At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead cloud architecture projects and design multi-cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Company: Join World Wide Technology, a leader in innovative cloud solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with mentorship opportunities and career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by transforming businesses with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
- Qualifications: Deep technical expertise in cloud platforms and strong design skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
World Wide Technology is looking for a deeply technical Enterprise Architect who specialises in cloud and is genuinely fluent across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and equally comfortable designing the hybrid architectures and migration programmes that move clients from on‑premises infrastructure into the cloud, and operate confidently in between.
This is a hands‑on architecture and delivery role, not a single‑cloud speciality.
Responsibilities Own end‑to‑end technical delivery of cloud architecture engagements: design authority, low‑level design, migration execution, and post‑go‑live optimisation.
Host and chair Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Technical Design Authority (TDA) sessions for cloud engagements, owning governance gates, decision records, and design sign‑off.
Architect multi‑cloud solutions spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP across compute, storage, networking, and identity, selecting the right platform and services for each workload.
Lead migration strategy and execution for on‑premises to cloud programmes: workload assessment against the 6 R's (rehost, replatform, repurchase, refactor, retire, retain), dependency mapping, wave planning, and low‑downtime cutover.
Design hybrid cloud architectures connecting on‑premises data centres to cloud environments, including dedicated connectivity, hybrid identity, and hybrid DNS/name resolution.
Define cloud landing zone and foundation architectures: multi‑account/subscription/project strategy, guardrails, and policy‑as‑code.
Advise clients on cloud economics and Fin
Ops: cost visibility, commitment‑based discounting, and rightsizing strategy.
Define cloud security architecture: identity federation, network segmentation, encryption, and compliance alignment across all three hyperscalers.
Lead technical design workshops, present architecture and migration roadmaps to client leadership, and act as the named technical escalation point for delivery teams.
Mentor other cloud architects and engineers and contribute to WWT's multi‑cloud and migration reference architectures.
Support pre‑sales through technical scoping, migration effort estimation, and proof‑of‑concept design.
Technical Skill Sets Azure Core : Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Storage, Entra ID (Azure AD), Well‑Architected Framework.
Azure Landing Zone : Azure Landing Zones, Management Group hierarchy design.
Azure Networking : Express Route, Virtual WAN for hybrid and multi‑region connectivity.
Azure Migration : Azure Migrate for assessment, replatforming, and cutover.
Azure Containers : AKS architecture for modernised workloads.
GCP Core : Compute Engine, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud IAM.
GCP Landing Zone : Resource Manager hierarchy and Organization Policy design.
GCP Networking : Cloud Interconnect and hybrid connectivity design.
GCP Migration : Migrate to Virtual Machines for workload migration.
GCP Containers : GKE architecture for modernised workloads.
Migration assessment methodology (the 6 R's) and tooling.
Application dependency mapping and realistic, risk‑managed migration wave plans.
Data migration strategy for online (minimal downtime, replication‑based) and offline (bulk transfer) approaches, including rollback planning.
Hybrid Cloud Architecture for dedicated hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect, Express Route, Cloud Interconnect) and integration with SD‑WAN and WAN environments.
Hybrid identity architecture using AD Connect/Entra Connect, federation, and single sign‑on across on‑premises and cloud directories.
Hybrid DNS and name resolution design across on‑premises and multi‑cloud environments.
VMware‑on‑cloud bridge technologies (VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution, Google Cloud VMware Engine).
Workload placement strategy for long‑term hybrid estates.
Governance
