Infrastructure Cloud Architect 2023

Reporting into the Architecture Team Lead the key responsibility of this role is the development of cloud architectures to support our strategy and roadmap.

Role Description

Working closely with the engineering teams, delivery partners and technology vendors you will have responsibility for:

• Developing and owning a roadmap for cloud technology implementation that aligns to the needs of the Motability Operations’ strategy and roadmap
• Delivering solution architectures to support the design, development and implementation for projects and ownership of the overall solution design
• Working with the Business and IT teams to develop and share understanding of business processes and their implementation through the technology platforms
• Providing technical leadership across projects
• Minimise any impact to Motability Operations’ Customers
• Work closely with Security to implement a secure solution

About You

You will have gained the following skills/experience:

• You love working with both internal customers and 3rd parties to understand their requirements and priorities
• You have experience of communicating technical issues effectively to multiple disciplines within IT and the wider business
• You’ll have a good understanding of the issues involved in project development, the ability to engage with the project managers in the deployment of the architecture in a pragmatic way
• You will have experience of resolving design conflicts working with Subject Matter Experts, third parties and managers to agree solutions
• You’ll have experience working with multiple 3rd parties to implement an end-to-end solution.
• You will have strong written, oral, interpersonal skills.
• You will be self-motivated and able to work on your own and within a team environment
• You enjoy keeping up with the latest technologies and use this knowledge to constantly review existing architecture, processes and procedures to identify areas of improvement and efficiency
• You have the desire to deliver results, and to resolve conflicts expediently with an independent and objective approach
• You have networking experience
• You will have an interest in analysing complex problems and identifying appropriate solutions and options to address them
• You’ll have hands on experience in implementing cloud infrastructure on AWS or a similar platform.
• You’ll have experience of balancing business, customer and security needs when implementing new solutions.
• You will have a good knowledge of best practices from both an infrastructure and security point of view
• You have a good understanding of on-prem data centre infrastructure architecture.
• You are happy to challenge requirements from different business areas.
• You will have proven experience in a similar role and have expert knowledge of AWS cloud architecture.
• You will have an up to date AWS Certified Professional qualification

Minimum criteria

• A broad technical background
• Proven experience in a similar role
• Expert AWS knowledge
• The ability to work closely with both the business and IT Users

Being able to effectively communicate to different audiences is a core requirement for the role. You must be able to communicate ideas clearly and concisely in written documents and to present these coherently and logically.

Architects must be able to make good decisions. You must be able to demonstrate your ability to analyse complex problems and identify appropriate solutions to address these.

About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 630,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and our people demonstrate these values:

• Empowerment
• Empathy
• Inclusion
• Forward thinking
• Excellence

As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

• Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus
• 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory during probation period)
• Private healthcare
• 28 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Voluntary benefits such as dental insurance and gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• A flexible working arrangement between home and the office

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.