Senior Cloud Platform Architect

Principal Cloud Architect - Scottish Government - G7 Location

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• Architect and optimize Cloud Landing Zones for GCP and Azure environments ensuring scalability, security, and compliance.
• Design and implement multi-cloud platform solutions leveraging GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) and AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service).
• Define and enforce cloud governance frameworks, including identity, access management, and network security policies.
• Refactor and standardize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using Terraform / Terraform Cloud for reusable, modular deployments.
• Implement policy-as-code guardrails for compliance using Sentinel or OPA.
• Drive Kubernetes cluster architecture, workload orchestration, and service mesh integration (Istio).

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect with hands‑on expertise in GCP and Azure
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• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes
  , GKE
  , and AKS for container orchestration.
• Expertise in Landing Zone design and optimization for enterprise‑scale deployments.
• Advanced skills in Terraform / Terraform Cloud for IaC and automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Harness).
• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation.
• Understanding of policy-as-code frameworks (OPA, Sentinel) and cloud governance.
• Certifications:
  
  GCP Professional Cloud Architect
  , Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  , Kubernetes Certified.
• Good to have:
  
  Experience with
  IDE platforms for Cloud Engineering (e.g., Backstage).

• Mid‑Senior level

• Contract

• Information Technology

• Banking