Solutions Architect - Data Centre/Infrastructure - London, Banking

Solutions Architect, VMWare, Citrix, Windows Server, infrastructure, design.

Founded in 2008, ECS has quickly established itself as a fast growing, thriving IT consultancy and services company for enterprise clients. With a relentless focus on service quality and delivery that customers trust and depend upon, the company has experienced rapid and profitable growth year-on-year.

Key Responsibilities:
* Confidently scope complex and critical projects, define and manage deliverables and lead solution delivery.
* Define and design solutions through architectural and management best practice.
* Assess and promote relevant technology innovations through to proven solution improvements.
* Lead solution implementation across multiple teams covering a range of complex technologies.
* Define and manage delivery of comprehensive technical documentation.
* Act as a mentor to staff members within multiple disciplines.

Skills & Experience, Essential:
* Experience of leading solutions across business critical environments.
* Proven experience of complex, large scale solution designs & implementations/migrations.
* Strong leadership around heterogeneous solution design, improvement and ROI management.
* Architectural and design experience across multiple solution domains.
* Industry leadership around application, data or infrastructure management solutions, exploiting innovation where appropriate.
* Expertise around business critical and business continuity solutions.
* Strong leadership across IT disciplines, functions and business value management.
* Industry leadership around architectural best practice, often exploiting innovation.
* Architecture and design experience using converged infrastructure and Cloud platforms.

Qualifications:
* Degree or equivalent experience
* TOGAF Practitioner

ECS clients receive outstanding service with a personal touch, blending a positive customer experience with the expertise and professionalism that delivers remarkable value to some of the biggest, most demanding and heavily regulated businesses.

ECS provides services in the following areas:
* Programme Delivery
* End User Computing
* IT Consultancy
* Data Centre
* IT Security
* Networks

ECS has over 300 employees, a growing pool of contracted Associates, and is headquartered in Glasgow, with offices in Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Pune and Johannesburg.
With a significant and increasing pipeline of work, we are looking to recruit highly talented, ambitious and motivated individuals to join us on our journey. It's an exciting time to join ECS and a great place to work. If you have the skills and experience as stipulated above, can demonstrate a strong level of achievement in your career and want to join a thriving solutions driven organisation where you can continue to develop your skills, we would like to hear from you. Suffice to say, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, commensurate with your experience and will provide appropriate training to assist you in achieving your personal goals.

Please forward your CV for immediate consideration.

We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.

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