129 Cloud Architect jobs in the United Kingdom

Cloud Architect

+Permanent opportunity

+Eligible for DV clearance

+Hybrid working on site in Basingstoke / Bracknell

+78,000 - 103,000

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Architect for our Defence and National Security business. Primarily focussed on public cloud platforms, ideally one or more of AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI, you will play a crucial role in responding to bids for new business, assisting colleagues in elevating their cloud skills and knowledge, and ensuring successful delivery of private cloud solutions. You will have solid experience of providing cloud solutions to customer problems, going beyond basic Infrastructure as a Service capabilities such as virtual machines. This is a senior technical position requiring strong commercial experience and leadership skills.

Your role

• Understand, develop and advocate our cloud offerings within the business.
• Design cloud solutions to meet customer needs including stringent security requirements.
• Collaborate with applications, network, infrastructure and operations teams to integrate private cloud solutions with existing systems and technologies.
• Prepare RFI and bid response material, both collaboratively and independently, and participate in customer negotiations.
  Provide consultancy on cloud adoption, transformation, security and migration.
• Mentor and advise colleagues working on gaining or augmenting their cloud skills.
• Provide technical expertise and support during the testing, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues.
• Develop and maintain automation and documentation including architectural diagrams, standard operating procedures, and technical guides.
• Keep updated on technologies, trends, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions comprising a variety of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS capabilities.
2. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and scripting languages for deployment and configuration of cloud environments.
3. Knowledge and experience of working to one or more recognised security standards, frameworks or benchmarks.
4. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills with a keen attention to detail.
5. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative Agile team environment and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
6. Relevant certifications are highly desirable.
7. Eligibility and willingness to undergo a high level of UK security vetting

If you'd like to discuss the Cloud Architect in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch

Cloud Architect – Defence & National Security

Location : Basingstoke (Hybrid 2-3 Days Per Week)

Salary : Up to £78,000

Job Type : Permanent

A global leader in digital transformation is hiring two Cloud Architects to join its Defence & National Security division. This is a unique opportunity to influence national infrastructure and work on mission-critical systems that directly support UK security operations. As a Cloud Architect, you’ll help shape and deliver secure, scalable cloud environments—across AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI—within high-assurance, complex programmes. If you’re passionate about cloud innovation, hybrid delivery, and mentoring others while making a tangible impact, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure cloud architecture solutions tailored to customer requirements.

• Collaborate across technical teams to integrate public and private cloud systems.

• Support pre-sales activity including bids, RFIs, and architectural input into customer workshops.

• Guide customers through cloud adoption, migration, and transformation strategies.

• Mentor junior team members and upskill colleagues in cloud technologies.

• Create clear architectural documentation and automate infrastructure using IaC tools.

• Stay informed on industry trends, tooling, and cloud governance best practices.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience as a Cloud Architect, designing end-to-end solutions across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

• Strong hands-on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.).

• Familiarity with cloud governance, compliance standards, and secure environments (NCSC, ISO 27001).

• Experience working in or with defence, national security, or similarly complex environments.

• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Agile delivery experience with cross-functional teams.

• Relevant certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI (preferred).

• UK citizenship and eligibility for high-level UK security clearance (essential).

Compensation & Package:

• Up to £8,000 base salary

• 15% Performance Bonus

• 10% DV Clearance Bonus

• £6,000 ar Allowance

• Flexible Hybrid Working (Fully remote outside of active bids)

• Full Benefits Package (including Private Healthcare, Life Assurance, and 10% Pension Contribution)

Ready to join a mission-driven team and deliver cloud architecture that protects the UK’s future? Apply now or contact Declan Bryson at Anson McCade Recruitment on 07529 1612950 quoting reference AMC/CA/29472 and the job title Cloud Architect.

Lead Cloud Architect – Defence & National Security

Location : Basingstoke or Bracknell (Hybrid 1–3 Days Per Week)

Salary : Up to £94,000

Job Type : Permanent

A global leader in digital transformation and trusted IT services is seeking a seasoned Lead Cloud Architect to join its Defence & National Security division. This is a strategic, senior-level role ideal for a cloud expert with hands-on experience designing and implementing secure, scalable solutions across public and hybrid cloud environments. As a Lead Cloud Architect, you’ll work at the intersection of architecture, innovation, and national defence—enabling critical transformation programmes that directly support UK security operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and delivery of secure cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• Translate customer requirements into scalable, compliant, and cost-effective cloud solutions

• Drive pre-sales activity, contributing to RFI responses, bids, and customer solutioning workshops

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including applications, infrastructure, security, and delivery functions

• Advise customers on cloud transformation, adoption strategy, migration approaches, and integration models

• Mentor and support the development of junior architects and engineers across the cloud practice

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of cloud trends, security standards, and automation tools

• Create architectural documentation, operational procedures, and reference implementations

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and delivering cloud solutions in secure, complex environments

• Strong knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, ARM, CloudFormation)

• Familiarity with cloud governance, security frameworks, and regulatory standards (e.g., NCSC, CIS, ISO 27001)

• Demonstrated success in designing enterprise-scale cloud platforms and DevOps-enabling architectures

• Experience working with Agile teams and cross-functional project stakeholders

• Relevant certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI (highly desirable)

• UK citizenship and eligibility for high-level UK security clearance (essential)

Desirable:

• Experience in public sector or defence-related cloud programmes

• Working knowledge of hybrid environments, software-defined infrastructure, and CI/CD tooling

• Experience integrating cloud platforms with legacy systems or private clouds

• Ability to lead technical bid responses and shape architectural direction during pre-sales cycles

Package Includes:

• Up to £4,000 base salary

• 15% Performance Bonus

• 10% DV Clearance Bonus

• £6,000 ar Allowance

• Pension (10% company contribution)

• Private Healthcare & Life Assurance

• Flexible Hybrid Working (Fully remote possible outside of bid activity)

Ready to design secure cloud solutions that make a real-world impact?

Apply now or contact Declan Bryson at Anson McCade Recruitment on 07529 1612950 quoting the below reference & naming Lead Cloud Architect.

AMC/DB/CA/94

Lead Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect

+Permanent opportunity

+Eligible for DV clearance

+Hybrid working on site in Basingstoke / Bracknell

+78,000 - 103,000

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Architect for our Defence and National Security business. Primarily focussed on public cloud platforms, ideally one or more of AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI, you will play a crucial role in responding to bids for new business, assisting colleagues in elevating their cloud skills and knowledge, and ensuring successful delivery of private cloud solutions. You will have solid experience of providing cloud solutions to customer problems, going beyond basic Infrastructure as a Service capabilities such as virtual machines. This is a senior technical position requiring strong commercial experience and leadership skills.

Your role

• Understand, develop and advocate our cloud offerings within the business.
• Design cloud solutions to meet customer needs including stringent security requirements.
• Collaborate with applications, network, infrastructure and operations teams to integrate private cloud solutions with existing systems and technologies.
• Prepare RFI and bid response material, both collaboratively and independently, and participate in customer negotiations.
  Provide consultancy on cloud adoption, transformation, security and migration.
• Mentor and advise colleagues working on gaining or augmenting their cloud skills.
• Provide technical expertise and support during the testing, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues.
• Develop and maintain automation and documentation including architectural diagrams, standard operating procedures, and technical guides.
• Keep updated on technologies, trends, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions comprising a variety of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS capabilities.
2. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and scripting languages for deployment and configuration of cloud environments.
3. Knowledge and experience of working to one or more recognised security standards, frameworks or benchmarks.
4. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills with a keen attention to detail.
5. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative Agile team environment and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
6. Relevant certifications are highly desirable.
7. Eligibility and willingness to undergo a high level of UK security vetting

If you'd like to discuss the Cloud Architect in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch

Cloud Architect

+Permanent opportunity

+Eligible for DV clearance

+Hybrid working on site in Basingstoke / Bracknell

+78,000 - 103,000

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Architect for our Defence and National Security business. Primarily focussed on public cloud platforms, ideally one or more of AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI, you will play a crucial role in responding to bids for new business, assisting colleagues in elevating their cloud skills and knowledge, and ensuring successful delivery of private cloud solutions. You will have solid experience of providing cloud solutions to customer problems, going beyond basic Infrastructure as a Service capabilities such as virtual machines. This is a senior technical position requiring strong commercial experience and leadership skills.

Your role

• Understand, develop and advocate our cloud offerings within the business.
• Design cloud solutions to meet customer needs including stringent security requirements.
• Collaborate with applications, network, infrastructure and operations teams to integrate private cloud solutions with existing systems and technologies.
• Prepare RFI and bid response material, both collaboratively and independently, and participate in customer negotiations.
  Provide consultancy on cloud adoption, transformation, security and migration.
• Mentor and advise colleagues working on gaining or augmenting their cloud skills.
• Provide technical expertise and support during the testing, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues.
• Develop and maintain automation and documentation including architectural diagrams, standard operating procedures, and technical guides.
• Keep updated on technologies, trends, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions comprising a variety of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS capabilities.
2. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and scripting languages for deployment and configuration of cloud environments.
3. Knowledge and experience of working to one or more recognised security standards, frameworks or benchmarks.
4. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills with a keen attention to detail.
5. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative Agile team environment and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
6. Relevant certifications are highly desirable.
7. Eligibility and willingness to undergo a high level of UK security vetting

If you'd like to discuss the Cloud Architect in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture / solution engineering, with at least 3 years in the telecommunications domain.
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with at least 2+ years specifically focused on Generative AI (LLMs, diffusion models, etc.).
• Hands-on expertise in vector similarity search systems such as ScaNN, FAISS, Pinecone, or Vespa.
• Experience designing intelligent agent frameworks using tools like Dialogflow, LangChain, or custom orchestration pipelines.
• Solid understanding of telecom OSS/BSS systems, 5G architecture, and network data processing.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) AI/ML services, especially Vertex AI (Workbench, Training, Prediction, Pipelines, Feature Store).
• Proficiency in Python and strong experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Experience with data engineering and building robust data pipelines for AI/ML workloads on GCP (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow).
• Solid understanding of core AI/ML concepts, including deep learning, neural networks, NLP, and machine learning algorithms.
• Familiarity with MLOps principles and tools for deploying, managing, and monitoring ML models in production.
• Strong experience designing and deploying GCP-based solutions, including use of Vertex AI, BigQuery, Dataflow, and GKE.
• Fluency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Deployment Manager, or equivalent.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a passion for building innovative and impactful AI solutions.
• Google Professional Cloud Architect.

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer or equivalent certification.
• Experience with cloud migration and modernization projects in the telecom industry.
• Knowledge of telco-grade security and regulatory requirements in the UK and EMEA.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, service meshes, and API gateways.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and client-facing presentation skills.

Cloud Software Architect – Digital Consulting

Location : London (Hybrid 1-2 Days Per Week)

Salary : £100,000+

Job-Type : Permanent

A leading global digital consultancy is seeking a Cloud Software Architect to join its growing cloud transformation practice. This is a senior, hands-on, client-facing architecture role—ideal for someone who thrives on designing modern, scalable cloud-native platforms and guiding major enterprise change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure across public, private, and edge environments

• Lead end-to-end cloud solution delivery using services such as AKS/EKS/GKE, serverless, Kubernetes, and PaaS/IaaS layers

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary squads on DevSecOps, SRE, and Agile delivery practices

• Partner with clients to define technical roadmaps, service models, and adoption strategies

• Shape CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code with tools like Terraform, GitHub, and Jenkins

• Design cloud-native operations, observability, and performance monitoring frameworks

• Contribute to best practices in platform engineering, security, and cost optimization (FinOps)

Required Experience:

• 6+ years in cloud platform architecture and solution design

• Deep knowledge of at least one major hyperscaler (Azure / AWS / GCP)

• Strong technical background in IaaS, PaaS, networking, security, and storage

• Expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies (AKS, EKS, GKE, OpenShift)

• Experience leading hybrid or edge deployments (e.g. Azure Stack, AWS Outposts)

• Proficient in Agile methodologies and DevSecOps / SRE tooling

• Excellent stakeholder management and technical leadership skills

Desirable:

• Cloud certifications (e.g. Azure Architect, AWS Solutions Architect)

• Experience with modern platform engineering approaches

• Knowledge of regulatory standards (PCI-DSS, Financial Services, etc.)

• Background in infrastructure automation and API integration

• Open Group Master Certified Architect or similar qualification

Ready for a new challenge? Apply below or contact Declan Bryson at Anson McCade Recruitment on 07529 1612950 quoting the below reference.

AMC/DB/CSA/100.

A seasoned Cloud Architect is sought for a key role supporting critical projects within the Defence and National Security sector. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to secure, scalable, and innovative cloud solutions that support mission-critical operations.

This is a senior-level contract role that blends technical expertise, solution design, and leadership across cloud platforms. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-skilled Agile team, collaborating on bids, solution architecture, and the development of both public and private cloud services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions tailored to defence and security requirements.
• Contribute to bid responses, RFIs, and customer negotiations, delivering clear technical input and strategic guidance.
• Support and integrate solutions across platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Collaborate across applications, infrastructure, operations, and network teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud services.
• Act as a technical mentor, providing guidance on cloud technologies, migration strategies, and platform adoption.
• Lead troubleshooting, testing, and issue resolution throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Produce and maintain architectural documentation, technical guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement by keeping current with emerging technologies, trends, and cloud best practices.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Extensive commercial experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting for deployment and automation (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell).
• Strong understanding of security frameworks and the ability to design compliant solutions for secure environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in an Agile delivery model and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are highly desirable.
• Must be flexible to travel to customer locations and work on-site in Basingstoke when required.

We are a digital consultancy that thrives in developing mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. We are currently looking for an experienced Cloud Architect to utilise the full breadth of their experience in a technical leadership role.

A Successful Cloud Architect will have:

• Experience of designing and working in platform engineering team using DevSecOps.
• Strong knowledge of IaaS, Paas.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of at least one Cloud Hyperscaler (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Prior experience in large customer change and transformation projects, particularly emphasising on complex cloud native project delivery.

Cloud Architect Key Details

• Salary up to £100k.
• Performance Bonus.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• Must be eligible for SC Clearance.

If the Cloud Architect role sounds like a fit for you, make sure to click apply now! If you'd like to discuss the Cloud Architect role further, make sure to get in contact with Zachary Phillips at Anson McCade for a private discussion about the role or any additional details.