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We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Cloud Architect to lead the design, development, and management of our cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with public and private cloud platforms, with a strong focus on converting and migrating workloads from public to private cloud environments. This role involves architectural planning, platform evaluation, and implementation to ensure a secure, scalable, and cost-efficient architecture that aligns with business goals.
Key Responsibilities:
* Translate Business Needs into Technical Designs: Collaborate closely with Product Owners, architects, engineers and other stakeholders to understand complex requirements and translate them into detailed architectural diagrams, documentation, and implementation roadmaps, ready for engineers to implement.
* Design and Architect Secure Cloud Solutions: Architect and document secure, scalable, and highly available systems across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
* Champion Security and Compliance: Serve as a subject matter expert on cloud security, ensuring all architectural designs adhere to strict regulatory and compliance frameworks, including NIST, SOC 2, and CSA / CAIQ. Actively collaborate with security and compliance teams to embed governance into the architecture.
* Lead Strategic Cloud Initiatives: Steer key architectural decisions and lead strategic projects, such as the migration of workloads from public to private cloud, platform evaluation, and the adoption of new cloud services.
* Develop and Enforce Architectural Standards: Establish and govern cloud architecture best practices, patterns, and policies to ensure consistency, security, and operational excellence across the organisation.
* Provide Technical Leadership and Guidance: Mentor and guide engineering teams during the implementation phase, ensuring designs are built as specified and providing clarity on architectural principles.
Qualifications:
Required:
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or a related field, or equivalent experience.
* 6+ years of experience in a technical role with at least 2+ years focused on cloud architecture.
* Demonstrable experience designing cloud native and cloud-enabled solutions within regulated environments (e.g., Financial Services, Healthcare).
* Proven experience creating detailed design documentation, including architectural diagrams, data flow models, and technical specifications ready for engineering teams to implement.
* Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
* Deep expertise in at least one major public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - preferably AWS.
* Solid foundation in core infrastructure concepts: networking (VPCs, firewalls, routing), security (IAM, encryption, key management), storage, and virtualisation.
Preferred:
* In-depth knowledge of security frameworks such as ISO27001/17/18, NIST, SOC 2, and CSA / CAIQ.
* Professional cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
* Hands-on experience architecting and managing on-premise private cloud platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenShift).
* Specific experience in the FinTech industry.
Soft Skills:
* Adaptable: Demonstrable ability to context switch between projects, types of architecture and cloud environments.
* Exceptional Communication: Proven ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, from senior business leaders to junior engineers.
* Strategic and Analytical Thinking: Ability to see the bigger picture, evaluate trade-offs, and make principles-based decisions that align with long-term business goals.
* Collaborative Leadership: A natural ability to build consensus, facilitate technical discussions, and drive initiatives to completion across multiple teams.
* Problem-Solving Mindset: Strong analytical skills to deconstruct complex problems and propose innovative, practical solutions.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.
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