Job Advert: Senior Cloud Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with sales and implementation teams to understand client requirements, creating initial designs, cost estimates, and scalability models.
• Own and manage documentation to support implementation engineers in delivering new systems or upgrading existing ones.
• Act as the technical approver for major changes in the Change Advisory Board (CAB).
• Develop, review, and enforce best practices for cloud usage, deployment tools, and configuration as code.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and advocate for ‘reference architecture’ across core systems to streamline future project costings and configurations.
• Ensure systems adhere to best practices, maintaining a secure and resilient environment.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for teams, offering expertise in incident and problem resolution.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure efficient tool utilization across the organization.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience across various technologies, including programming languages, operating systems, networking, virtualization, and automation.
• Strong Linux administration skills, including scripting and scheduling.
• Proven experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Helm).
• Familiarity with messaging and integration technologies (IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka).
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS required; certification preferred).
• Ability to adapt and learn quickly in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Natural curiosity for industry advancements and a drive for continual learning and improvement.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of engaging effectively with clients.
• Preferred experience with software delivery in the financial services industry.

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