Senior Cloud Architect

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, implementation, and governance of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud environments. This role spans architecture, solution design, and stakeholder engagement, translating business requirements into robust cloud and infrastructure solutions across multi-cloud and hybrid environments (Azure, AWS and GCP).

The successful candidate will define cloud architecture standards, guide engineering and infrastructure teams, support cloud adoption and migration initiatives, and ensure platforms meet enterprise requirements for security, availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Strategy

• Lead the design and evolution of enterprise cloud architecture across multi-cloud and hybrid environments (Azure, AWS and GCP).
  • Define cloud strategy, reference architectures, standards, and best practices.
  • Translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
  • Design and guide cloud migrations, modernisation initiatives, and greenfield implementations.
  • Develop blueprints for secure, well-governed enterprise cloud environments.
  • Ensure alignment with cloud well-architected frameworks and enterprise architecture principles.

Infrastructure, Virtualisation & Core Platforms

• Design and oversee cloud and on-premise infrastructure, including compute, storage, and virtualisation platforms.
  • Architect and manage Windows Server–based environments and Microsoft-centric solutions.
  • Design and manage core services across multi-cloud platforms, including virtual machines, storage, load balancing, and auto-scaling.
  • Configure and manage cloud networking, including VNets, VPCs, subnets, routing, DNS, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
  • Support integration between cloud, on-premise, and third-party hosted platforms.
  • Ensure infrastructure supports scalability, resilience, and evolving business needs.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Define and govern cloud security architecture across multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS and GCP).
  • Implement identity and access management using Azure AD (Entra ID), AWS IAM, RBAC, and least-privilege models.
  • Design identity federation and single sign-on across cloud and enterprise platforms.
  • Ensure compliance with information security standards and internal governance frameworks.
  • Design and implement data protection, backup, encryption, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Contribute to business continuity and disaster recovery planning.

Cloud Operations, Automation & Reliability

• Oversee cloud infrastructure support and
  
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