Senior Infrastructure Architect (24-month contract)

Role Introduction

Reports to: Infra & Security Architect Manager

This role is part of our Information Technology team, dedicated to delivering resilient, scalable, and future-ready infrastructure solutions that empower the business.

As a Senior Infrastructure Architect, you will provide strategic technical leadership in shaping the vision, roadmap, and standards for our infrastructure platforms and services. You will be responsible for designing and delivering fit-for-purpose, cost-effective, and robust infrastructure solutions that support the successful execution of business and IT programmes.

With your deep expertise in infrastructure architecture, you will play a critical role in translating business and non-functional requirements into innovative technology blueprints, ensuring performance, reliability, and long-term value. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive excellence in solution design and implementation, contributing to the continuous evolution of our technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the definition of infrastructure architecture and roadmap including architecture vision,  principles,  standards  (including  standard  products  and platforms) and policies; target state blueprints and roadmap for infrastructure architecture strategy; maintain and facilitate the process for infrastructure lifecycle management
• Define  and  champion  the  use  of  the  infrastructure  standards,  procedures  and  best practice within the team
• Work  closely  with  Enterprise  Architects  to  align  the  infrastructure  strategy  with the enterprise architecture (all technology domains) and business strategy. Socialize and  secure  support  for  infrastructure  architecture  strategy  and  roadmap from key stakeholders.  Ensure the infrastructure team fully understands, follows and champions the technology standards and patterns as defined within Information Management
• Lead analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement, while monitoring and ensuring compliance to corporate control standards for quality and security
• Coordinate and ensure consistency in process and content across infrastructure architecture; participate in relevant solution design review activities to ensure alignment to infrastructure architecture, infrastructure strategies and architecture principles; participate in architecture governance forums
• Support Infrastructure and Solution Architects and technical teams in identifying and assessing options; review proposed infrastructure designs; lead analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the infrastructure architecture; participate and contribute to relevant industry, alliance and technology forums
• Provide  technical  leadership  and  escalation  support  for  the  resolution  of  defects, incidents  and  problems  during  the  testing,  implementation  and  transition  phases  of the programmes and projects
• Proactively draw out all types of requirements on the IT Infrastructure from stakeholders by using a variety of elicitation techniques (e.g. interviewing, modelling, and surveying)
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high level information into details and distinguish users requests from the underlying business problems; provide technical advice to Information Management (IM) colleagues on the use of the IT Infrastructure and integration of various business applications onto the Cathay Pacific Infrastructure
• Shows initiative and makes time available to ensure general technical competencies and specializations are kept up-to-date in line with industry developments for self and team; collaborate with other IM domains to drive business and technology innovation; keep abreast of the corporate strategy, business plan and latest industry trend

Requirements

• University Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related disciplines
• Minimum 10 years of IT experience with at least 8 years in infrastructure strategy and architecture design Must have proven technical management and specialist experience of working in a complex IT infrastructure environment TOGAF certification is preferred
• Professional competency in at least three technical specialization, with a broad understanding of other current and emerging technologies
• Solid experience of developing solutions and making decisions for a team with only minimal management guidance and supervision and experience of building and maintaining relationships at a senior level and have an ability to influence at all levels
• Strong knowledge  of  how  to  lever  technology  to  reduce  operational  costs  and delivery business innovation in a fast moving and dynamic industry sector
• Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally, and in the written form, to a broad range of audiences; ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations and to work well with others and as part of a technical team
• Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, decision-making and critical thinking skills, leveraging both logic and creativity; strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills; ability to identify patterns and generate informed ideas, with a focus on the business/end user’s or customer’s needs, ability to set expectations and understand end user behaviour
• Ability and willingness to proactively accept and drive change to accomplish positive collective outcomes, and to understand strategy and align tactical and strategic work in a well-balanced way to achieve results
• Strong working knowledge of IT Infrastructure on Cloud and on-perm, platforms, and 
  computer operating software; Good working knowledge of IT Infrastructure and experience in implementing Infrastructure platforms and services
• Experienced in implementing identity and access management technologies (e.g., MFA, SSO), with the ability to communicate and enforce security measures across diverse teams

Personal & Application Information

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