Solutions Architect
hace 4 días
Guildford
Provide company-wide architectural governance and technical leadership for the enterprise program migrating on-premise estate (RHEL, Oracle, Microsoft) to FCP. Define and enforce target reference architectures, migration patterns, security & compliance guardrails, and run governance through an Architecture Review Board (ARB) to ensure secure, cost-effective, resilient, and compliant outcomes. • Establish, document, and own cloud target/reference architectures for FCP covering compute, networking, identity, storage, databases, middleware, integration, backup/DR, and observability., • Chair/run the Architecture Review Board (ARB)., • Review, approve, or raise conditions for migration and design packages., • Maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and a patterns/standards library., • Create migration strategy and application classification (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor, replace, retire)., • Define and validate data migration and cutover strategies for Oracle (and other DBs), including rollback and integrity verification plans., • Define security, compliance, and operational guardrails (IAM, encryption, network segmentation, logging, vulnerability management)., • Produce runbooks, playbooks, and cutover templates; validate them during pilot migrations., • Define non-functional requirements (performance, HA, RTO/RPO) and validate designs against them., • Drive cost governance: tagging policy, cost models, budget forecasts, and ongoing optimization., • Coordinate with App owners, DBAs, Security, Compliance, DevOps, Infra, and PMO to ensure alignment and readiness., • Mentor platform and application teams; enable knowledge transfer and create training materials., • Run proofs-of-concept (PoCs) and provide hands-on support for complex migrations or performance tuning., • Conduct post-migration reviews, capture lessons learned, and iterate architecture/designs., • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience., • Experience: 8+ years IT experience with at least 4+ years in architecting and leading enterprise on-prem → cloud migrations., • Technical expertise:, • Strong Linux (RHEL) systems knowledge and experience with configuration management/automation., • Deep Oracle database migration experience (replication, logical/physical migration tools, schema conversion, performance tuning)., • Microsoft stack experience (Windows Server, AD, .NET, SQL Server) and migration approaches., • Solid cloud architecture knowledge (IaaS, PaaS, managed DBs, networking, identity)., • Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) experience preferred., • Security and compliance controls implementation experience for cloud migrations., • Observability, monitoring, and incident management best practices., • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences., • Experience running Architecture Review Boards and writing ADRs., • Proven ability to produce clear architecture artifacts, runbooks, and migration playbooks., • TOGAF or enterprise architecture certification., • Experience with large-scale Oracle consolidation/migration projects., • Experience with cost governance tools and cloud financial management (FinOps)., • Experience with regulated environments (PCI, GDPR, SOX, HIPAA) if applicable. #J-18808-Ljbffr