Title:  Infrastructure Architect - Network Services

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Infrastructure Architect - Network Services

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£61,105 - £64,321 per year

35 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure Architect - Network Services with experience of working in an enterprise Infrastructure environment, to join our Technology team at our head office in Worcester. We offer hybrid working for this role with the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week.

You will be integral to the future direction and design of Infrastructure services ensuring the integration of new technologies and cloud services, providing governance over their implementation.

Operating as a subject matter expert for delivery and operational teams, you will support in the introduction of new technologies and capabilities, identifying where new approaches and techniques could be applied to the existing platforms and producing high and low-level technical designs working closely with delivery teams to see the designs through to implementation.

The role of Infrastructure Architect - Network Services will include:

• Developing and maintaining comprehensive infrastructure architecture blueprints and roadmaps
• Ensuring designs align with business objectives and technical requirements
• Evaluating emerging technologies and tools, and providing recommendations for adoption
• Leading the implementation of infrastructure projects
• Working closely with application development, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration
• Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of infrastructure designs, configurations, and processes
• Monitoring and analysing infrastructure performance
• Ensuring that infrastructure solutions are designed and implemented with a strong focus on security best practices and compliance requirements
• Managing relationships with third-party vendors and service providers

Skills and experiences:

• Comprehensive experience in Architect design of WAN, SDWAN. VOIP and campus Network solutions including both physically connected and Wi-Fi technologies
• Comprehensive experience and qualifications in Network infrastructure technologies
• Qualifications in Cloud Network Solutions is desirable
• Proven experience of designing and implementing improvements to Network infrastructure services
• Proven experience of managing medium and large scale Network infrastructure related projects
• Strong planning, organisational and communication skills with the ability to adapt style and language depending on the audience
• Excellent negotiation, influencing and presentation skills
• Excellent project management skills

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

Our Benefits    

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £53,134 with an additional policy allowance of £7,970 per annum (rising to £55,931 with an additional policy allowance of £8,389 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

To view the job profile please click here (if the link is unavailable please visit the Sanctuary careers website)

Closing Date: 30 October 2024

Before you apply, please ensure you have an updated copy of your CV. If you're unsure about any details or have questions about the role, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.