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Gloucester, England, United Kingdom.
Job Description
At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s what we strive towards in our everyday work. Every day we deliver mission‑critical services in a secure environment while promoting our people‑first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work‑life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth help us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.
We believe hiring a diverse team is crucial to our success, and our recruiting decisions are based on your skills and experience as an individual. We actively encourage consistent growth on our journey toward a culture of inclusion and recognize that the people we employ are vital to providing a great customer experience. As such, we have a variety of training, support, and tools available to aid in your personal and professional development. Our ongoing goal is to drive innovation and modernize operations across the board, which includes furthering the skills of our colleagues. At DXC, building a better you builds a better us.
At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has an opening for a hybrid‑working Cloud Architect. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated self‑starter with proven hands‑on experience in an engineering background specializing in AWS. The candidate should also be passionate about conceptualizing, designing, and resolving architectural problems and be able to switch between system design/architecture, hands‑on development, implementation, and client engagement activities.
Role Responsibilities
* Work closely with the Account Solution Architect to design and implement innovative approaches to their problems and challenges.
* Have a deep technical understanding and support engineers in the build and development of POC’s, and have a hands‑on approach to designing and implementing solutions that have high availability, achieve performance metrics, and are scalable.
* Help shape, evolve, and document the architecture that underpins the existing platforms and services and lead their ongoing transition from legacy systems to cloud‑based architectures.
* Interact with project roles as required, to gain an understanding of the complex business environment, technical context, end‑client requirements, and organisational strategic direction.
* Advise our customer on the latest technologies and methodologies.
What You Will Bring To The Team
* Enthusiasm for collaboration and excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
* An interest in keeping up with emerging tools, techniques, and technologies.
* Effective time management and organisational skills.
* A flexible and agile way of working within a fast‑paced and ever‑changing environment.
* Attention to detail with a pragmatic and enthusiastic attitude to work.
* Demonstrates a high level of energy, enthusiasm, and tenacity to achieve a positive result.
* Is a self‑starter, overcomes obstacles, and is driven to succeed.
* Works well under pressure to meet deadlines.
* Rapid adaptability in terms of technology and approach is key.
Desirable Skills And Technologies
* Strong experience with AWS.
* A proven track record in technical computing‑based environments.
* A deep understanding of Linux and its broader ecosystem.
* Deployment automation technologies.
* The ability to code, especially Infrastructure as Code.
* Network design, implementation, and administration.
* A track record in the design and application of systems, leveraging automation technologies.
* A deep understanding of Virtualisation and Container technologies.
* Design of large, complex systems including practical experimentation and development skills.
* Has both technical breadth and depth and great client engagement skills.
* Knowledge or appreciation of some of the listed technologies: Foreman, Puppet, Satellite, Ansible, Nagios, AI/ML, Big Data, Elastic Search, IaaS, PaaS, HPC, DevOps, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Linux‑based applications.
What We Will Do For You
* Competitive compensation.
* Pension scheme.
* DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more).
* Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more).
* DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc).
We believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in‑person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
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