Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect

Birmingham - Hybrid (1-2 days max.)

circa. £110,000

Opportunity to work with a top-tech company, disruptors in the market - top-tier, reputable, modern, company.

NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!

If you are local to the Birmingham area and want to work for a forward-thinking, fast-paced, modern company with LOTS of promotion opportunity - unbeatable benefits and perks - this is for you.

My client needs this person to oversee cloud architecture and play a strategic role in designing and maintaining all cloud systems including the front-end platforms, servers, storage, and management networks.

They are LEADING THE DIGITALISATION of their market with a multi-year modernisation programme that leverages Cloud technologies.

They are building out their operating model to deliver and support a multi cloud environment, pioneering in Azure first.

Overview:

• Cloud Architect
• Strategic Level Role
• AZURE
• Agile
• Azure Certified

Responsibilities:

• Support development of standard architecture patterns leveraging internal and external good practices
• Develop and promote cloud-native application architectures and application development and operations practices
• Create large scale solutions built on cloud and present designs to the Technical Design Authority
• Design detailed Cloud infrastructure architecture models working closely with cloud engineers and security architects
• Ensure that all design issues and dependencies are resolved
• Design and develop detailed Cloud infrastructure architecture models
• Identify relevant IT architectures and ensure programme and business stakeholders, suppliers, fully understand
• Define and document cloud processes and standards and influence the adoption
• DevSecOps advocate, encouraging iterative design, with full automation

Qualifications:

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or Professional Cloud Architect (GCP)
• Relevant Agile qualifications (SCRUM, KANBAN, SAFE, LESS etc)

• Strong and practical knowledge of the different cloud offerings from the various cloud service providers (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS)
• Experience of Cloud architecture (Azure in particular and/or AWS , GCP)
• Excellent understanding of cyber security and experience of designing solutions
• Cloud integration platforms and tools
• Deep technical knowledge and extensive experience with complex, IT environments including applications, middleware, storage, networks, information security
• Understanding of Cloud Managed Services
• Understanding of Cloud development frameworks, cloud native architectures and application delivery models
• Good knowledge on various OS (Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris, Ubuntu, etc.)
• Good understanding of enterprise networks, security and identity access management (IAM)
• agile framework
• Working with internal and external teams located across multiple time zones.