Infrastructure Architect

The Labour Party, City of Westminster

Infrastructure Architect

Salary Not Specified

The Labour Party, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 22 Dec | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 937502f3053848958641abd83c63ef18

Full Job Description

The Labour Party is looking to recruit an Infrastructure Architect. The post-holder will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining the party's cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability of mission-critical campaign systems. Be part of strategic decision-making for infrastructure that supports 10,000s of daily users and handles peak election-day demands.

  • Proven experience managing large-scale production environments that have successfully supported thousands of daily users
  • Expert-level understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS services and architecture patterns, with strong knowledge of VPCs, RDS, and ElastiCache
  • Strong architectural design and systems thinking capabilities, with proven ability to balance technical requirements with business needs
  • Experience contributing to strategic technical decision-making processes

    We offer a variety of benefits for our employees that include;
  • 25-day annual leave (increases to 30 days after 10 years' service), pro-rated for part time staff
  • Additional 5 days of leave for the office closure period over Christmas and New Year
  • All UK bank holidays
  • Up to 10 days of annual leave can be carried over into 2025
  • Opportunity to join a CARE (Career Averaged Revalued Earnings) benefit scheme
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
  • Staff Equality Networks and support: Women's, BAME, Disability & LGBTQ+
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Cycle to work scheme (now including electric bikes)
  • Season ticket loan
  • Free eye test and money towards VDU use glasses