Cloud Infrastructure Architect

- Develop end-to-end cloud architectures, supporting enterprise workloads, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and automation - Develop a close working relationship with Platform Engineering to ensure robust design and delivery across our cloud platforms - Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud environments - Design hybrid and multi-cloud strategies leveraging platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP - Evaluate new cloud services, tools, and technologies to guide technical direction - Lead the design and implementation of core cloud infrastructure components: virtual networks, identity and access, monitoring, encryption, resilience, and backup strategies - Define infrastructure-as-code patterns using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM - Support migration of workloads from on-premise to cloud platforms following best-practice frameworks - Ensure cloud designs adhere to security standards, regulatory requirements, and architectural governance - Implement Zero Trust principles, network segmentation, encryption, key management, and secure access control models - Partner with SecOps teams to ensure monitoring, logging, and incident response capabilities are embedded - Develop automation and service optimisation strategies to improve performance, cost efficiency, and availability - Conduct capacity planning, resilience engineering, disaster recovery design, and performance tuning - Mentor engineers across cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure teams