Cloud Architect - VR/31115

Permanent opportunity for an experienced Cloud Architect to join a global energy sector company, based in Westhill. You'll shape and document Azure-based solutions, supporting cloud strategy and IT modernisation. Involvement across architecture design, DevOps, and data integration. Ideal for someone passionate about scalable, secure, and innovative cloud environments.

Overview:

Global energy service company is seeking a motivated Cloud Architect to enhance their IT Team, increasing its capacity and supporting as they expand their capabilities. This full-time, permanent role is ideally based in the Westhill office and offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced candidate to join a dynamic team. Here, you can build on your skills and develop your career within a leading business in the Energy industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creating and maintaining high-quality documentation for all cloud architectures.
• Documenting, and promoting cloud architecture standards, patterns, and best practices within the organisation.
• Translating business and technical requirements into comprehensive cloud architecture designs primarily leveraging Azure services (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS). 
• Designing solutions adhering to best practices for security, high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency. 
• Developing detailed architectural diagrams, technical specifications, and solution blueprints.
• Contributing to the development and evolution of the overall cloud strategy and IT modernisation. 
• Collaborating with teams to integrate data and AI designs and architecture.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications: 

• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and documenting complex cloud solutions. 
• Demonstrable experience creating detailed architectural documentation and diagrams.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services and solutions, familiarity with AWS and/or GCP is desirable.
• Strong technical writing and diagramming skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience applying architectural frameworks and principles (e.g., TOGAF, Azure Well-Architected Framework).
• Experience implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD. Utilising IAC tools like Bicep, Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience working in a corporate team, collaborating with and mentoring colleagues.