Principal Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Solos Consultants Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Principal Cloud Infrastructure Architect

£467.08 per day INSIDE IR35 Umbrella

Full Time

6 month contract

Remote

Our client is undertaking a Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) to move 80 digital services, currently hosted on 1,600 on-premises servers, to Azure and GCP, over a period of around 2 years.

The focus of this role is to ensure that the underpinning infrastructure (such as networking, landing zones, identity, DNS, etc.) are designed, implemented and managed appropriately to enable the migrations and ongoing services to have minimal downtime. This role will work alongside two others (Cloud Migration Architect and Security Specialist).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As Principal Solutions Architect (Cloud Infrastructure) you will:

1. Own the design that ensures that the underpinning multi-cloud infrastructure meets the required reliability, performance and security requirements for the Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) and ongoing service delivery.
2. Lead the technical engagement within the CTP and between the CTP, appointed technical suppliers and teams to enable that work progresses at-pace and resolve any issues as required.
3. Develop work packages for suppliers to design and configure cloud infrastructure as required.
4. Ensure services and products are aligned to industry best practice and regulatory and contractual requirements.
5. Enable and promote the use of automation and self-service.
6. Provide technical leadership to operations, infrastructure, and Fin Ops teams to optimise the performance and costs of IT infrastructure.
7. Work on high-profile systems and solutions delivered at the National scale, in line with the organisation's commitment to agile delivery practices and a product-based approach.
8. Be the escalation point for any technical programme issues and champion operational management across the community, working closely with other leaders.

You will:

1. Oversee the design and development of complex architectural solutions, ensuring technical integrity, consistency, scalability, performance and adherence to standards.
2. Develop and maintain architectural cloud design roadmaps, optimising both cost value and performance efficiency.
3. Develop and communicate cloud architecture principles and standards across the organisation.
4. Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies, to deliver cloud-based health solutions.
5. Work with security, compliance and operational teams to meet regulatory requirements.
6. Drive innovation and explore emerging technologies, to seek opportunities for digital transformation.
7. Champion best-practice architectural principles and patterns, ensuring our solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable. Lead governance, solving complex and high-risk issues or delivering architecture design.
8. Define and lead the long-term architectural vision, strategy, and objectives.
9. Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable.
10. Participate in an on-call 24x7 management rota.

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential Qualifications

1. Cloud certification (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
2. TOGAF (TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner).

Desirable Qualifications:

1. FEDIP Leading Practitioner, or equivalent recognised Advanced Professional qualification.
2. CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership.
3. ITIL 4 Leader Digital and IT Strategy (ITIL 4 Strategic Leader Module).

If you are an exceptional candidate ready to make a significant impact, apply now and be part of our transformative journey.