Cloud Architect (AWS)

Cloud Architect (AWS)

Location: Central London – Hybrid. Onsite requirements can vary from one customer to another, however 1-2 days per week onsite is normal for our teams, with some customers requiring up to 4 days per week onsite.

Salary: £100,000-£125,000

SC Clearance Requirements:

Due to working with a number of government bodies, SC clearance is required for our customer facing teams. You do not need active SC clearance as we will undertake checks upon you joining, but you must be eligible to pass SC clearance. In future, DV clearance may be required, so the ability/willingness to pass DV clearance is advantageous but not essential.

About Us

We are experts in AWS landing zones, cloud risk mitigation and cloud operating models; thought leaders working with public and private sector enterprise organisations to help them unlock the true value of cloud.

Why you should join us

We care about our people and truly believe that high-performing teams are created through openness, collaboration and trust. We ensure that there are opportunities both inside and outside of work to collaborate, share ideas and build connections.

We recognise that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, so we regularly collaborate across all teams and functions, to build a truly inclusive culture, including team socials, quarterly company days, and monthly "town halls".

Recognising that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, our learning and development opportunities are bespoke to each individual; helping you to advance through our transparent career development pathways and achieve your career goals.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for AWS Cloud Architects with extensive landing zone knowledge. For us, this means experience of designing and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS. It also means you need an understanding of the key security risks that are present when operating workloads within AWS and how to design a best practice landing zone to mitigate these risks.

We are thought leaders, so our Architects need to be opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation, controls and guardrails, network patterns, and how to architect appropriate and scalable Cloud solutions with the ability to assess trade-offs with design options.

What You'll Be Doing

You will be working closely with our customers’ key stakeholders, designing significant workloads on the cloud.

• Understanding complex requirements and designing secure, scalable and resilient platforms on AWS

• Designing and providing the technical governance over the delivery of significant workloads on the cloud

• Leading the development of cloud architectures, guiding teams and ensuring alignment with client’s business needs 

• Developing client cloud and platform strategies, ensuring alignment with client's objectives 

• Establishing the client’s Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) teams, defining roles, responsibilities, and Shared Responsibility Model 

• Developing cloud control frameworks, defining risks, controls, and ownership for guardrails 

• Leading Cloudscaler’s landing zone enhancements, configuring platform services and ensuring workload migration strategies are followed 

• Leading workload migration and modernisation efforts and developing roadmaps 

• Leading Well Architected reviews, ensuring cloud solutions meet best practice standards 

• Leading cost optimisation initiatives and developing policies for cost management 

• Leading security strategies, implementing continuous security posture management 

• Leading identity management strategy, integrating user directories and secure SSO 

• Leading client network strategy, managing RAM sharing and network performance monitoring 

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• 25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering

• Travel and accommodation expensed where eligible in line with our expenses policy

• Life Assurance

• Long Term Disability cover

• Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)

• Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support

• 24/7 GP access

• Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you

• Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered

• Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire

• Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer

• Cycle To Work Scheme

• Dog friendly office

Interview Process

• Screening call with our Talent Acquisition team

• 1st Interview - 30 minute remote interview with our hiring team

• 2nd Interview - 60 minute remote technical interview with members of our architecture team

• 3rd Interview - 60 minute in person interview with members of our Senior Leadership Team

If you would like to join us on our adventure, please apply!

Cloudscaler are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, parental status, religion or medical history.

If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please let us know when you speak to our Talent Acquisition team or contact [email protected] at the earliest opportunity.