Cloud Architect

Job summary

The Cloud Architect enables product and platform teams to make secure, scalable cloud architecture decisions and contributes to cloud strategy and platform modernisation. The role defines reusable patterns, guardrails, reference architectures and decision records; provides proportionate governance and assurance; and coaches teams in applying cloud architecture across Microsoft Azure, identity, security, data, integration and modern application services.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience designing and governing enterprise cloud solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure architecture and cloud-native services.
• Experience with identity and access management, including Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience with cloud security, governance, resilience, cost management and operational design.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation and contemporary delivery practices.
• Experience producing High-Level Designs, Architecture Decision Records, reference architectures, technical standards and architectural roadmaps.
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions with incomplete information and explain assumptions and trade-offs.
• Ability to communicate confidently with engineering teams, delivery leaders, architects and senior stakeholders.
• Desirable experience with Azure Landing Zones, enterprise-scale governance, platform engineering, DevSecOps or governance-as-code.
• Desirable experience with Kubernetes, AKS, Microsoft Purview, Databricks, Zero Trust, Zscaler, AI architecture, identity federation or global cloud operating models.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural direction to product and platform teams.
• Produce Architecture Decision Records, reference architectures, reusable patterns and design assets.
• Contribute to cloud strategy and platform capability evolution.
• Support cloud modernisation and identify architectural dependencies for roadmaps and backlogs.
• Promote automation, Infrastructure as Code, policy-as-code and platform engineering practices.
• Participate in architecture reviews and proportionate design assurance.
• Identify architectural risks, constraints, technical debt and sequencing issues.
• Assess emerging cloud technologies and contribute to technology radar and reference models.
• Coach engineering teams and share architectural lessons, standards and guardrails.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, data, platform, product and engineering teams.

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