Senior Solutions Architect

**Are you a Cloud Architect with experience of working as a Solution Owner on projects and/or programmes?**

As a Cloud Architect, you will join our new and growing team, which defines the solutions architecture for our developing Cloud Agnostic platform within our Aerospace, Defence & Secure Sector.

We are looking for a Cloud Architect with experience working in AWS & MS Azure to lead on a modern and innovative solution, capable of transforming the way managed services are delivered within the business.

Your role will be to leverage technical knowledge across best practices and new technologies to help our customers and colleagues realise the benefits of cloud-based services.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Technical lead for a cloud agnostic platform, to be delivered across the Aerospace, Defence and Secure sector.
- Design services to be used across major cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
- Understand customer requirements and translate these into advisory and/or managed service solutions, taking accountability for how the solution meets the customers’ business requirements Provide recommendations and suggestions on areas for improvement for cloud implementation.
- Build and maintain a positive relationship with the channel partners' internal technical teams.
- Maintain and deploy current knowledge of the latest technology and cybersecurity trends related to AWS, MS Azure and Google Cloud.
- Lead and present at customer opportunities and workshop sessions.
- Host customer strategy meetings, including presenting solutions from a commercial and business perspective.
- Ensure the implementation and monitoring of security best practices on cloud platforms in consultation with Information Security.
- Act as an escalation point for technical leads across the team.
- Manage the technology orientation process of new employees in the team.
- Maintain a high level of industry awareness through training and self-development; keep up to date with current and future technologies, products, and strategies.

**What you’ll bring**:

- AWS- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- Be a driven individual, with a positive attitude to delivering new and innovative solutions.
- An understanding of Microsoft AWS/Azure implementation options.
- Knowledge of new and emerging cloud-based technologies and micro-services.
- An excellent understanding of the latest cloud engineering trends across AWS, MS Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Effective communication skills to articulate complicated cloud solutions to senior stakeholders across the ADS Sector.
- Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum & Kanban).
- Experience working with specific Agile tooling's such as Jira and Confluence.
- A good understanding of how automated build templates/blueprints can be used to deliver SaaS.

**It would be great if you had**:

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you

**Employment Type: Full-time**
**Location: UK Remote with some travel to Cheltenham**
**Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for Security Clearance**
**Internal Recruiter: Josh Huggins-Smith**
**Salary: £75k**
**Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund**

**Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company?**

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety
- and security-critical markets.

Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we can be multi-disciplined and access a range of technologies.