[ref. y84535624] UK Power Networks - Cloud Solution Architect
You will be based in one of our office locations in London, Crawley, or Ipswich, with the opportunity to work remotely for two days a week.
As a Cloud Solution Architect, you will play a crucial role in defining and communicating the current and target state architectures across the enterprise. You will ensure that our solutions align with our overall strategy and support our business goals.Your expertise will be vital in enabling application modernisation and rationalisation projects, driving the adoption of an Enterprise Architecture Repository, and supporting updates to architecture templates and policies.
At UK Power Networks, we value our employees and offer a range of additional benefits, including 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, reservist leave, a personal pension plan with company contributions, a tenancy loan deposit scheme, tax-efficient benefits like the cycle to work scheme, a season ticket loan, occupational health support, and access to our Switched On discount scheme.You will also have discounted access to sports and social clubs and our Employee Assistance Programme.
Our hybrid cloud strategy is evolving, and Microsoft Azure is key to our technology strategy. This role is an excellent opportunity to help shape this evolution and lead the delivery of key capabilities while gaining experience in implementing cloud solutions at scale in a regulated environment.You will work closely with business stakeholders, programme and project managers, and product owners to define technical solutions and designs. Your responsibilities will include leading complex architectural transformations, ensuring compliance with the architecture roadmap, and supporting architecture review governance.
To succeed in this role, you will need a broad knowledge of Microsoft Azure and data centre infrastructures, the ability to translate complex technical concepts to colleagues at all levels, and experience working in an Agile team. Excellent collaboration and partner management skills are essential, as is experience developing, updating, and communicating architectures, designs, and proposals for action.A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a STEM field is required, along with experience as a Solution Architect or similar role in a large IT environment.
Join us at UK Power Networks and be part of a team that is committed to equal employment opportunity and creating long-term value. Apply now and help us drive the future of cloud solutions! The closing date for applications is 05/03/2025. Click apply to view the full job description being directed to our careers page.