions balancing quality with time and cost and finding creative solutions to issues

Whatever your role we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual performancerelated bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays 26 days after 2 years service. Theres also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme which offers employees the option to hire a brandnew electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023 some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information :

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor named Britains Most Admired Company in 2023 for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us youll be part of a welcoming culture with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open mindful and inclusive so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If youre open to find out more wed love to hear from you.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime