Principal Cloud Migration Architect £467.08 per day INSIDE IR35 Full Time 6 month contract Remote BACKGROUND Our client is undertaking a Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) to move 80 digital services, currently hosted on 1,600 on-premises servers, to Azure and GCP, over a period of around 2 years. The focus of this role is to work with our various products and platform teams to migrate services to the cloud. This will not be a simple rehosting. We anticipate that some services will be refactored for cloud, others will have elements of replatforming (e.g. shift to open-source technologies). This role will work alongside two others (Cloud Infrastructure Architect and Security Specialist) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES As Principal Solutions Architect (Cloud Migration) you will: * Lead on developing the migration approach for all product teams, maximising the opportunities to use open-source technologies and optimise the design to gain maximum benefit from the cloud. * Develop reusable patterns and processes to enable new products to be rapidly built and deployed into the cloud in a safe and secure way. * Lead on technical engagements within the CTP and between the CTP, appointed technical suppliers and various teams to enable that work progresses at-pace and resolve any issues as required. * Develop work packages for suppliers to support the migration and associated developments as required. * Ensuring services and products are aligned to industry best practice and regulatory and contractual requirements. * Enable and promote the use of automation and self-service. * Provide technical leadership to operations, infrastructure, and Fin Ops teams to optimise the performance and costs of IT infrastructure. * Work on high-profile systems and solutions delivered at the National scale, in line with the organisation’s commitment to agile delivery practices and a product-based approach. * Be the escalation point for any technical programme issues and champion operational management across the community, working closely with other leaders. Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will: * Oversee the design and development of complex architectural solutions, ensuring technical integrity, consistency, scalability, performance and adherence to standards. * Develop and maintain architectural cloud design roadmaps, optimise both cost value and performance efficiency. * Develop and communicate cloud architecture principles and standards across the organisation. * Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies, to deliver cloud-based health solutions. * Work with security, compliance and operational teams to meet regulatory requirements. * Drive innovation and explore emerging technologies, to seek opportunities for digital transformation * Champion best-practice architectural principles and patterns, ensuring our solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable. Lead governance, solving complex and high-risk issues or delivering architecture design. * Define and lead the long-term architectural vision, strategy, and objectives. * Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable. * Participate in an on-call 24x7 management rota QUALIFICATIONS Essential Qualifications * Cloud certification (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect). * TOGAF (TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner). Desirable Qualifications: * Professional Registration: Chartered IT Professional (CITP) * FEDIP Leading Practitioner, or equivalent recognised Advanced Professional qualification. * ITIL 4 Leader Digital and IT Strategy (ITIL 4 Strategic Leader Module) If you are an exceptional candidate ready to make a significant impact, apply now and be part of our transformative journey