Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Contract - Outside IR/35
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Architect to help define and scale a cloud-native platform environment. The role sits at the architectural level, shaping how infrastructure and applications are designed, deployed, and operated across AWS.
This is not an SAP/BTP-first role - candidates should come from a hyperscaler cloud background, with SAP exposure considered a bonus.
Key Responsibilities
* Define end-to-end cloud platform architecture on AWS
* Design and govern Infrastructure-as-Code approaches (Terraform, Helm)
* Architect Kubernetes-based environments and container deployment strategies
* Embed Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles across the platform
* Define best practices for:
o Deployment workflows (e.g. blue/green deployments)
o Monitoring, alerting, and reliability
o Scalable and resilient infrastructure
* Translate high-level business and technical requirements into architectural designs
* Work closely with platform engineering teams responsible for execution
* Provide architectural governance and guide engineering teams on implementation
Key Requirements
* Proven experience as a Cloud / Platform Architect in AWS environments
* Strong understanding of:
o Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform essential)
o Kubernetes and container orchestration
o Helm and deployment tooling
* Experience with platform engineering and cloud-native architecture patterns
* Strong knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts
* Ability to design end-to-end architecture lifecycle:
o From initial request ? design ? deployment ? monitoring ? optimisation
* Comfortable operating at both strategic (architecture) and light hands-on level
Nice to Have
* Exposure to SAP landscapes or SAP BTP
* Experience working in SaaS or product-led environments
* Understanding of 'opinionated platforms' (e.g. abstractions over hyperscalers like BTP)
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