Senior Cloud Platform Architect

Senior Cloud Platform Architect

Are you a cloud visionary ready to shape the future of enterprise-scale, multi-cloud infrastructureon a global stage If you thrive on building secure, scalable, and innovative platforms thatempower teams and drive real business value - we want to hear from you.

About the Role

As a Senior Cloud Platform Architect, you will be at the heart of designing and evolving a world-class multi-cloud platform that empowers application teams across a global organisation. This isa high-impact, high-visibility role where your architectural decisions will directly influence howtechnology enables business outcomes at scale. Youll bring deep technical expertise, strategicthinking, and a collaborative spirit to drive secure, compliant, and innovative cloud solutions -all while inspiring those around you to raise the bar.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure, and compliant multi-cloud platform solutions thatalign with enterprise cloud strategy and governance frameworks
• Define and enforce cloud security policies, guardrails, and compliance standards across theplatform to ensure consistent, risk-aware operations
• Lead platform engineering initiatives to build and operate shared cloud services, tools, andinfrastructure that accelerate application team delivery
• Partner with application delivery teams to provide architectural guidance, enabling fast,secure, and compliant deployment of solutions in the cloud
• Drive innovation by evaluating emerging cloud technologies and integrating best practicesinto the platform roadmap
• Optimise platform operations by identifying opportunities to improve reliability, performance,cost efficiency, and developer experience
• Collaborate with Cloud Technology Management to ensure platform design and services arealigned with strategic steering and guidance
• Develop and maintain architectural documentation, standards, and reference architecturesto support consistent platform adoption across the organisation
• Mentor and support engineering teams in cloud architecture best practices, fostering aculture of continuous learning and improvement
• Engage with stakeholders across engineering, security, and business units to translaterequirements into robust cloud platform capabilities

About the Team

The Public Cloud Platform Delivery Team is a dynamic unit within the Engineering Platforms department, dedicated to enabling the organisations cloud ambitions. The team owns and operates a sophisticated multi-cloud platform - managing security policies, service operations, and shared tooling that empowers application teams to deliver secure, compliant, and innovative solutions at pace. With a mission to design, build, and operate best-in-class cloud platforms and shared services, the team partners closely with application delivery teams to innovate in a fast, secure, and compliant way that drives measurable business value. Guided by Cloud Technology Management, the team is committed to providing an efficient, value-driven engineering experience that sets the standard for cloud excellence.

About You

You are a seasoned cloud professional who combines deep technical expertise with a collaborative and forward-thinking mindset. You thrive in complex, fast-moving environments and take pride in building platforms that others love to use. You communicate clearly, influence without authority, and bring a pragmatic approach to solving architectural challenges. You are passionate about security, compliance, and engineering excellence - and you inspire those around you to continuously grow and improve.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Multi-cloud architecture expertise: Proven experience designing and operating enterprise-scale platforms on two or more major cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud),including network topology, identity management, and governance
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong hands-on proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform,Bicep, or equivalent, with experience managing large-scale, modular infrastructure codebases
• Platform engineering and DevOps practices: Solid experience building shared platformservices, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling that enable application teams to self-servein a secure and compliant manner
• Secure Landing Zones and platform design: Demonstrated experience in secure landingzone design, platform automation, DevSecOps tooling, network topology and connectivity,access management and privileged identity design, platform monitoring, securityarchitecture, and high availability architecture
• Cloud architecture and solution design: Demonstrated ability to produce and communicateclear architectural designs, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps aligned withbusiness and engineering strategy
• These are additional nice to haves:
• Experience designing disaster recovery and backup scenarios that meet non-functionalrequirements (NFRs), including accurate calculations for availability, RTO, and RPO
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tooling across cloud environments
• Expertise in technology selection based on Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) andorganisational standards
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as .NET, Java, Python, or Ruby
• Strong stakeholder communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engageeffectively with Engineering Directors, Managers, Architects, and engineering teams
• Comfort working in transformational, complex, and fast-paced environments with a strongbias for getting things done
• Proficiency in English (required)

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