Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Description

Job title: Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Contract: 6 month contract rolling

Rate: £750 per day Inside IR35

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)

We're looking for a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect with 8+ years of experience designing and delivering complex cloud and infrastructure solutions, ideally across AWS, Azure and GCP to join a highly influential tech organisation that design energy-efficient microprocessor architecture.

You'll be working on a technically complex environment where you'll be responsible for shaping cloud and infrastructure solutions, translating requirements into robust architectures and then staying close enough to the technology to support implementation, integration and troubleshooting.

We're particularly interested in genuine Cloud Solutions Architects who have the breadth to operate across multi-cloud environments, but who also have enough technical depth to get into the detail when required.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

Designing and owning complex cloud solutions and infrastructure architectures across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Developing HLDs, LLDs, technical designs, architecture roadmaps and implementation strategies.

Designing and optimising hybrid cloud connectivity between on-premises data centres and multiple public cloud platforms.

Working with HPC / High Performance Computing environments, supporting the design and deployment of high-performance infrastructure and networking solutions.

Assessing existing environments, identifying technical gaps and driving redesign, optimisation and modernisation.

Designing secure, scalable and resilient cloud platforms aligned to enterprise requirements.

Working across cloud networking, routing, segmentation, security and connectivity where required.

Providing architectural direction across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Working closely with engineering teams through implementation, integration, testing, troubleshooting and handover.

Leading technical discussions with senior stakeholders and translating complex technical requirements into practical solutions.

Producing clear technical documentation and contributing to architecture standards and best practice.

Supporting automation and Infrastructure as Code using technologies such as Terraform and Ansible.

Technical Environment

We're particularly interested in candidates with strong experience across:

Cloud Architecture

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Multi-cloud architecture

Hybrid cloud

Cloud migration / transformation

Enterprise cloud infrastructure

Cloud security and connectivityHPC / Infrastructure

High Performance Computing environments

Large-scale compute infrastructure

Data centre / private cloud environments

HPC networking and connectivityNetworking

Enterprise networking architecture

BGP and advanced routing

Network segmentation

Switching

Data centre networking

Hybrid cloud connectivity

Cisco technologies

Cisco SD-WAN / Viptela

VPN / Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Cloud InterconnectAutomation / Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Infrastructure as Code

Python or similar scripting

CI/CDNice to have:

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Container platforms

Cloud security architecture

Zero Trust

What We're Looking For

This is where the role differs from a conventional network engineering position.

We're looking for someone who has spent 8+ years operating at Cloud Solutions Architect / Cloud Architect level, with a track record of owning complex technical solutions rather than simply administering individual technologies.

You'll ideally have:

8+ years' experience in Cloud Solutions Architecture / Cloud Architecture / Infrastructure Architecture.

Strong hands-on architecture experience across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Proven experience designing multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions.

Strong HPC / High Performance Computing experience.

Excellent understanding of enterprise infrastructure and data centre environments.

Strong networking knowledge, particularly BGP, routing, segmentation and hybrid connectivity.

Experience with Cisco SD-WAN / Viptela is highly desirable.

Strong Terraform and/or Ansible experience.

The ability to move comfortably between high-level architecture and low-level technical detail.

Strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership skills. xjnqpsq

Experience taking solutions from requirements and architecture through to implementation and operational handover.

If you're a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect whose background is primarily AWS/Azure/GCP architecture, I'd like to hear from you

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