Skill description
Designing technology infrastructure to meet business requirements, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with strategic objectives.
Guidance notes
Technology infrastructure encompasses a wide range of components including, but not limited to: physical devices, virtual resources, cloud services, infrastructure-related software, middleware, network services and data storage solutions.
The skill involves defining the components and services that make up the technology environment, their connections, interrelationships and operating parameters, which together ensure infrastructure solutions support current and future business needs.
Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- developing detailed infrastructure design specifications and diagrams.
- ensuring compatibility and integration between different infrastructure components.
- designing infrastructure for scalability, performance, reliability and security from the outset.
- ensuring designs adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements and security protocols.
- collaborating with stakeholders to align infrastructure design with business objectives.
- maintaining comprehensive documentation of the design process and decisions.
- integrating cloud services into the infrastructure design.
Level 2Assist
Assists in developing preliminary infrastructure design specifications under routine supervision.
Uses established standards and security protocols to contribute to infrastructure design activities.
Helps draft design documents and diagrams.
Documents design-related issues.
Level 3Apply
Performs varied infrastructure design tasks, including complex and non-routine assignments, using standard methods.
Develops design specifications and diagrams for infrastructure components, integrating hardware, software, network elements, and cloud services, and addressing security requirements.
Collaborates with others to align infrastructure design with organisational objectives and resolve design issues.
Suggests improvements to enhance infrastructure performance and reliability.
Level 4Enable
Leads the design of complex infrastructure systems to deliver comprehensive design solutions.
Develops detailed architectural frameworks and ensures integration of all infrastructure components, including cloud services.
Provides guidance on recommended practices and design standards.
Reviews and validates design specifications and documentation.
Checks that designs are scalable, reliable and secure, aligning with business and technical requirements.
Level 5Ensure, advise
Manages the design of infrastructure from analysis to execution and evaluation.
Accountable for achieving design objectives and ensuring alignment with organisational goals and the effective integration of infrastructure components and systems.
Provides authoritative guidance on design practices and methodologies.
Evaluates new technologies and their applicability to the organisation's needs.
Develops and enforces design standards and recommended practices, ensuring consistent and high-quality design outcomes.
Level 6Initiate, influence
Develops and drives adoption of and adherence to organisational policies, standards, guidelines and methods for infrastructure design.
Collaborates with senior stakeholders to align design projects with organisational objectives.
Provides strategic oversight and guidance, ensuring infrastructure designs are forward-looking, scalable and secure.
Accountable for the overall success of infrastructure design initiatives.
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