Cloud Centre Of Excellence Architect Full Time

Robert Walters

Job Title: Cloud Centre Of Excellence (CCoE) Architect
Location: London, Leeds, Edinburgh
Job Type: Perm
Salary: National – ranging from £65,200 – £104,700 and London- £67,900 – £116,200 per annum

Note: The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The team/department
The Infrastructure Product Group (IPG) is the team responsible for the management and delivery of new services into the FCA AWS Cloud Datacentre. It is a high performing DevSecOps function running in an agile way. IPG sits within the Technology department in a multi-product group, landscape – working collaboratively to enable and support the business demand.

What you will be doing (the role)
* Co-lead, collaborate and facilitate the Cloud Centre of Excellence at the FCA
* Evangelise cloud architectural best practices and identify new opportunities on standardizing product capabilities through reusability
* Work closely with the security team to establish and enforce adopted compliance standards within the cloud environments
* Build strong relationships with stakeholders and communicate the value and benefits of cloud technologies
* Collaborate with the Strategy & Architecture team to identify opportunities for platform solutions and products

What you will get from the role
* An opportunity to work with many FCA front line teams, partner organisations, technology suppliers and teams across our Data, Technology & Innovation division
* A chance to work in cross functional/cross divisional teams passionate about delivering value continuously
* Working with a wide range of people, teams, technology, projects to provide real value to consumers, financial services industry, financial markets and to UK plc

The skills and experience you’ll have
Minimum
We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.
* Experience as a Technical/Solution Architect designing products, platforms, systems and components on multiple programmes and projects at an AWS enterprise scale
* Experience operating within or closely with a Cloud Centre of Excellence function
* Proven experience in successfully implementing new AWS solutions and proven value at a technology delivery level

Essential
* Commercial awareness and hands-on experience at costing solution options, understanding procurement frameworks and promoting cost effective solutions
* Evidenced continuous professional development and engagement with industry innovators and professional bodies
* Experience of innovation
* Experience leading an SRE Engineering and Observability function.
* Exceptional communication skills, able and willing to describe and negotiate complex and detailed solutions across a variety of stakeholders
* Exceptional critical thinker and problem solver, able to work with imperfect information in an environment of uncertainty whilst still maintaining high standards, evidenced designs and documentation that consider regulatory, organisational and technology change requirements, the FCA divisional and enterprise strategies
* A proven leader in innovating solutions to deliver Value for Money and self-service oriented goals

If you are someone who is seeking that next challenge, and you have the experience and skills required, then please send me your CV/

We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require accommodations because of disability or health condition, please email. This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line.