Job Title: Cloud Architecture Leader
As a key member of our organisation, you will play a pivotal role in leading and shaping our cloud strategy, championing cloud adoption across the business, and promoting the adoption of public and private cloud technology to deliver solutions to market in shorter timeframes.
This is a leadership role that requires deep technical expertise combined with strong leadership capabilities to manage, mentor and inspire architects, engineers, and developers in pursuit of delivering exceptional customer experiences.
The ideal candidate will be a natural leader with solid communication skills who takes accountability for the delivery of high impact initiatives. They will have strong domain and industry experience and will demonstrate they have the requisite knowledge and skills to lead delivery of the bank's Cloud Strategy.
* Own and advocate for the Cloud Strategy, promoting the adoption of Cloud to create opportunities for efficiency and value realisation.
* Overall accountability for the cloud domain architecture roadmap incorporating best practices to support PTSB's business objectives.
* Lead and drive the Cloud Centre of Enablement (CCoE) to ensure effective cloud adoption across the organisation.
* Define and enforce cloud governance, security, and compliance standards in alignment with PTSB's regulatory requirements.
* Encourage and foster engineering best practices across development and infrastructure delivery teams with a focus on fast flow.
Requirements:
* Minimum 7 years' experience across multiple IT roles with at least 5 years' experience in Cloud Architecture, Engineering or Operations roles for large, regulated FSIs.
* Experienced in leading cloud transformation initiatives within a complex organisation, including development of Cloud Strategy.
* Experience in AWS or Azure well architected frameworks and understanding of core SRE concepts.
* Technical knowledge of Public/Private Clouds with a specialism in AWS, Azure or GCP, including delivery of cloud deployment patterns.
* Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation or Bicep as well as container management platforms like OCP.
* Knowledgeable in cloud security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks within the financial sector (e.g. ISO27001, CSA, NIST, SOC)
* Excellent Risk Management skills including mitigation strategies specific to ensuring safe use of Cloud technologies.
* Passionate about enabling teams for flow and removing handoffs through team design, training and upskilling programs.
* Exceptional communication and leadership skills, capable of engaging and influencing at all levels, to drive cloud adoption across the org.
* Strategic thinker that enjoys the challenge of solving complex problems through a results-oriented mindset.
* Remains up to date on new tools & techniques in Cloud technologies and industry best practices.