Cloud Architect Poole / Hybrid
My client is looking for an experienced Cloud Architect to join a growing UK technology business delivering secure cloud and software solutions into the national defence sector.
This is an opportunity to work on high-impact programmes supporting some of the UKs most complex and interesting security challenges. It would suit someone with deep cloud architecture experience who enjoys shaping secure environments, leading technical discussions, and working closely with customers to solve real-world problems in high-assurance settings.
Benefits £100,000 - £120,000 basic salary
Bonus
Hybrid working
Pension
Private healthcare
Electric car scheme
Training and development opportunities
Friendly, knowledgeable, peer-sharing culture
Career progression
Opportunity to work on meaningful programmes in a highly secure environment
The role and responsibilities You will join a team designing and delivering secure cloud environments for customers operating in complex, high-security settings. The successful candidate will combine strong cloud architecture, customer-facing consulting, and secure engineering capability, helping shape cloud strategy, influence design decisions, and support delivery across a range of programmes. Responsibilities will include: Designing and delivering secure cloud environments to meet customer challenges
Working across a mix of greenfield and brownfield projects
Leading architecture discussions and design exercises
Defining secure cloud solutions in high-assurance environments
Building deep customer relationships and working closely with technical and operational teams
Helping customers understand, shape, and solve cloud and security challenges
Making pragmatic engineering trade-offs while maintaining strong technical quality
Collaborating with customers and partner suppliers to gather and shape requirements
Supporting secure delivery practices across cloud platforms, infrastructure, and engineering teams
Promoting technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence
Key skills Strong commercial experience as a Cloud Architect, AWS Architect, Cloud Security Architect, or similar
Proven experience leading large AWS implementations or migrations in secure or high-assurance environments
Hands-on expertise in designing and building cloud environments running critical workloads
Strong understanding of cloud security, secure architecture, and modern cloud delivery principles
Ability to lead architectural discussions and influence technical direction
Strong customer-facing consulting skills, including the ability to gather requirements and manage ambiguity
Ability to build strong relationships with customers and challenge established thinking where needed
Strong presentation, communication, and knowledge-sharing skills
Team leadership experience
Active MOD SC clearance
Willingness to undergo DV clearance
Desired skills AWS certifications at Associate level or above
Experience in the national defence sector or other highly secure / regulated environments
Broader cloud knowledge across Azure and/or GCP
Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code
Experience with secure cloud migrations and modern platform design
Familiarity with containerisation, platform engineering, and secure CI/CD environments
Strong understanding of cloud governance, observability, and operational security practices
Please note: candidates must hold active MOD SC clearance and be willing to undergo DV clearance. This role also requires regular on-site presence in Hereford.
If you would like more details then please apply via the link.
All the best,
Charlie Syrett Richmond Square Consulting Ltd
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