Cloud Architect

SS&C Technologies; Basildon; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services and healthcare technology company is looking for a Cloud Architect to design and manage their cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with cloud migration and infrastructure as well as strong skills in both public and private cloud technologies. The role includes strategic responsibilities, requiring a hands-on leader to ensure secure and efficient cloud solutions that align with business goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure design.
• Strong expertise in at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Deep experience with private cloud technologies and cloud migration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable cloud architectures.
• Manage the conversion of workloads from public to private cloud environments.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure compliance and governance in cloud environments.

Skills

Cloud Migration

Cloud Architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Networking

Security

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

VMware vSphere

OpenStack

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Cloud Architect to lead the design, development, and management of our cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with public and private cloud platforms, with a strong focus on converting and migrating workloads from public to private cloud environments. This role involves architectural planning, platform evaluation, and implementation to ensure secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure that aligns with business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud architectures.

• Lead the conversion of workloads and services from public cloud to private cloud environments, including assessment, planning, migration, and optimisation.

• Evaluate existing cloud infrastructure and develop a hybrid or private cloud strategy based on business and compliance needs.

• Architect and oversee the build-out of private cloud environments using platforms such as OpenStack, VMware, or Hyper-V.

• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure governance across private and hybrid cloud environments.

• Develop and enforce architectural standards, policies, and best practices.

• Manage cloud costs and recommend strategies for efficiency and scalability.

• Lead or support disaster recovery planning, business continuity, and cloud backup strategies.

• Guide and mentor engineering and DevOps teams in cloud-native design patterns and private cloud technologies.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure design, or DevOps.

• Proven experience with cloud migration, particularly from public to private or hybrid cloud.

• Strong technical expertise in at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• In-depth experience with private cloud technologies such as VMware vSphere, OpenStack, or Nutanix.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

• Strong understanding of networking, security, storage, and virtualisation in cloud environments.

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

Preferred:

• Cloud and virtualisation certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert, VMware Certified Professional).

• Experience building and managing on-prem data centres or private cloud platforms.

• Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Soft Skills:

• Strategic thinking and technical leadership.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Clear and confident communication with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive initiatives to completion.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.