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Job Title: DC Architect
Contract: Permanent
Location: Dublin, in office
Working Model/Shifts: On Call for escalation support
Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

Shape large-scale Datacentre transformation – Strategic and architectural thinking
Strong stakeholder & executive communication, ability to drive transformation programs
Decision-making & risk handling, Strong documentation & presentation skills
Leadership & mentoring capability
Influence at the highest level – Work closely with CIOs, senior IT leadership, and business stakeholders to define DC/Infra strategy, ensuring impactful decision-making and measurable business outcomes.

The Role
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).
A Data Centre Architect plays a strategic and technical leadership role, bridging infrastructure, cloud, and business needs. The position demands deep technical expertise along with the ability to design resilient, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient environments.

Your responsibilities:

Own DC architecture roadmap, Design scalable, secure, HA infrastructure, Align on-prem & hybrid with business goals.
Architect Windows, Linux & VMware platforms
Define standards: VM provisioning, patching, vulnerability mgmt.
Design SCOM monitoring ecosystem, implement proactive alerting & noise reduction, Enable full stack observability
Define Rubrik backup policies & SLAs, Implement immutable backups & DR plans
Conduct DR drills & audits
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
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

Enterprise DC Design: Scalable, HA compute, storage & network architecture
Hybrid & Cloud: On-prem integration with Azure, AWS, GCP (hybrid/multi-cloud)
Virtualization & Containers: VMware/Hyper-V/KVM, Kubernetes & Docker
Networking: LAN/WAN, SDN, leaf-spine, segmentation, firewalls, load balancing
Storage & Data: SAN/NAS/Object storage, backup, replication, lifecycle mgmt.
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

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

SDDC: VMware NSX, vSAN, software-defined networking & storage
Edge Computing: Edge DC & low-latency architecture design
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

Rewards & Benefits
TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop and access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.
We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon and partner with our local communities in Ireland.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Ireland Employment Equality Acts 1998-2011 (as amended) and the Equal Status Acts 2000-2012 (as amended).
We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like to opt in.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or email [email protected] to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.

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