Cloud Solution Architect

**Description**

**Position summary**:
**Our team provides the interface between the Lines of Business technical teams and driving the architectural standards focusing on discovery, assessment, architecture, design and agreeing the underlying infrastructure specification and configuration required to satisfy the multiple demands of our development teams. We do this wherever possible using our migration guiding principles, patterns and deployment blueprints already established within the firm. Where these components or models don’t provide the necessary capabilities, our role is to identify and quantify the need, and to pursue potential solutions with the various engineering teams.**:
**The position of Cloud Solution Architect focuses upon providing technical guidance and advice, including leadership on our technical approach and product selection to the Lines of Business. This role requires an “Individual Contributor” and the role not involve any line management. However, you will manage initiatives allocated to you and work with internal engineering teams involving drawing out requirements and developing agreed and appropriate architecture. Working in partnership with the delivery / build teams once the architecture design is completed and agreed. You might then move to a consultancy role during the delivery aspect of the project lifecycle; for smaller initiatives, you may be required to oversee the implementation.**:
The role will be rewarding and you will be expected to be comfortable in leading and influencing senior leaders up to Director / Executive Director level

**Position summary**:
For projects allocated to the post-holder, you will:

- You will review requirements from the MI business service development teams and build up to leading discussions with stakeholders and Infrastructure team heads in order to get a suitable Infrastructure solution defined, scoped and costs agreed.
- Architect, design, document and agree cloud infrastructure solutions for the ‘to be’ state post migration
- Help and guide Lines of Business as well delivery engineering teams to review Infrastructure offerings, and where new development of solutions or blue-prints are required, feed into their development
- Assist project managers with scope, approach and sign off.
- Create documentation and diagrams as it relates to existing infrastructure offerings
- Offer ongoing consultancy as required during the delivery phase of the project
- Manage architecture process for multiple concurrent projects

**Qualifications and Experience**:
**Education and experience**:

- Proven experience in Cloud Solutions Architecture
- Must have worked in a large, complex environment with a wide selection of technologies in use
- An understanding of capacity management and planning
- University graduate
- Awareness of or accreditation in Agile or other project frameworks

**Technical skills**:

- First-rate architectural knowledge of either Linux or Windows, Databases (MS-SQL or Oracle DB with RAC), Web, Messaging, storage and networking.
- AWS certified Associate or Professional Architect with preferably 2-3 years of designing with AWS technologies
- Awareness of microservices technologies such as ECS/EKS, Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of HA/DR technologies
- Good understanding of security technologies and processes
- Software and Infrastructure life cycle management
- Broad knowledge of technical processes
- On-going awareness of infrastructure developments in the IT industry
- Knowledge of the business drivers and constraints with the Financial Services sector.
- TOGAF certified desirable but not essential

**Personal summary**:
**Personal impact**:
You will have a number of the following attributes:

- Strong analytical and solutions design and architecture skills
- Strong influencing skills
- Good presentation skills
- Good problem solver
- Able to work independently with mínimal supervision
- Take responsibility for your own actions and the actions of your team
- Displays confidence, energy, drive and stamina.
- Able to progress multiple tasks at the same time
- Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations.
- Client side experience / worked for a systems integrator/outsourcer beneficial in working with internal clients
- Innovative, enthusiastic and keen to gain greater responsibility in their next role
- Excellent communication / stakeholder management skills
- Capable of working in ambiguous situations from time to time

**Communication**:

- Must be an excellent communicator both written and verbally. Will be dealing with a variety of different people at all levels (both internal and external).
- Will need to work within a global environment and communicate clearly with teams in different geographic regions.

**Teamwork**:

- Must be able to work in a team environment where influencing and motivational skills are paramount
- You have experience working in a remote culture or can adjust your