Infrastructure Architect

at  Elsevier

Infrastructure Architect
Are you ready for the next step in your architecture career?
Do you enjoy driving solutions alongside organizational goals ?
About our Team
Our Architecture Team provides ideas, governance and consultancy to our Engineering squads, in identifying and defining cloud solutions to allow for innovative software development solving customer problems.
About the Role
The End User Architect will design and implement technology solutions that enhance the end-user experience in an enterprise environment. They will collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and solution providers to ensure seamless integration of hardware, software, and cloud-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintain the architecture for environments, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior architects and design team members.
• Aligning solutions with organizational goals, identifying user needs and translating them into technical requirements.
• Collaborating with infrastructure and security teams to designsecure, efficient, and scalable environments.
• Analysing and optimize the end-user experience, focusing onperformance, accessibility, and ease of use across multiple platforms.
• Driving innovation by exploring and implementing newtechnologies to enhance the overall user experience.
• Working closely with IT leadership and business units to align strategies with business objectives.
• Acting as the subject matter expert and advisor for end-usertechnologies in projects and initiatives.

Requirements

• Demonstrate expert proficiency in Microsoft Enterprise Services, including deep, hands-on expertise with Office 365, Teams, Intune, Active Directory, and Entra ID. Exhibit comprehensive knowledge of complex licensing structures across these platforms, with the ability to design, implement, and manage optimized licensing solutions for large-scale environments.
• Showcase extensive knowledge of File and Print Systems and Advanced Storage Solutions, with the capability to manage, troubleshoot, and enhance high-availability file systems, print services, and enterprise-grade storage infrastructures.
• Possess a profound understanding of Public Cloud Services, with substantial experience architecting, deploying, and managing robust, scalable solutions in cloud environments. Demonstrated ability to evaluate and implement public cloud strategies that meet security, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Exhibit advanced understanding of Mobile Device Management (MDM) Systems, including hands-on expertise with Jamf, Intune, and Apple Device Enrolment Program (DEP), ensuring seamless configuration, security, and lifecycle management of mobile assets.
• Hold comprehensive, in-depth knowledge of Core Enterprise Services, particularly DHCP and DNS, with a proven track record in optimizing these services for large, complex network environments to ensure reliable, high-performance connectivity.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
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Responsibilities

• Developing and maintain the architecture for environments, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior architects and design team members.
• Aligning solutions with organizational goals, identifying user needs and translating them into technical requirements.
• Collaborating with infrastructure and security teams to designsecure, efficient, and scalable environments.
• Analysing and optimize the end-user experience, focusing onperformance, accessibility, and ease of use across multiple platforms.
• Driving innovation by exploring and implementing newtechnologies to enhance the overall user experience.
• Working closely with IT leadership and business units to align strategies with business objectives.
• Acting as the subject matter expert and advisor for end-usertechnologies in projects and initiatives

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productiv