Senior Cloud Solutions Architect
About the role
The Senior Cloud Solutions Architect leads the Cloud Engineering team in delivering and operating cloud, hybrid, and sovereign cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and on-premises virtualization platforms. The role is responsible for end-to-end delivery of cloud infrastructure migration and modernization programs, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Key responsibilities include designing and delivering cloud infrastructure, automating infrastructure delivery and operations, running customer environments to agreed SLAs, and providing technical leadership for RFPs and tenders. The position requires strong expertise in AWS, Azure, on-premises virtualization, automation, and AI-driven infrastructure, as well as leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Must have
- Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or a related field.
- 12+ years in ICT infrastructure, including 5+ years in cloud infrastructure delivery and 3+ years leading teams.
- Expert in AWS and Azure infrastructure, as well as on-premises virtualisation.
- Proven track record in enterprise cloud infrastructure migration, modernisation and operations.
- Strong knowledge of AI and GenAI, including AWS and Azure AI services, AIOps, and AI-ready infrastructure (GPU, data and MLOps foundations).
- Strong automation mindset (Terraform, Ansible, DevOps) and AI-first thinking.
- Solid commercial acumen and ITIL service management knowledge.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with open-source stacks (such as OpenStack, KVM, Kubernetes and Proxmox) is an added advantage.
- Certifications such as AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, AWS/Azure AI, VMware, ITIL or PMP are an advantage.
Technologies
- Ansible
- AWS
- Azure
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- FinOps
- Generative AI
- Hyper-V
- Infrastructure as Code
- ITIL
- Kubernetes
- MLOps
- OpenStack
- Pmp
- Terraform
- Virtualization
- VMware
Highlights
Certifications such as AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, AWS/Azure AI, VMware, ITIL, or PMP are considered an advantage. Experience with open-source stacks like OpenStack, KVM, Kubernetes, and Proxmox is also advantageous.
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