Senior Cloud Technical Architect – Sopra Steria We’re looking for a Cloud Technical Architect to join our dynamic and collaborative team, where you’ll design and implement innovative multi‑cloud (AWS and Azure) IaaS and PaaS solutions for a wide range of clients. In this role you’ll ensure quality delivery, influence strategy, and help shape the future of cloud adoption across both platforms. Our team thrives on shared success, open collaboration, and a drive to deliver meaningful change through technology. We champion innovation and value every voice, from mentoring junior team members to co‑creating new propositions with clients. What you’ll be doing:

Designing and delivering AWS and Azure solutions aligned to client strategies. Facilitating workshops and presenting technical solutions to a range of audiences. Acting as Technical Design Authority and ensuring governance across projects. Collaborating on pre‑sales activities and proposal creation. Contributing to IP development and go‑to‑market initiatives. Mentoring and supporting team members while promoting knowledge sharing.

What you’ll bring:

Strong expertise in AWS and Azure deployments, including hybrid and cloud‑native designs. Proven ability to architect and implement multi‑cloud solutions using IaaS and PaaS services. In‑depth knowledge of Microsoft technologies, AWS Core services and cloud infrastructure. Hands‑on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or PowerShell). Excellent communication and client engagement skills, with experience running technical workshops. A collaborative, client‑focused attitude and passion for driving technical excellence.

It would be great if you had:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (with DevOps or SysOps certification desirable). Familiarity with containerisation and serverless technologies (e.g. ECS, EKS, Fargate, API Gateway). Experience with Windows and Linux environments and governance or backup services in AWS.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full-time Permanent Location: UK Wide Security Clearance Level: SC Internal Recruiter: Annecia Salary: dependent on experience Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. Although this role is advertised as full‑time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. With a long history of delivering transformation, we’ve developed a market‑leading partnership ecosystem to provide business services of the future and shape valuable, positive outcomes for communities. We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation. We remain committed to values of excellence, empathy and respect to produce transformative outcomes in business processing – creating value for all. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr