[online recruitment]
Our technology teams in the UK work closely with Bank's global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely.
Bank operates a 'Cloud First' strategy - we strongly believe that the future of our infrastructure is on the Cloud, both Public and Private to accelerate our business capabilities.
Bank is looking for a step change in how we can leverage approved Cloud Services in a seamless way and the AWS Cloud Architect role is essential to ensure the secure and effective enablement of the AWS for use by the business. AWS Cloud Architect is part of the technical authority of the Bank Foundation Platform and responsible for key design decision.
- Define platform architecture and key design decisions for the AWS Foundation Platform
- Ensure all non-functional requirements for the platform meet business needs and BCP requirements
- Develop an operational Risk framework to manage business risk
- Ensure all relevant architecture governance, policy, and standards are met
- Accountable for managing engagement with Audit and all audit responses
- Develop and promote the reuse of patterns
- Provide platform specific consultancy to the GB\GF’s and Solutions Architects regarding the technical architecture & design patterns for solutions hosted on the AWS Platform
- Represent the AWS Cloud Platform in architectural discussions with internal IT partners and external vendors
- Maintain and manage all customer facing information and knowledge bases for Platform Architecture and key design decisions
- Provide Management reporting to ensure data driven discussions for continuous improvement
- Gather requirements and provide continuous feedback loops between customer and Engineering teams
- Prior experience as an Architect within an enterprise organisation
- A system engineering background and the ability to compare and contrast different solutions to meet a business requirement.
- Ability to provide technical thought leadership in evaluation of new technologies to meet business requirements and influence key stakeholders leading to adoption.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills - desire to solve complex problems at scale.
- Expert knowledge & expertise in design & engineering of:
- Public IaaS/PaaS Cloud (AWS and GCP, Azure)
- Integration with Public Cloud including SaaS (eg authentication schemes, single sign on systems from an application perspective)
- Private Cloud environments (e.g. Cloud Foundry aPaaS & VMware IaaS)
- Practical experience utilizing multiple Infrastructure as Code tools.
- Leveraging best practice through published reference architectures
- Demonstrable Cloud service provider experience - infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Containers, Container OS and Container orchestration (E.g. Docker, COS, GKE) Storage, IAM, SDN (VPC and XPN)
- Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing techniques and tools
- An understanding of Identity and Access management principles and tools
- An understanding of role based access controls and organisational hierarchies
- Excellent documentation and communication skills with an ability to clearly articulate complex IaaS/PaaS concepts to people new to Cloud Development
- International projects for clients all over the world
- Competitive salary
- Individual development plan
- Managerial Targeted Training programs
- BRIDGE Mentoring Program
- Luxoft Training Center
- Language Classes
- Self-learning online library
- Global Relocation Program
- Internal Mobility (a chance to gain experience in varied projects and technologies)
- Professional communities for knowledge-sharing (Agile, Tech, Business)
- Group Life Insurance
- Travel Insurance
- Private Healthcare (dental care, unlimited consultations of specialist physicians)
- Medical costs reimbursement for employees
- Benefit Program (Cafeteria and Multisport Card)
- LuxGood Program (a wide range of health and well-being initiatives)
- After-hours groups (sport, trips, board games, cultural activities)
- Company and Team events
- BeLux - discount offers program (banking, car leasing, other)
- Convenient locations in modern offices
- International projects for clients all over the world
- Competitive salary
- Individual development plan
- Managerial Targeted Training programs
- BRIDGE Mentoring Program
- Luxoft Training Center
- Language Classes
- Self-learning online library
- Global Relocation Program
- Internal Mobility (a chance to gain experience in varied projects and technologies)
- Professional communities for knowledge-sharing (Agile, Tech, Business)
- Group Life Insurance
- Travel Insurance
- Private Healthcare (dental care, unlimited consultations of specialist physicians)
- Medical costs reimbursement for employees
- Benefit Program (Cafeteria and Multisport Card)
- LuxGood Program (a wide range of health and well-being initiatives)
- After-hours groups (sport, trips, board games, cultural activities)
- Company and Team events
- BeLux - discount offers program (banking, car leasing, other)
- Convenient locations in modern offices