Senior Cloud Architect (Senior Manager)
Role Purpose
The Senior Cloud Architect defines and governs the enterprise cloud architecture strategy across AWS, Azure and hybrid environments. As the senior technical authority, this role leads cloud transformation, sets engineering standards, ensures platform security and resilience, and aligns cloud capabilities with business strategy. The role manages Cloud Architects and Engineering Lane Leads while partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations and Product.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Cloud Strategy
Own the enterprise cloud architecture roadmap.
Define cloud adoption and modernization strategies.
Assess emerging cloud technologies and trends.
Drive platform and engineering standardisation.
Lead technology lifecycle management and technical debt reduction.
Architecture Governance
Lead or participate in Architecture Review Boards and Design Authority.
Approve solution architectures for major programmes.
Establish reference architectures and reusable patterns.
Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture principles.
Govern architecture quality across delivery.
Technical Leadership
Act as the highest technical authority for cloud architecture.
Provide leadership across AWS, Azure and hybrid cloud.
Challenge designs for scalability, resilience, security and cost.
Guide engineering teams through complex decisions.
Mentor senior architects and engineering leads.
Cloud Engineering Excellence
Define engineering standards and best practices.
Promote IaC (Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
Drive automation and CI/CD maturity.
Improve observability, monitoring and operational excellence.
Champion SRE and platform reliability.
Business Engagement
Translate business strategy into cloud capability.
Support investment decisions and value realisation.
Influence enterprise technology direction.
Risk, Security & Compliance
Ensure architectures meet regulatory and security requirements.
Collaborate with Cyber Security and Risk teams.
Drive Zero Trust and resilience best practices.
People Leadership
Lead Cloud Architects and Engineering Leads.
Coach senior technical professionals.
Build capability and succession plans.
Required Experience
12+ years enterprise IT experience.
8+ years designing enterprise cloud platforms.
Proven leadership in cloud transformation.
Experience managing senior technical teams.
Strong architecture governance background.
Technical Skills
Azure, AWS (GCP desirable)
Landing Zones, Kubernetes, Hybrid Cloud
Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
Cloud Security, Zero Trust, IAM
CI/CD, DevSecOps, SRE
Leadership Competencies
Strategic thinking
Executive stakeholder management
Architecture governance
Technical leadership
Coaching and mentoring
Commercial awareness
Key Deliverables
Enterprise Cloud Strategy
Technology Roadmap
Reference Architectures
Governance Framework
Platform Engineering Strategy
Technical Debt Reduction Plan
Success Measures (KPIs)
Governance compliance
Cloud transformation delivery
Platform reliability
Technical debt reduction
Cloud cost optimisation
Stakeholder satisfaction
Organisation
Reports to: Head of Cloud / Director of Platform Engineering / Chief Architect Direct Reports: Engineering Lane Leads, Principal & Senior Cloud Architects Stakeholders: CIO/CTO, Enterprise Architecture, Platform Engineering, Security, Operations, cloud vendors
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