Cloud Migration Architect

Principal Cloud Migration Architect

£467.08 per day INSIDE IR35

Full Time

6 month contract

Remote

BACKGROUND

Our client is undertaking a Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) to move 80 digital services, currently hosted on 1,600 on-premises servers, to Azure and GCP, over a period of around 2 years.

The focus of this role is to work with our various products and platform teams to migrate services to the cloud. This will not be a simple rehosting. We anticipate that some services will be refactored for cloud, others will have elements of replatforming (e.g. shift to open-source technologies). This role will work alongside two others (Cloud Infrastructure Architect and Security Specialist)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As Principal Solutions Architect (Cloud Migration) you will:

• Lead on developing the migration approach for all product teams, maximising the opportunities to use open-source technologies and optimise the design to gain maximum benefit from the cloud.
  
  
• Develop reusable patterns and processes to enable new products to be rapidly built and deployed into the cloud in a safe and secure way.
  
  
• Lead on technical engagements within the CTP and between the CTP, appointed technical suppliers and various teams to enable that work progresses at-pace and resolve any issues as required.
  
  
• Develop work packages for suppliers to support the migration and associated developments as required.
  
  
• Ensuring services and products are aligned to industry best practice and regulatory and contractual requirements.
  
  
• Enable and promote the use of automation and self-service.
  
  
• Provide technical leadership to operations, infrastructure, and Fin Ops teams to optimise the performance and costs of IT infrastructure.
  
  
• Work on high-profile systems and solutions delivered at the National scale, in line with the organisation’s commitment to agile delivery practices and a product-based approach.
  
  
• Be the escalation point for any technical programme issues and champion operational management across the community, working closely with other leaders.
  
  Detailed job description and main responsibilities
  
  You will:
  
  
• Oversee the design and development of complex architectural solutions, ensuring technical integrity, consistency, scalability, performance and adherence to standards.
  
  
• Develop and maintain architectural cloud design roadmaps, optimise both cost value and performance efficiency.
  
  
• Develop and communicate cloud architecture principles and standards across the organisation.
  
  
• Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies, to deliver cloud-based health solutions.
  
  
• Work with security, compliance and operational teams to meet regulatory requirements.
  
  
• Drive innovation and explore emerging technologies, to seek opportunities for digital transformation
  
  
• Champion best-practice architectural principles and patterns, ensuring our solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable. Lead governance, solving complex and high-risk issues or delivering architecture design.
  
  
• Define and lead the long-term architectural vision, strategy, and objectives.
  
  
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable.
  
  
• Participate in an on-call 24x7 management rota
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
  
  Essential Qualifications
  
  
• Cloud certification (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
  
  
• TOGAF (TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner).
  
  Desirable Qualifications:
  
  
• Professional Registration: Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
  
  
• FEDIP Leading Practitioner, or equivalent recognised Advanced Professional qualification.
  
  
• ITIL 4 Leader Digital and IT Strategy (ITIL 4 Strategic Leader Module)
  
  If you are an exceptional candidate ready to make a significant impact, apply now and be part of our transformative journey