Data Centre Architect

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Job Title: DC Architect

Contract: Permanent

Location: Dublin, in office

Working Model/Shifts: On Call for escalation support

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Shape large-scale Datacentre transformation – Strategic and architectural thinking
• Strong stakeholder & executive communication, ability to drive transformation programs
• Decision-making & risk handling, Strong documentation & presentation skills
• Leadership & mentoring capability
• Influence at the highest level – Work closely with CIOs, senior IT leadership, and business stakeholders to define DC/Infra strategy, ensuring impactful decision-making and measurable business outcomes.

The Role

A Data Centre Architect is responsible for the end-to-end design, planning, and governance of data center infrastructure —including compute, storage, network, security, and facilities. The role ensures high availability, scalability, performance, and compliance while aligning with business and digital transformation goals (e.g., hybrid cloud, modernization).

A Data Centre Architect plays a strategic and technical leadership role , bridging infrastructure, cloud, and business needs. The position demands deep technical expertise along with the ability to design resilient, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient environments .

Your responsibilities:

• Own DC architecture roadmap, Design scalable, secure, HA infrastructure, Align on-prem & hybrid with business goals.
• Architect Windows, Linux & VMware platforms
• Define standards: VM provisioning, patching, vulnerability mgmt.
• Design SCOM monitoring ecosystem, implement proactive alerting & noise reduction, Enable full stack observability
• Define Rubrik backup policies & SLAs, Implement immutable backups & DR plans
• Conduct DR drills & audits
• Lead DC exit, consolidation & modernization, Drive migration governance & stakeholder alignment
• Embed Zero Trust principles, Ensure patching, vulnerability fixes & RBAC
• Capacity planning, Optimize resources, licensing & infra costs

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Enterprise DC Design : Scalable, HA compute, storage & network architecture
• Hybrid & Cloud : On-prem integration with Azure, AWS, GCP (hybrid/multi-cloud)
• Virtualization & Containers : VMware/Hyper-V/KVM, Kubernetes & Docker
• Networking : LAN/WAN, SDN, leaf-spine, segmentation, firewalls, load balancing
• Storage & Data : SAN/NAS/Object storage, backup, replication, lifecycle mgmt.
• DR & BCP : DR strategies, failover models, RPO/RTO aligned to SLAs
• Security & Compliance : Zero Trust, encryption, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS
• Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python
• Capacity & Performance : Forecasting, optimization, performance tuning
• Vendors & Stakeholders : RFP/PoC leadership, cross-team collaboration

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• SDDC: VMware NSX, vSAN, software-defined networking & storage
• Edge Computing : Edge DC & low-latency architecture design
• Green DC: Energy efficiency & sustainability practices
• AI/ML Infra: GPU, HPC environments for AI workloads
• Monitoring & Observability : AIOps, predictive analytics, tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics)
• Migration & Transformation : DC consolidation, relocation, cloud migration
• FinOps : Cost governance for infra & hybrid cloud

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop and access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon and partner with our local communities in Ireland.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

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We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

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