Cloud Architect

4 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom F2X Group Ltd Full time

INSTANDA is the world's first no code platform for Insurance. A pioneering Insurtech, we're revolutionising the insurance industry by offering insurers a versatile tool to create, manage, and distribute digital insurance products. Our innovative technology empowers insurance carriers to adapt swiftly to market demands and navigate the evolving landscape. Our Technology is consistently recognised as the best policy administration platform for innovative insurers, winning awards in both the UK and US.

INSTANDA has grown significantly in recent years and we are now a team of 200+ employees globally, with partnerships that operate worldwide. We're continuing to grow our business and our DevOps team is at the forefront of our growth plans.

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Architect with expertise in Azure SaaS solutions to join our team. In this role, you will design, implement, and optimize scalable, secure, and cost-effective software solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge SaaS products that meet business needs while ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance.

This role is UK based, primarily remote working with some travel required to our London Office.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

What you will do:

Solution Architecture:

  • Work closely with the DevOps and Architecture teams to design and implement cloud-native SaaS strategy for Azure services and frameworks, in line with the business and client roadmaps.
  • Develop end-to-end architectural blueprints, including compute, storage, networking, and application layers.
  • Ensure solutions are aligned with business goals, technical requirements, and industry best practices.

Azure Expertise:

  • Leverage Azure PaaS services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure SQL Database.
  • Utilize Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code.
  • Implement security measures, including Azure Key Vault, Managed Identity, and role-based access controls.

Scalability and Optimisation:

  • Architect solutions that scale efficiently and optimise costs using Azure Autoscale and Reserved Instances.
  • Ensure system resilience through high-availability configurations and disaster recovery strategies.

Collaboration and Leadership:

  • Work closely with product owners, architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders.
  • Guide teams in adopting cloud-first and microservices architectures.
  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior architects and engineers.

Compliance and Governance:

  • Ensure designs meet industry standards for compliance, including GDPR, HIPAA, or ISO 27001, as required.
  • Optimisation of monitoring and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Elastic Cloud.
  • Establish governance policies for Azure subscriptions and resources.
  • Adhere to INSTANDA's information security policies, guidelines, and best practices to protect our company and our clients.
  • Contribute to a culture of security awareness within the company.
Requirements

Essential:

  • 3+ years in cloud architecture roles.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Azure cloud services.
  • Proven experience in designing SaaS solutions, including multi-tenant architectures.
  • Deep knowledge of Azure PaaS and IaaS services.
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or ARM templates).
  • Strong understanding of networking concepts (e.g., VNets, load balancers, VPNs) in Azure.
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture, containers, and Kubernetes.
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (preferred).
  • Experience with other cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) for hybrid or multi-cloud solutions.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Desirable:

  • Other relevant Azure or SaaS-related certifications are a plus.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Generous 28 days holiday allowance, in addition to public holidays.
  • For every year of service you complete, we'll give you an additional days holiday (max. 5 days)
  • One Dynamic Day per month on top of your holiday allowance to spend time doing the things you want to do or simply catching up with life admin.
  • Freedom Pass work up to 4 weeks of the year from anywhere.
  • FlexiBank you decide when to use your public holiday allocation.
  • Hybrid Working approach varying with the nature of your role.
  • Life cover; income protection and participation in the company pension scheme
  • All employees are included in the company discretionary bonus scheme
  • £100 per month to put towards wellness activities.
  • Annual learning & development allowance of £1,250
  • Free access to LinkedIn learning and Microsoft ESI learning platform
Additional Information:

Our company was built by looking at the world through a different lens and our culture today reflects that by encouraging you to be yourself, speak your mind, and share your opinions. We want people who want to push themselves, be part of something great, and be prepared to challenge if they think there is a better way. Collaboration sits at the heart of how we operate, it has fueled our growth enormously and our aim to be 'world class'.

We want everyone to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process; if you require any additional adjustments please let us know. Visit instanda.com/careers for more information.

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