As a Cloud Solutions Architect, you will lead the adoption of DevOps practices and uplift the capability of DevOps with operation and development teams across the business. You will design and implement cloud solutions that are secure, scalable, resilient, monitored, auditable, and cost-optimised.
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Key Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and deploy cloud infrastructure environments for large and complex products using automated Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates.
* Implement standards, processes, and frameworks to support modern DevOps release deployments across all stages and iterations of the software development lifecycle.
* Lead system design activities for strategic, large, and complex systems development programs. Develop effective implementation strategies consistent with specified requirements, architectures, and constraints of performance and feasibility.
* Apply sound advice and guidance on Information Security practices to ensure cloud solutions deployed are secure by design and embedded into solution architecture.
* Leads integration work in line with agreed system and service design, measures and monitors applications against development standards, assesses risks, and takes preventative action.
* Provides advice and guidance on test planning and executing, adopting the use of modern testing methods, automated tools, and techniques to ensure high-quality DevOps practices.
* Gather requirements and identify functional needs through business consultation and collaboration, define and implement cloud solutions as required.
* Remain up-to-date with industry trends and technologies, evaluate benefits of adopting, implement, and drive adoption.
Identify and mitigate risks related to cloud security, access controls, and privacy compliance/regulations. Collaborate with Security teams to implement controls, maintaining a high, compliant security posture.
Technical Skills and Abilities:
* Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure-as-Code technologies (BICEP, ARM)
* Demonstrated experience of Microsoft cloud infrastructure technologies (Azure, DevOps)
* Demonstrated experience in deploying cloud resources via CI/CD pipeline toolsets (DevOps Pipelines)
* Sound understanding of cloud networking and security appliance configuration and designs
* Experience in automated testing toolsets and the development of unit testing
* Proven ability to translate requirements into appropriate solution designs and architecture
* Experience in managing stakeholder relationships across a diverse landscape
* Proven ability to coach and mentor others in the adoption and capability uplift of DevOps standards and practices across teams and technical domains
Applications remain current for 12 months.