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Systems Platform Architect – Daily Rate Contract

12-month contract

Dublin

Hybrid – 3 days on-site

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architects, engineers, development teams, and stakeholders to define and validate high-level system requirements.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve architectural and operational issues affecting infrastructure performance and availability on a global scale.
  • Create and maintain TADs, technical documentation, logical diagrams, and system models to ensure alignment across stakeholders.
  • Ensure all architectural documentation remains accurate, up to date, and aligned with evolving requirements.
  • Research and assess emerging technologies for potential integration into enterprise infrastructure environments.
  • Lead regional or enterprise-level initiatives when assigned, including ownership of planning, budgeting, timelines, resource allocation, and implementation oversight.
  • Design, implement, manage, and support internet infrastructure components following established standards and best practices.
  • Perform root cause analysis, performance optimisation, capacity forecasting, and configuration management for internet-facing systems.
  • Monitor production environments to ensure system reliability, stability, and long-term compatibility.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of networking concepts, operating system fundamentals, and web architecture principles.
  • Experience in one or more core areas of internet infrastructure design and web systems administration.
  • Knowledge of load balancing technologies, firewall configurations, and network security policies.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure diagramming tools (e.g., Visio, draw.io) and the ability to design middleware infrastructure solutions from the ground up.
  • Experience gathering evolving requirements from users, application teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Ability to translate business and technical constraints into clear, complete, and operationally defined system requirements.
  • Understanding of cloud architecture and infrastructure design principles.
  • Strong knowledge of disaster recovery strategies, fail-over mechanisms, and routing design.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in matrix and geographically distributed teams.
  • Highly motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, and able to perform effectively under pressure in an independent work environment.
  • Demonstrated initiative, ownership mindset, and a strong drive to deliver results.
  • Eagerness to learn and take on new technical challenges.