Cloud Modernisation Architect

Telefonica Tech; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Cloud Modernisation Architect to help customers design and deploy applications into cloud-native architectures. The role involves hands-on work building prototypes, leading AI-driven development, and collaborating with teams across the customer lifecycle. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in modern software practices and cloud technologies. This position offers the flexibility of remote work and a full-time employment type.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and operating modern applications.
• Hands-on expertise with Docker, Terraform, Azure IaaS, PaaS, microservices, and API management.
• Proficient in Agile methodologies, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Expert understanding of cloud technologies including IaaS, PaaS, FaaS, and cloud-native services.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to understand application strategy and constraints.
• Design and build cloud-native prototypes of applications.
• Redesign software architecture and embed modern development lifecycle processes.
• Build an application demo portal showcasing cloud architectures.
• Lead AI-driven approaches to application management.
• Work with tooling partners to visualize software applications.

Skills

Designing applications

Docker

Terraform

Azure

Agile methodologies

DevOps

CI / CD pipelines

Microservices

API management

Cloud-native services

Job description

Cloud Modernisation Architect

As a Cloud Modernisation Architect you will help customers rapidly visualise design and deploy applications into cloud-native architectures patterns. This is a hands‑on and customer facing role helping organisations build cloud‑native prototypes of applications or components and reimagine their application portfolio and SDLC for cloud.

This role sits inside our Strategic Cloud Consulting team who work at the start of the customer lifecycle delivering rapid time to value projects via our unique delivery methodology before we design and deliver long term consulting and managed service projects.

Key Responsibilities :

• Collaborate and whiteboard with customers to understand application strategy technical constraints and modernisation enabling mechanisms
• Rapidly design and build cloud‑native prototypes of customer applications onto with modern and automated toolchains and new DevOps ways of working.
• Lead software strategy across the full‑stack to redesign the software architecture and embed modern software development lifecycle processes
• Build and present an application demo portal showcasing the latest and greatest in cloud and application architecture
• Lead on AI driven approaches to application development and management helping our customers embed AI ML and automation into process flows
• Collaborate with sales pre‑sales and cloud teams across the full customer lifecycle to be an expert on engineering modern applications
• Work with our tooling partners to bring modern toolchains to our customers to rapidly visualise software applications

Skills / Experience

• Experience designing building and operating modern applications
• Hands‑on expertise with a tech stack consisting of docker containerisation Terraform Azure IaaS PaaS microservices and API management
• Proficiency in modern software development practices including Agile methodologies DevOps and CI / CD pipelines
• Expert understanding of cloud technologies including IaaS PaaS and FaaS as well as cloud‑native services such as containers serverless computing and microservices architecture.
• Experience with enterprise applications and estates (preferred)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Including a strong ability to create positive and professional business relationships with partners and customer stakeholders

Key Words :

Cloud Modernisation - Cloud Modernization - Application Architect - Full Stack Engineer - Application Modernisation - AppMod - Application Engineer - Software Architect - Cloud - Azure - AWS - GCP - Application Architecture - Application Developer

Additional Information :

We dont believe hiring is a tick box exercise so if you feel that you dont match the job description 100% but would still be a great fit for a role please get in touch.

Remote Work : Yes

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

APIs,Pegasystems,Spring,SOAP,.NET,Hybris,Solution Architecture,Service-Oriented Architecture,Adobe Experience Manager,J2EE,Java,Oracle

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1