Cloud Technical Architect

Here at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), we work on things that make a real difference to people's lives. Whether it's through the homes we live in, the work of our local councils, or the communities we're all a part of, our work is at the top of the political agenda. We have ambitious and far-reaching outcomes to achieve this year and, if you're thinking of joining us, there's never been a more exciting time.

We're looking for candidates to be based in our Leeds office where we offer a hybrid-approach to working.

We are hiring 4 different types of Cloud Technical Architects:

• AWS Tech Architect (Senior)

• Azure Tech Architect (Senior)

• AI Cloud Architect (Senior)

• Junior Cloud Solutions Architect (Mid-Level)

Salaries are composed of a base amount with an additional specialist allowance. Further information will be provided if successful at the assessment stage.

What you'll do as a Cloud Technical Architect

• Design and implement a new AI platform architecture from the ground up focused on scalability, modularity and performance (for AI Cloud Architect)
• Create the required artefacts (solution designs, diagrams, HLD, LLD, etc) for use with our cloud infrastructure and applications and for engineers and service teams to build and run solutions and services
• Develop, improve or identify changes to infrastructure and solutions in Azure and/or AWS that supports solutions for multiple projects, working with the project teams to deliver these
• Contribute to the overall technical strategy and road map for the department in your area of expertise
• Ensure alignment of solutions to our target architecture and broader technical strategy
• Articulate key technologies' impact on cost, capacity, transformation, risk, business enablement and transformation objectives
• Develop, maintain, and automate cloud infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, auditing, and de-provisioning using Infrastructure-as-Code methods and supporting tooling

What we're looking for

• Good knowledge in Cloud based services and architecture at a broad level so that you can work with business teams to suggest solutions to problems, meet business needs and identify the appropriate technologies to deliver this
• Experience of being able to work with business and technology stakeholders to articulate and translate business problems into technical designs for systems characterised by levels of risk, impact and business or technical complexity
• Familiarity with DevOps processes and agile ways of working
• Developed and owned enterprise architecture strategies and roadmaps from a business and technology perspective, including 'as-is', 'to-be' and transitional states
• prior use of Infrastructure as Code for deployment and maintenance of cloud infrastructure and resources