Solution Architect - Cloud Architecture Adoption

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Solution Architect to lead cloud architecture adoption. This role involves collaborating with diverse teams to facilitate the migration of business applications to public cloud platforms. You will provide technical guidance, engage with stakeholders, and shape solutions that align with industry standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Azure and Google Cloud, alongside a strong grasp of container orchestration and Infrastructure as Code. Join a forward-thinking team committed to innovation and inclusivity while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package that supports your well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise scale cloud application migration.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance for public cloud adoption.
• Consult with stakeholders to shape solution designs.

Skills

Cloud Migration

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Container Orchestration

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps Practices

Cloud Networking

Technical Communication

Education

Cloud Certification (Azure, GCP)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

JOB TITLE: Solution Architect - Cloud Architecture Adoption

SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810

LOCATION: Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester or Bristol

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

The team

The Cloud Adoption team, part of Business Performance & Engagement in CIO Enabling Services, supports Lloyds Banking Group's ambition to be the UK's leading Fintech by facilitating the adoption of LBG's strategic public cloud platforms and driving our tech modernisation agenda. The team works on key projects, offers architectural guidance and consultancy, and provides engineering services to promote Public Cloud adoption. We collaborate with internal architecture and platform teams as well as leading cloud providers to speed up the delivery of business applications, thereby supporting our business in delivering effective solutions.

Day to Day responsibilities involve:

• Work to enable our Business Platforms to deliver change at pace through the safe and efficient adoption of self-service Public Cloud products and services by providing technical guidance and design assurance.

• Consulting with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify business requirements and opportunities and then shape solution designs, guiding them through the full design lifecycle.

• Be part of the wider Bank Solution Architecture Community to shape ways of working and standard processes and develop skills and create key Public Cloud Architecture blueprints and patterns.

• Leading technical discussions with collaborators, internal, external, and third party across various levels of technical expertise, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter Experts.

• Support LBG's Cloud Platform team in enabling and shaping Public Cloud Product Roadmaps to simplify how our business labs consume them.

• Provide upskilling and education of Architects to increase platform maturity driving self-service.

• Facilitating a higher cadence in successful design delivery by collaborating with Solution Architects within our business to ensure their solution designs align with the bank's architectural, security, and engineering standards and best practices.

What you'll need:

• Strong experience of the adoption and/or migration of business applications to public cloud at enterprise scale with an understanding of Modern Application and Infrastructure Architectures and Cloud Native engineering principles.

• In-depth experience in designing and integrating IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions across Azure and Google Cloud Platform to guide others.

• Significant experience working as a Cloud Solution Architect, with hands-on experience with major cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.

• Experience with container environments and container orchestration tools. E.g., Docker, Kubernetes (GKE, AKS, OpenShift).

• A good understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, VPNs, subnets, firewalls and cloud native security, and load balancers and resilience.

• Knowledge and/or experience with DevOps practices, DevOps methodologies and DevOps tools.

• Demonstrate a good understanding of the concept of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate and manage infrastructure through code, ensuring consistency and efficiency. Leveraging tools like Terraform to streamline deployment processes and enhance scalability.

• Proficient communication and Technology Leadership collaboration skills.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.

• Understanding of the values and principles to excel in an agile working environment.

In addition, any experience of these would be useful:

• Certified in a cloud platform such as Azure and Google Cloud Platform

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes

• A generous pension contribution of up to

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares.

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!