Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Architect – Azure/AWS/GCP Lead

Acorn Insurance Ltd; West Kirby; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

35 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)

Mental health support & counselling

Early access to salary via internal平台

Job summary

Acorn Insurance Ltd. seeks a Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design, implement, and optimise secure, scalable cloud platforms.

You will shape cloud strategy, governance, and infrastructure modernisation while partnering with engineering, security and operations teams to align with enterprise standards. The role focuses on hybrid cloud architectures across Azure, AWS and GCP, with IaC using Terraform, Bicep or ARM, and a strong emphasis on security and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience across networking, infrastructure and cloud platform administration.
• Experience designing and supporting cloud infrastructure on Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Strong understanding of networking (VNETs/VPCs, DNS, load balancing, firewalls).
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and automation tooling.
• Experience with container platforms (Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
• Strong background in identity and access management (Azure AD, IAM, RBAC).
• Proven experience building scalable, resilient and secure cloud architectures.
• Understanding of cloud cost optimisation and FinOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end cloud architectures that support enterprise workloads (compute, storage, networking, identity, automation).
• Collaborate with HoPE to ensure robust design and delivery across cloud platforms.
• Create reference architectures, design patterns and technical standards for cloud environments.
• Design hybrid and multi-cloud strategies (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Evaluate new cloud services, tools and technologies to guide technical direction.
• Lead the design and implementation of core cloud infrastructure components (networks, IAM, monitoring, encryption, resilience, backups).
• Define IaC patterns using Terraform, Bicep or ARM.
• Support migration of workloads from on-premise to cloud platforms per best-practice frameworks.
• Ensure cloud designs meet security standards, regulatory requirements and governance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Networking

Infrastructure

System administration

Security & governance

FinOps awareness

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Acorn Insurance Ltd. seeks a Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design, implement, and optimise secure, scalable cloud platforms.

You will shape cloud strategy, governance, and infrastructure modernisation while partnering with engineering, security and operations teams to align with enterprise standards. The role focuses on hybrid cloud architectures across Azure, AWS and GCP, with IaC using Terraform, Bicep or ARM, and a strong emphasis on security and operational excellence.