Data Centre Architect, Dublin Pike

Job Title: DC Architect

Contract: Permanent

Location: Dublin, in office

Working Model/Shifts: On Call for escalation support

Overview A Data Centre Architect is responsible for the end‑to‑end design, planning, and governance of data center infrastructure—including compute, storage, network, security, and facilities. The role ensures high availability, scalability, performance, and compliance while aligning with business and digital transformation goals (e.g., hybrid cloud,modernization). It demands strategic and technical leadership bridging infrastructure, cloud, and business needs.

Responsibilities

Own DC architecture roadmap; design scalable, secure, HA infrastructure; align on‑prem&hybrid with business goals.

Define standards: VM provisioning, patching, vulnerability management.

Design SCOM monitoring ecosystem, implement proactive alerting&noise reduction, enable full stack observability.

Define Rubrik backup policies&SLAs; implement immutable backups&DR plans.

Lead DC exit, consolidation&modernization; drive migration governance&stakeholder alignment.

Embed Zero Trust principles; ensure patching, vulnerability fixes&RBAC.

Capacity planning, optimize resources, licensing&infra costs.

Your Profile

Hybrid&Cloud : On‑prem integration with Azure, AWS, GCP.

DR&BCP : DR strategies, failover models, RPO/RTO aligned to SLAs.

Security&Compliance : Zero Trust, encryption, ISO 27001, PCI‑DSS.

Automation&IaC : Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python.

Capacity&Performance : Forecasting, optimization, performance tuning.

Vendors&Stakeholders : RFP/PoC leadership, cross‑team collaboration.

SDDC : VMware NSX, vSAN, software‑defined networking&storage.

Green DC : Energy efficiency&sustainability practices.

AI/ML Infra : GPU, HPC environments for AI workloads.

Monitoring&Observability : AIOps, predictive analytics, tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics).

Migration&Transformation : DC consolidation, relocation, cloud migration.

FinOps : Cost governance for infra&hybrid cloud.

Benefits TCS offers competitive salary packages, pension, health care, life assurance, laptops, extensive training resources, discounts within the Tata network. Health&wellness initiatives, sports events, and support for local community activities are provided.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting accessibility needs and promotes diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and a Disability Confident Employer.

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