Permanent opportunity for an experienced Cloud Architect to join a global energy sector company, based in Westhill. You'll shape and document Azure-based solutions, supporting cloud strategy and IT modernisation. Involvement across architecture design, DevOps, and data integration. Ideal for someone passionate about scalable, secure, and innovative cloud environments. Overview Global energy service company is seeking a motivated Cloud Architect to enhance their IT Team, increasing its capacity and supporting as they expand their capabilities. This full-time, permanent role is ideally based in the Westhill office and offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced candidate to join a dynamic team. Here, you can build on your skills and develop your career within a leading business in the Energy industry. Duties And Responsibilities Creating and maintaining high-quality documentation for all cloud architectures. Documenting, and promoting cloud architecture standards, patterns, and best practices within the organisation. Translating business and technical requirements into comprehensive cloud architecture designs primarily leveraging Azure services (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS). Designing solutions adhering to best practices for security, high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency. Developing detailed architectural diagrams, technical specifications, and solution blueprints. Contributing to the development and evolution of the overall cloud strategy and IT modernisation. Collaborating with teams to integrate data and AI designs and architecture. Skills, Experience And Qualifications Proven experience in designing, implementing, and documenting complex cloud solutions. Demonstrable experience creating detailed architectural documentation and diagrams. Hands-on experience with Azure services and solutions, familiarity with AWS and/or GCP is desirable. Strong technical writing and diagramming skills with meticulous attention to detail. Experience applying architectural frameworks and principles (e.g., TOGAF, Azure Well-Architected Framework). Experience implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD. Utilising IAC tools like Bicep, Terraform and Ansible. Experience working in a corporate team, collaborating with and mentoring colleagues. Apply Bookmark job