Infrastructure Design Architect

**Job Description** Infrastructure Design Architect
Position Description
From public service transformation to cutting-edge commercial projects, our work has a wide reach, helping make the everyday easier, for everyone. Join us as an Infrastructure Design Architect based anywhere between Manchester, Birmingham, South Wales, Readingand London
When you start your CGI story, not only will you be improving people’s lives, you can be sure we’ll do the same for you. Alongside a competitive salary, we offer you access to our share scheme (3% + 3% matching), making you a member not just an employee. Youalso have the option to benefit from private medical and dental insurance, flexible retirement options and lots of other trimming designed to help you take care of yourself and your family.
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role you will act as the focus of an Infrastructure Team developing Infrastructure solutions, contributing general technical knowledge and experience.
- Set and manage stakeholder expectations regarding infrastructure.
- Assess current and emergent technology, giving advice on price and performance.
- Develop relationships with infrastructure product vendors.
- Align the technology with the business and customer goals, identifying benefits and risk mitigation approaches associated with the proposed solution.
- Ensure infrastructure risks are managed, in particular non-functional requirements, including availability, scalability and performance.
- Support formal and informal technical reviews to assure quality of the infrastructure solution design.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
ou will need a proven track record in leading the development of a range of Infrastructure solutions, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external/internal customers.
- Demonstrable success in a similar infrastructure role
- Risk, Cost Driven awareness
- TOGAF aware.
- Extensive experience of presenting Infrastructure solutions to clients.
- Ability to share knowledge at an architect level at all levels.
- Extensive experience of assessing and mitigating technical and non-technical issues and risks.
- Experience of generating reliable cost estimates for infrastructure elements of small to medium sized projects.
**Insights you can act on**
While technology is at the heart of our clients’ digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.
When you join CGI, you become a trusted advisor, collaborating with colleagues and clients to bring forward actionable insights that deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We call our employees “members” because they are CGI shareholders and owners, and,as owners, we enjoy working and growing together to build a company we are proud of. This has been our Dream since 1976, and it has brought us to where we are today—one of the world’s largest independent providers of IT and business consulting services.
At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where everyone belongs, and we collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal opportunity employer, we empower all our members to succeedand grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.
Ready to become part of our success story? Join CGI—where your ideas and actions make a difference.
**Skills**:

- Infrastructure architecture
- Technical Architecture
- TOGAF
- Financial Management
- Leadership
- Security Architecture