Senior Cloud Architecture Leader | Strategy & Delivery

Hippo; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension (Hippo 6% and Employee 2%)

25 Days Holiday

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance and death in service

Volunteer days

Cycle‑to‑work scheme

EV salary sacrifice

Season ticket loans

Wellbeing sessions

Flexible benefits

Private health cover

Private dental cover

Additional pension contributions

Additional holidays

Tree planting

Job summary

Hippo, a rapidly growing digital consultancy, is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to shape architectural vision and technical strategy for clients and internal practice. You will lead complex engagements, mentor teams, and influence C‑suite decisions, driving secure, scalable, well‑engineered systems.

You will act as a trusted advisor, owning technical standards and contributing to pre‑sales and business growth in a collaborative, agile environment across UK offices.

Qualifications

• Senior‑level experience leading large digital transformations.
• Design and implement architectures across major Public Cloud platforms, including multi‑cloud strategies.
• Hands‑on with Kubernetes and advanced CI/CD tooling; Infrastructure‑as‑Code with Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Define and evangelise architectural vision, standards and best practices across Hippo Digital delivery practice.
• Advise senior client stakeholders, guiding long‑term technical strategy.
• Lead complex technical engagements with architectural oversight and quality assurance.
• Mentor and coach technical architects and senior engineers.
• Drive pre‑sales and bids, shaping new opportunities.
• Contribute to Hippo Digital thought leadership through public speaking and writing.
• Make and communicate key architectural decisions impacting multiple projects.

Skills

Technical Architect

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Agile

Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Hippo, a rapidly growing digital consultancy, is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to shape architectural vision and technical strategy for clients and internal practice. You will lead complex engagements, mentor teams, and influence C‑suite decisions, driving secure, scalable, well‑engineered systems.

You will act as a trusted advisor, owning technical standards and contributing to pre‑sales and business growth in a collaborative, agile environment across UK offices.