Infrastructure Architect
3 days ago
City of London
Job Title: Solution Architect – Cloud Transformation Location: UK, London Role Summary The Solution Architect leads large-scale cloud transformation initiatives for enterprise clients by defining cloud strategies, designing target architectures, and driving modernization across applications, data, and infrastructure. The role demands deep architectural expertise, strong consulting skills, and the ability to influence C-level stakeholders while guiding cross-functional engineering teams. Key Responsibilities • Cloud Strategy & Enterprise Transformation, • Define cloud transformation roadmaps, adoption frameworks, and business cases for GCP migration., • Design scalable, secure and resilient GCP cloud architecture, • Conduct cloud assessments, maturity evaluations, and TCO/ROI analysis for clients., • Guide clients through modernization of legacy workloads into cloud-native architectures., • Align technical decisions with business outcomes and long-term transformation goals., • Solution Architecture & Design, • Architect end-to-end solutions using core GCP services across compute, networking, storage, data, security and application stack., • Design scalable, secure multi-region and hybrid-cloud architectures., • Build enterprise cloud landing zones, network topologies, identity hierarchy, and governance models., • Ensure architecture adheres to GCP best practices, Well-Architected Framework, and industry standards., • Lead architecture for large-scale migrations using Migrate for Compute Engine, Database Migration Service, Transfer Services, and Anthos., • Provide oversight to migration waves, cutover planning, operational readiness, and risk management., • Application & Data Modernization, • Lead modernization using GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery, and managed databases., • Define rehost, replatform, refactor strategies for application and data migration., • Architect microservices, event-driven and serverless patterns., • Governance, Security & Compliance, • Define cloud security models including IAM, VPC Service Controls, encryption, key management, and workload identity., • Establish guardrails, governance policies, FinOps, and cost-optimization strategies., • Support compliance initiatives for ISO 27001, SOC2, HIPAA, PCI (as applicable)., • Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure proper implementation of the designed architecture., • DevOps, Automation & Engineering Excellence, • Enforce IaC and automation practices using Terraform, Deployment Manager, and CI/CD tooling., • Advise teams on DevOps/SRE and CloudOps best practices., • Promote standardized architecture patterns, reusable components, and reference solutions., • Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using Github actions, including workflow automation and approval gates., • Client-Facing, Leadership & Consulting skills, • Serve as the primary technical advisor for C-suite, enterprise architects, and IT leadership., • Drive end-to-end GCP cloud transformation engagements—assessment, migration, modernization, and optimization., • Conduct architecture workshops, discovery sessions, and technical deep dives., • Support pre-sales, solutioning, proposal development, and client presentations., • Provide thought leadership and guide strategic decision-making during transformation engagements., • Ability to communicate complex cloud concepts to C-level and non-technical stakeholders., • Strong client-facing experience in enterprise transformation programs., • Ability to lead cross-functional architecture and engineering teams., • Excellent presentation, documentation, and decision-making skills. Required Technical Skills • Deep expertise in GCP services including:, • Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, • VPC networking, load balancing, interconnects, private service access, • Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigQuery, Firestore, Memorystore, • Pub/Sub, Composer, Dataflow, Dataproc, • Cloud IAM, Security Command Center, Cloud Armor, • Strong experience designing cloud-native, containerized, and microservices-based solutions., • Strong architectural background in distributed systems, networking, and security., • Proficiency with IaC (Terraform preferred)., • Good Understanding of DevOps, GitOps, CI/CD, SRE, and automated operations. Preferred Qualifications • Strong experience in IT services, system integration, or consulting environments., • Certifications (preferred):, • Google Professional Cloud Architect (mandatory or highly preferred), • Cloud Network professional, • Cloud Security engineer professional, • Gen AI leader ( good to have), • Azure and AWS architecture and solution expert certifications (good to have), • Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments