Infrastructure Architect (Specialist)

Hybrid, home based 3 days, Gourock 2 days | c. £80,000 | Permanent

Do you want to be part of our new innovative IT team to help design the foundations that keep Scotland moving?

We have a new opportunity for an ambitious, self-motivated individual to join us as an Infrastructure Architect role to help shape, assure and evolve the platforms that underpin our services during a major period of transformation over the next 5-7 years.

Why CalMac?

Work on infrastructure that genuinely matters, supporting services communities rely on every day. You’ll join a small, welcoming IT team where your expertise can shape decisions, with the flexibility of hybrid working, ongoing investment in your development, and a very generous employer-contribution pension that reflects the value we place on long-term careers.

What you’ll be doing as an Infrastructure Architect

• Designs and assures secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure across on‑prem, cloud and hybrid environments
• Produces clear, pragmatic high level designs that delivery and operations teams can rely on
• Works closely with managed service providers, challenging and assuring designs and services
• Ensures infrastructure meets availability, performance, security and regulatory requirements
• Supports service design and transition, so new platforms are operable from day one
• Contributes to standards, reference architectures and enterprise wide technical decisions

What we’re looking for in an Infrastructure Architect

You’ll likely be a strong fit if you have:

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Architect or senior infrastructure design authority
• Deep understanding of enterprise infrastructure including networks, compute, storage and backup
• Strong experience designing hybrid environments, integrating on‑prem platforms with Azure
• Confidence acting as a technical assurance lead across projects and suppliers
• Experience producing and presenting HLDs, architecture decisions and design artefacts
• A solid grasp of operational service design, resilience, DR and business continuity
• Experience working in regulated, mission critical or highly visible environments

Nice to have (but not essential)

• Zero Trust, identity led or secure access architectures
• Exposure to container platforms or infrastructure automation (IaC)
• Experience with monitoring, observability and performance tooling
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)

This is a rare opportunity to work with one of Scotland's biggest employers at an exciting time in our evolution. So what are you waiting for, apply today!