Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Contract - Outside IR35
hace 22 horas
Leicester
Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Contract - Outside IR/35 Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Architect to help define and scale a cloud-native platform environment. The role sits at the architectural level, shaping how infrastructure and applications are designed, deployed, and operated across AWS. This is not an SAP/BTP-first role - candidates should come from a hyperscaler cloud background, with SAP exposure considered a bonus. Key Responsibilities • Define end-to-end cloud platform architecture on AWS, • Design and govern Infrastructure-as-Code approaches (Terraform, Helm), • Architect Kubernetes-based environments and container deployment strategies, • Embed Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles across the platform, • Define best practices for:, • Deployment workflows (e.g. blue/green deployments), • Monitoring, alerting, and reliability, • Scalable and resilient infrastructure, • Translate high-level business and technical requirements into architectural designs, • Work closely with platform engineering teams responsible for execution, • Proven experience as a Cloud / Platform Architect in AWS environments, • Strong understanding of:, • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform essential), • Kubernetes and container orchestration, • Helm and deployment tooling, • Experience with platform engineering and cloud-native architecture patterns, • Strong knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts, • Ability to design end-to-end architecture lifecycle:, • From initial request ? design ? deployment ? monitoring ? optimisation, • Exposure to SAP landscapes or SAP BTP, • Experience working in SaaS or product-led environments, • Understanding of 'opinionated platforms' (e.g. abstractions over hyperscalers like BTP) JBRP1_UKTJ