UBDS is a leading technology consultancy that specializes in delivering innovative digital transformation solutions to public and private sector organizations. With a focus on empowering our clients to leverage the full potential of cloud technologies, we are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Cloud Architect to join our team.
As a Principal Cloud Architect at UBDS, you will play a crucial role in shaping the cloud strategy and leading the architectural design of AWS-based solutions for our clients. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and work closely with clients to understand their business objectives, define cloud adoption strategies, and develop scalable and secure cloud architectures.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead the design and development of AWS-based cloud architectures to meet client requirements
* Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams in implementing cloud solutions
* Collaborate with clients to understand their business goals and identify opportunities for leveraging AWS services
* Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure
* Ensure compliance with best practices, security standards, and regulatory requirements
* Perform cost analysis and optimization of AWS infrastructure
* Stay up to date with the latest AWS services and technologies, and evaluate their potential applications in client projects
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
* Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT architecture and design
* Extensive experience with AWS services and technologies, including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM
* Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing cloud architectures that follow best practices for scalability, availability, and security
* Strong knowledge of networking concepts, VPC, and VPN configurations
* Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
* Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certification is required
* Experience with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud) is a plus
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Benefits
Why people choose to grow their careers at UBDS
People are the most important aspect of our business, so adding the right people to the team and helping them grow is critical. This is why we’ve invested in a people-focused team to look after the entire employee experience.
With an impressive portfolio of customers in both the public and private sectors, we have a variety of exciting projects to be involved in. As a technology agnostic organisation, you’ll gain exposure to the world’s leading and latest technology.
Employee Benefits
1. Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more
2. Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality
3. Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance
4. Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays
5. Employee perks and discounts through the third-party provider Perkbox
6. Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice
7. Contributed Pension Scheme
8. Death in service cover
9. Flexible / Hybrid Working - UBDS offers a flexible working environment to help enable you to operate at your maximum regardless of your location. With offices in London & Manchester we offer a culture that is focussed on outcomes and giving you a work life balance
About UBDS
UBDS was born out of a vision to build lasting relationships by delivering digital transformation solutions with unrivalled speed and efficiency. We have taken complex organisations to the frontier of innovation, transforming enterprise and public sector to be faster, leaner and more competitive.
Organisations turn to us for deep knowledge, specialist skills, years of on-the-job experience and our can-do and get-it done culture.
Projects are personal. Our work is an extension of the values we embody, and we are always looking for ways to fill the gap for our clients. For us, it’s about top- and bottom-line growth, and equipping our clients with cutting-edge technology that empowers innovation.
We exist to deliver significant, measurable and sustainable digital transformation, and we achieve this by delivering value to our customers in the following ways:
1. Accelerating change
2. Ensuring frictionless high performance
3. Mitigating risk and ensuring security
From advisory, to design and execution, we implement the technology that aligns with our clients’ goals – to help them innovate and thrive. We have four key values that guide the way we work together, engage with our customers, make decisions, and ultimately succeed:
10. Our reputation is everything
11. We are passionate about technology and innovation
12. We deliver value and make an impact
13. We keep it simple and make it happen
Interested in joining our innovative team?
Get in touch. To find out more about this role, one of our other vacancies or to just talk about UBDS and where you might fit into one of our free thinking and ever-advancing teams, please head to or send your CV to Recruitment@UBDS.com
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.