Hybrid Lead Infrastructure Architect

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About the role

  • Lead Infrastructure Architect at Tandem Bank designing and leading hybrid infrastructure platforms. Responsible for architecture design and collaboration with security and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define, design, and maintain enterprise infrastructure architecture across on-premise and cloud environments (Palo Alto SASE, Azure, VMware, Hyper-V).
  • Drive the modernisation and integration of legacy infrastructure into a unified, secure, and scalable platform.
  • Own and maintain the infrastructure roadmap, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and business objectives.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to a team of network and systems engineers.
  • Act as the final escalation point for complex infrastructure issues, ensuring stability and reliability.
  • Collaborate with the Information Security team to embed security best practices (NIST, CIS Benchmarks, RBAC, IDAM) into design and operations.
  • Partner with third-party vendors to ensure service continuity, value, and architectural integrity.
  • Lead on documentation, governance, and standards for infrastructure design and configuration.
  • Conduct on-site reviews and audits to ensure quality and compliance across environments.

Requirements

  • IT degree or equivalent industry experience (demonstrable experience in senior infrastructure or architectural roles).
  • Strong technical leadership and stakeholder communication skills — able to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Proven hands-on experience with networking, network design, and security technologies (Palo Alto Firewall, Juniper Switches, VLAN, VPN, routing, WiFi).
  • Expertise in Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, and virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, Azure).
  • Strong background in Microsoft 365 administration and Azure AD management.
  • Experience with Backup and DR solutions (Veeam, Azure, MS Backup).
  • Strong understanding of infrastructure monitoring, automation, and configuration management.
  • Excellent documentation and architectural design skills.
  • Proven experience working to security and compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, RBAC, IDAM).

Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave
  • An additional ‘celebration day’ (birthday, wedding, graduation, etc.)
  • Buy or sell up to 5 days’ holiday a year
  • Healthcare cash plan via Westfield Health
  • Electric Vehicle and Cycle to Work salary sacrifice schemes
  • 4% pension contribution match (subject to eligibility)
  • Smart Tech purchase scheme
  • 10% discount on solar panels
  • Tandem Hub for discounts and cashback
  • 2 paid volunteering days per year
  • Free snacks, drinks, and social budgets each quarter

Job title

Lead Infrastructure Architect

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£60,000 - £75,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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