Infrastructure Architect

FHQ
Force Headquarters, Camden, London
C001
Full Time
Permanent
up to £52,519.58
£3,033.56
up to £7,469

An Infrastructure Architect is required for a permanent role paying up to £59,988.58 per annum with British Transport Police (BTP) based at BTP Force Headquarters, Camden, London. 

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year.

The purpose of the role:

  • To work with the Architecture and Infrastructure Teams, and their 3rd party providers of server, cloud and storage technologies to design and communicate the structures that enable the implementation and integration of our private cloud into a hybrid cloud solution.
  • To work with all parties to ensure a smooth transition from the AS IS to the TO BE.
  • To work with the Service Delivery team to define the service, process and operating models required to support the clouds and cloud services.
  • To work with the Test Manager to define appropriate infrastructure acceptance tests for the implementation of infrastructure and cloud services, such as Office 365.
  • To validate infrastructure designs for cloud based virtual datacentres for a number of functions.
  • The End User Compute (Office 365) and Cloud migration programmes will require the design and definition of the virtual and physical datacentre environments to support the rollout of the new personal computing environment and the migration of on premise, to government cloud or private cloud hosting environments.
  • Working with the Network Architect, the Infrastructure Architect would be expected to provide guidance on the configuration of the physical and the virtual appliances required to manage and protect the environments, in accordance with the strategic IT direction. The production of infrastructure designs and design policies, strategies, architectures and documentation to support business requirements and strategy.

Please refer to the job description for further information.

  • Salary of up to £59,988.58 (£52,519.58 base + £2,835.11 London Allowance + a SFIA supplement of up to £7,469)
  • Yearly base salary increments (subject to satisfactory performance in last PDR year)
  • Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
  • Flexible agile working approach 
  • Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
  • Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
  • Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
  • Pension scheme.

How to apply

Please click "Apply" below and upload a copy of your CV. 

BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.

At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect. As ‘One BTP’ across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. So that we can become more diverse we encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, people who have a disability, those who are neurodiverse and persons who identify as LGBTQI+. We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted workshops or advice sessions.  If you have the skills, experience and values that here in BTP we pride ourselves on then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please click here or email the team on PART-Recruitment@btp.police.uk

If you want to ask us any awkward or ‘obvious’ questions, if you are you unsure whether your personal circumstances are suitable for a career as a Police Constable but don’t know how to talk to us about it OR you have any questions about the application process, please email our friendly and helpful team where we will be happy to help you:  RecruitmentTeam@btp.police.uk. If your question related to equality or diversity then you can also contact our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team directly at: PART-Recruitment@btp.police.uk To reassure you, anything you ask us will be in the strictest confidence and will not form part of your application.

In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 5 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly. Closing date for applications will 12pm 25th July 2023.

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is October 2023. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team – recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk

Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting and can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to Recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk prior to the vacancy closing. Internal candidates must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum rating of 3 (performing) or a rating of U (no rating) must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.

This opportunity is closed to applications.