Cloud Platform Architect

Picture More Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Picture More Ltd in Central London is seeking a hands-on Cloud Platform Architect to own the roadmap for a strategic Azure platform. You will design architecture on live projects and collaborate with CTO, COO and CIO-level stakeholders.

In this hybrid role, you lead from the front, govern and validate cloud designs, and drive multi-year cloud strategy in a large enterprise. Strong Azure certifications and FinOps experience are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Proven background as Cloud Platform Architect or equivalent senior cloud architecture role.
• Experience owning multi-year cloud platform roadmaps and strategy.
• Expert-level Azure architecture knowledge with Azure certifications (AWS/GCP accepted if Azure expertise remains strong).
• Experience working with C-level stakeholders on budgets, investment cases or FinOps.
• Comfortable providing validation, assurance and governance while designing architectures personally.
• Experience leading matrixed teams of architects and engineers.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for a business-critical Azure platform.
• Design architecture on live projects and governance activities.
• Collaborate with CTO/COO/CIO-level stakeholders to shape investment decisions.
• Lead from the front to evolve platform and teams.

Skills

Azure architecture

Roadmap ownership

FinOps & budgets

Governance & validation

Leadership of matrixed teams

Large-scale enterprise experience

Job description

Cloud Platform Architect

Central London, near Liverpool Street - hybrid working | £115,000 - £130.000 (depending on experience) + excellent benefits package and discretionary bonus

If you're already the person who owns a cloud platform roadmap, not just advises on one, this is worth five minutes of your time.

You'll join the technology leadership team at a leading global professional services organisation as a hands-on Cloud Platform Architect, owning the roadmap for a business-critical Azure platform, while still personally designing architecture on live projects. You'll work directly with CTO, COO and CIO-level stakeholders, shaping investment decisions rather than just presenting to them, with real autonomy over how the platform and the teams around it evolve. You'll get scope to lead from the front, not just sign things off.

What you’ll need:

• A proven background working as a Cloud Platform Architect (or equivalent senior cloud architecture role).
• Demonstrable experience in strategy as well as designing and owning multi-year cloud platform roadmaps.
• Expert-level Azure cloud architecture knowledge, holding Azure certifications. Candidates holding AWS or GCP certifications would also be considered if the person still has strong knowledge of Azure.
• Experience working with C-level stakeholders on budgets, investment cases or FinOps.
• Comfortable providing validation, assurance and governance, while still producing architecture designs personally.
• Experience leading matrixed teams of architects and engineers.
• Experience working in large scale enterprise environments.

About the firm:

A leading global professional services organisation with a genuine international footprint, investing heavily in cloud and AI to modernise how it works. Technology here is a business enabler, not back-office support, and this platform sits right at the centre of that.