Main Purpose<\/b><\/span>
<\/p>The\nSolution Architect (Cloud) will be responsible for planning, maintaining and\ndesigning cloud solutions. He/she will have to translate business requirements\ninto proposed architectural solutions across business units and business\nprocesses. Responsible for formulating the future cloud state architecture for\na particular initiative and for providing a high level roadmap for the\nimplementation of the cloud solution architecture.<\/span> <\/span>
<\/div><\/div>
Key Responsibilities<\/b><\/span>
<\/div>Technology\nSolutions<\/span><\/u><\/i>
<\/div>- Accountable for the creation of cloud\narchitecture solutions to meet business requirements, in line with the IT\nstrategy and architecture. <\/span>Business\nrequirements to be provided by the business analysis team.<\/span><\/span>
<\/li>- <\/span><\/span><\/span>Collaborate and support the development\nof the cloud strategy and plan.<\/span>
<\/li>- Ensure that the outcomes delivered by\nprojects are consistent with the original cloud solution specified by IT e.g.\nsupports the project manager to resolve technical issues during build.<\/span>
<\/li>- Work with the vendors, business analysts\nand system analysts to design cloud solutions<\/span>
<\/li>- Manage the relationship with our Cloud\nMSP and direction of our cloud strategy.<\/span>
<\/li><\/ul>Subject matter\nExpertise<\/span><\/u><\/i>
<\/div>- <\/span><\/span><\/span>Provide ad\-hoc consultancy as required to\nsenior business stakeholders on matters relating to cloud solutions.<\/span><\/span>
<\/li>- This will involve provide specific\ncontent knowledge of WFS solution components. <\/span>Although detailed SME input will be provided by vendors the Cloud\nSolution Architect with be required to co\-ordinate this activity.<\/span>
<\/li>- Adding clarity to business requirements;\nchallenging business requirements and demands to ensure high quality candidate\nsolutions are created.<\/span>
<\/li>- Thinking outside of the box to support\nthe business in delivering its strategic objectives rather than just responding\nto a pre\-defined request.<\/span>
<\/li>- Advising on supplier and cost options,\nand ensuring that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and\nconsidered in any RFI/RFP process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof\nof concept solutions.<\/span>
<\/li><\/ul>Methodology and\nQuality Assurance<\/span><\/u><\/i>
<\/div>- Work with the Architecture Review Board to consult on\nthe quality of the IT business solution and architectural soundness of the\ndesign.<\/span><\/span>
<\/li>- Continuously identify opportunities to improve and\n streamline cloud business solutions<\/span>
<\/li>- Management of the Cloud\nCentre of Excellence with the focus on architecture governance.<\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/span>
Requirements<\/h3>- Strong architecture skills\n (TOGAF, UML, Archimate)<\/span><\/span>
<\/li>- Infrastructure\n as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)<\/span>
<\/li>- Knowledge of one or more\n cloud programming languages available for today\u2019s cloud computing (i.e.,\n SQL data, XML data, R math, Clojure math, Haskell functional, Erlang\n functional, Python procedural, and Go procedural languages)<\/span>
<\/li>- AWS: Control Tower,\n Organizations, Landing Zone, Security Tooling (AWS Securityhub, AWS\n Inspector, AWS Guarduty, AWS Detective, NGFW\u2019s)<\/span>
<\/li>- AWS Identity and Access Management: Candidate needs to\nillustrate his/her understanding of the IAM Policy evaluation logic<\/span>
<\/li>- AWS VPC: Hub and Spoke Design\n with AWS Transit Gateway, AWS Site\-To\-Site VPN, AWS Client VPN, Security\n Groups<\/span>
<\/li>- AWS Resource Access Manager<\/span>
<\/li>- Network routing and DNS management, Route Tables, S2S\nand Direct Connect, etc.<\/span>
<\/li>- Monitoring solutions like\n CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ELK Stack, Prometheus, etc.<\/span>
<\/li>- Strong UML skills<\/span>
<\/li>- Working within both Agile and\n traditional waterfall environments<\/span>
<\/li>- Analysis and design<\/span>
<\/li>- Broad general IT knowledge.<\/span>
<\/li>- Good knowledge of traditional\n infrastructure and shifting toward cloud.<\/span>
<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION<\/span><\/b>
<\/div>- Computer Science/Information\n Systems/Mathematics/Engineering degree <\/span><\/span><\/span>
<\/li>- TOGAF certification<\/span>
<\/li>- AWS/Azure certifications beneficial<\/span>
<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED<\/span><\/b>
<\/p>- 10 years IT experience<\/span><\/span>
<\/li>- 5 Years of solid cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)<\/span>
<\/li>- At least two years as a cloud architect<\/span>
<\/li><\/ul>\u200b<\/span>
<\/div>Closing Date: 30 January 2025<\/b><\/span>
<\/div><\/span>
