Cloud Solutions Architect

5 days ago


Croydon, Greater London, United Kingdom Digital Skills Ltd Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to join our team at Digital Skills Ltd. As a Cloud Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in evaluating and validating third-party implementations of Azure cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Cloud Solution Assessment: Review and assess cloud solutions delivered by third parties to ensure compliance with Azure best practices, including landing zones, subscription designs, security, governance, secure access, and operational excellence.
  • Comprehensive Audits: Perform detailed audits based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to ensure that solutions are resilient, secure, efficient, and compliant.
  • Reporting and Recommendations: Provide written reports to clients monthly on key findings, risks, observations, and recommendations.
  • Security and Compliance: Ensure that third-party implementations meet security best practices and regulatory compliance requirements, such as GDPR, CIS, and NIST.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Validate the use of infrastructure as code (e.g., ARM, Terraform, Bicep) to ensure that deployment automation is implemented consistently and follows best practices.
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Evaluate CI/CD pipelines used by third-party vendors to ensure automation of deployment processes follows secure and efficient practices, including automation testing and security scanning.
  • Cost Optimization: Conduct reviews of cloud resources to ensure cost optimization strategies are in place, such as effective use of reserved instances, autoscaling, and proper resource tagging for tracking usage and costs.
  • Governance and Compliance: Ensure governance frameworks and guardrails are in place, including policy enforcement, role-based access control (RBAC), and resource consistency.
Requirements
  • Experience: Experience in Azure cloud architecture, with a focus on assurance, security, and compliance.
  • Architecture Reviews: Proven experience in conducting architecture reviews and assessments based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
  • Cloud Security Auditing: Strong background in cloud security auditing and compliance frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR).
  • Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Terraform, or Bicep) and DevOps pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
Skills Required
  • Azure Services: Deep knowledge of core Azure services (VMs, AKS, ACR, VNETs, Storage, etc.) and their best practices.
  • Azure Governance: Strong understanding of Azure governance, policy management, and security tools (Azure Policy, Blueprints, Security Centre).
  • Cost Management: Experience with cost management and optimization tools (Azure Cost Management, Azure Advisor).
  • Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide constructive feedback to third-party vendors.


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