Cloud Solution Architect

Location: Asda House
Employment Type: Full‑time
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits
Category: Enterprise Information Architecture
Closing Date: 16 October 2025

Asda's Technology Strategy & Architecture function is looking for a Cloud Solution Architect to join our Architecture Team. You will be working within an established architecture function, embedded into our cloud team, accountable for cloud solutions and cloud platform architecture. Successful candidates will report to a Senior Solutions Architect Manager, aligning and working closely to the Cloud and Technology Enterprise Architect for Technical Leadership whilst being authoritative leaders and trusted advisors of architectural design and process.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for a cloud‑first mindset, ensuring solutions are built with cloud‑native principles.
• Work alongside the Cloud & Technology Enterprise Architect to develop and maintain cloud strategies and roadmap.
• Design, implement, and optimise cloud architectures that are scalable, secure, and cost‑effective to meet business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to embed and mature cloud best practices, and optimise cloud infrastructure.
• Lead cloud modernisation projects across the organisation.
• Provide guidance on best practices for cloud security, governance, and compliance, while also helping to define and develop cloud policies and standards.
• Stay up to date with the latest cloud innovations and trends and share knowledge across teams.
• Allocate 10% of your time dedicated towards Learning & Development activities aligned with your Personal Development Plan.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working with at least one major cloud provider.
• A deep understanding of cloud‑native architectures, microservices, and serverless computing.
• Hands‑on experience with containers and Infrastructure as Code is beneficial. A passion for automation, DevOps, and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills to engage with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence teams to adopt a cloud‑first approach.
• A willingness to develop architectural expertise with support and mentorship.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) are a plus but not required.
• Ability to approach design with timeliness, cost and quality factors in mind.
• Risk identification and mitigation, quantification and qualification of non‑functional and functional requirements.
• Problem solving to find root cause and assess solution options.
• Excellent written skills and ability to clearly distil complex architectures into consumable documents and views.
• Ability to capture and define principals, standards and designs that can be easily understood by all.
• Self‑starter with the ability to operate independently using their own judgement.
• Ability to work with business and delivery partners, being seen as a dependable and approachable member of the team.
• Ability to present at Design Authority and other decision‑making forums and gain consensus from a variety of stakeholders.
• Prior architecture experience is not essential.

Benefits

• Discretionary company bonus.
• Company pension up to 7% matched.
• Company Car allowance of £5,700.
• 15% colleague discount in store and online.
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans, and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated.
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity and adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

You will also have a hybrid way of working with a minimum of 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.