Skills

Firewalls DevOps Monitoring Stakeholder Management Networking Architecture Security Architecture Azure AWS GCP

Job Specifications

Cloud Solutions / Cloud Architect

(Data Centre Exit & Cloud Migration)

Contract Type: Contract

Duration: Initial 6 months (likely extension)

IR35 Status: Outside IR35

Location: UK (Hybrid / Remote)

Sector: Financial Services - Wealth, Asset Management, Life & Pensions

Role Overview

We are supplying a senior Cloud Solutions / Cloud Architect to lead the design and assurance of a large-scale data centre exit and cloud migration programme for an end client operating within wealth management, asset management, or life & pensions.

The successful candidate must have prior experience delivering cloud and migration programmes within one or more of these regulated financial services domains.

Key Responsibilities

Lead data centre exit strategy, including application discovery, dependency mapping, and migration planning
Define target-state cloud architectures (IaaS / PaaS / hybrid where required)
Assess cloud readiness:
Landing zones
Network connectivity
Identity & access management
Security controls
Monitoring and logging
Backup, DR, and resilience
Decide and document migration approaches (re-host, re-platform, re-factor, retire)
Ensure compliance with financial services regulations (security, data residency, resilience)
Produce and own:
High-level and low-level designs
Migration roadmaps
Architecture decision records
Work closely with cloud engineers to ensure designs are buildable and aligned
Act as the technical interface between:
End client
Hosting/cloud providers
Internal delivery teams
Support transition into BAU operations post-migration

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience delivering data centre exits and large-scale cloud migrations
Strong hands-on architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP
Deep understanding of:
Networking (VPC/VNet, firewalls, VPNs, private connectivity)
Identity & access (IAM, RBAC, federated identity)
Security architecture and controls
High availability, resilience, and DR
Experience working in regulated financial services environments
Strong stakeholder management and documentation skills
Comfortable operating in an SOW / outcome-based delivery model

Desirable

Experience with complex legacy estates
Exposure to DevOps / CI-CD patterns
Knowledge of cloud cost optimisation and FinOps principles

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About the Company

At Hydrogen Group, we enable people to live healthier, happier, more fulfilling and more successful lives in a rapidly changing world. We do this every day by giving people the tools they need to thrive. We know what works for one person, or business, won’t suit another, but if we can truly understand what type of people will thrive in your business, or what you need to Thrive in your own role, we’ll help you find that person or organisation to help you do just that. Our purpose will ensure that the people we work with ar... Know more