Infrastructure Senior Architect

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

5/8/2025

Position Overview

Joining CRH Europe Technology will embark you on a great journey with career development in a global organization. As Infrastructure Senior Architect, you will be part of the technology architecture, you will gain broad business knowledge of the company’s activities globally, as well as understand how the complexity of Information Technology supporting the global building-materials business.

You will be exposed to a wide and challenging range of business issues through regular engagement with key stakeholders across all management levels within CRH

.
You will work and communicate across geographical and cultural borders that will enable you to build a strong professional network. We believe people thrive when they are in charge of their career paths and professional growth. We will provide you with opportunities to broaden your knowledge and strengthen your technical and professional foundatio

n.
By choosing CRH, you join not only for the role, but for a care

er.
We aim to be a worldclass professional Technology organization that delivers business value through automation, standardization and innovation. We believe in empowerment where each of us takes ownership and responsibility for developing and implementing new ways of work

ing.
As the Infrastructure Senior Architect, you will be in the forefront of defining and implementing our world-class information technology practices and the supporting toolchain to achieve our goal of building first-class cloud-based serv

ices.
The focus will be on time to market and accelerating the business in delivering digital innov

ation.
Key Tasks and Responsib

ilitiesIn this role, yo

• u will:Have the ability to maintain and improve deep technical requirements and architecture patterns and technologies to build and run an full-stack API and UI hosting pl
• atform.Deliver high quality environments in line with architectural standards and project delivery requir
• ements.Participate in CRH IT platform modernization across a broad and diverse set of operating companies and techno
• logies.Provide an ened-2-end architecture technical solution for merger & acquisition & divestment mig
• ration.Experience in cloud solution but also aware of and comfortable working with traditional legacy architecture. Experience of secure hybrid end-to-end sol
• utions.Establish and evolve a set of modern architecture principles (Guard
• rails).Ensure “Secure By Design” practices are widely a
• dopted.Be a cloud evangelist to help others realize the value of modern cloud capabi
• lities.Support new ways of work like Agile Development, DevOps practices and hack
• athons.Cross-vertical support and align on solution archit
• ecture.Document designs as part of sprints, easing up transition into Oper

ations.
Individual Compe

tencies You are

• able to:Drive Results - Consistently achieving objectives in a fast-moving and broad envi
• ronment.Collaborate - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared obj
• ectives.Make Quality Decisions - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving
• forward.Analytical & driving results - assist in developing and deploying key governance, processes & pro

cedures.
Key Charac

• teristicsTransformation mindset using an approach of persuasion and encouragement that embeds sustainable capa
• bilities.Visionary Moderniser – able to think outside the situation on the ground and drive toward best-in-class modern technology and
• practice.Critical thinker – is a problem solver and resolves c
• onflicts.Strong communication skills – both oral and written skills as listening and presentatio
• n skills.Reliable – can be trusted with a challeng
• ing task.Passionate and dedicated – is energetic and eager to learn new technologies, advise and develo
• p others.Motivated – stays motivated and can deal with re
• sistance.Understand and manage Customer expe

ctations.
Key Functional Com

petencies Techni

• cal SkillsHighly technical full-stack competency in globally distribut
• ed system.Knowledge of Cyber
• -Security.Knowledge of Active Directory and
• Entra ID.General understanding about database tec
• hnologies.Windows and Linux Servers Arc
• hitecture.Knowledge and experience of Zero Trust Architecture
• Solution.Knowledge of End Point Tec
• hnologies.Knowledge of Backup
• Solutions.Code re-use and docu
• mentation.Azure knowledge

is a Plus.
Continuous Integration / Continuous Deploym

• ent (CI/CD)GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, Travis CI: Deep knowledge of automating build, testing, and deployment
• pipelines.Version Control: Strong experience with Git and version control strategies (branching, merg
• ing, etc.).Collaboration & Issue Tracking: JIRA, Confluence for coordinating bet

ween teams.
Networking &a

• mp; SecurityNetworking Concepts: Knowledge in TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, an
• d firewalls.Security Best Practices: Implementing security in DevOps (e.g., IAM policies, network security, vulnerability scanning,
• encryption).Zero Trust, OAuth, OpenID, TLS/SSL: Experience with modern security protocols an

d practices.
Agile

• MethodologiesExperience with Agile, Scrum, and Kanban for iterative and efficient softw
• are delivery.Expertise in managing teams and processes aligned with DevOp

s principles.
Infrastructure

• as Code (IaC)Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM): Experience with IaC tools to automate infrastructure
• provisioning.Ansible, Puppet, Chef: Configuration management tools for maintaining and deploying i

nfrastructure.
Containers &

• ; OrchestrationDocker: Knowledge in containerization of application
• s and services.Kubernetes, OpenShift: Skills in container orchestration, deployment, and management of large-scale, containerize

d applicati

• ons.
  Soft SkillsLanguage: English (Fluent) Desirable: Second European Langu
• age (preferred).Excellent Written and Verbal communication skills with people at all levels across t
• he organisation.The ability to translate business requirements into viable tech
• nical solutions.Good stakeholder management skills (all directions). Able to describe and pu

sh new concepts.
Exper

ience / Educa

• tionYou are/have:+10 yea
• rs of experience.Experienced Cloud DevOps Architect, coming either from Large Enterprise. Ce
• rtified in Azure!Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT re
• lated discipline.Working in cross-functional teams on a European

or Global level.
Othe

• r (Key) DimensionsGlobal In
• formation SecurityEurope
• IT Operations TeamIT Management O
• perating CompaniesEuropean
• IT Leadersh

ip TeamKey vendors

• What CRH Offers YouA culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and
• internal promotionHighly competi
• tive salary packageComprehensive
• secondary benefitsSignificant contribution t
• o your pension planHealth and wellness programs, including an on-site gym
• and fitness classesExcellent opportunities to develop and progress with a

global organization
Connec

t your future to CRHWe are curious to learn more about you. At CRH, we believe our mutual differences contribute to the healthy, productive, and enjoyable workspace we create. Please introduce yourself and send

us your application.
Is this role not for you, but do you know someone who would love to join the team

? Please let us know!
CRH finds it important that vacancies are shared to individuals that may find them interesting and/or could be

suitable for the role
Please contact our recruitment t

eam at [email protected].
CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all s

ectors of the community.
Benefits/perks listed above may vary depending on the nature of the employment with CRH and th

e country where you work.
Please note that we cannot accept any applications submitted through email for GDPR purposes. Candidates must app

ly through our job portal.
We do not accept candidate introductions for this position from recruitment agencies, unless you have been instructed to do

so by our recruitment team.