Job Title: Cloud Solution Architect
Location: London, Remote Working possible
Salary: Competitive depending on experience
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Ekco is a global innovator in cloud solutions. We specialise in enabling companies to progress along the path of cloud maturity, managing transformation, and driving better outcomes from our customers’ existing technology investments.
In a few words, we take businesses to the cloud and back!
With over 180 employees (and counting) across a number of regional offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Our team members enjoy a culture that promotes collaboration in a family-friendly working environment, as well as supporting personal autonomy, self-development, and a commitment to our shared goal of delivering market-leading IT services.
About the role:
As a Cloud Solution Architect, one of your roles will be to assist new and existing customers to design and deploy services and business solutions within our VMWare based private cloud or help to design and deliver some form of transformation or improvements, upgrades, etc. to customers on Public Cloud offerings such as Azure or AWS.
Infrastructure Support
A key reason customers choose Ekco for private cloud services is that we offer high-performing and resilient infrastructure. This includes the latest servers, Pure Storage All, Flash Arrays, resilient Tier-1 transit providers, and so on. As a Cloud Solution Architect at Ekco, one of the primary responsibilities is to monitor and maintain our compute and storage infrastructure to the highest possible standard.
Architecture and Orchestration
Our clients are looking for assistance navigating the vast array of services available (including DaaS, Networking, DR, Kubernetes, and Bespoke Managed Services), as well as expert setup and configuration in line with best-practice guidelines. We offer custom management, monitoring, and alerting for the team to support and improve for our customers. The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to help deliver our capabilities in specific areas through the ‘Product Champions’ scheme within the Ekco Group.
About you:
Essential Skills
- 5 years VMware experience, within a large-scale environment, with a high standard of vSphere knowledge (ideally including 6.7)
- Backup & Disaster Recovery (ideally Veeam and/or Zerto)
- Monitoring – e.g. Nagios / Zabbix / Solarwinds / PRTG
- SAN storage arrays (ideally at least one of Pure, Dell EMC, or Dell EqualLogic)
- High level of written and spoken English
- High standard of documentation
Bonus points if you have experience:
- Linux Server Administration
- Windows Server Administration
- Scripting knowledge – e.g. Powershell / Python / Bash
- Azure / AWS Public Cloud Administration
- Network and Firewall Administration
- Remote Datacenter Management
Why Ekco?
- The biggest Irish Cloud Company and one of the fastest-growing cloud solution providers in Europe
- Young company with a flat structure, growing through acquisitions
- VMware & veeam top partner status
- Our company culture is exceptional and comes from a shared vision of delivering market-leading cloud services in an unbeatable work environment
- Flexible working with a family-friendly focus at the very core of our company values
- Beautiful office locations across the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands (with parking spots) with highly talented, caring, and supportive colleagues
- Work from home culture – even after COVID
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
The company is not in a position to offer VISA sponsorship to candidates
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: DevOps Administrator, Systems Developer, Systems Support, Systems Architect, Software Support, Lead Systems Support, Coder, Software Architect, Systems Manager, Coding, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer may also be considered for this role.
