Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Contract - Outside IR35

Senior Cloud Platform Architect – Contract – Outside IR/35

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Architect to help define and scale a cloud-native platform environment. The role sits at the architectural level, shaping how infrastructure and applications are designed, deployed, and operated across AWS.

This is not an SAP/BTP-first role – candidates should come from a hyperscaler cloud background, with SAP exposure considered a bonus.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end cloud platform architecture on AWS
• Design and govern Infrastructure-as-Code approaches (Terraform, Helm)
• Architect Kubernetes-based environments and container deployment strategies
• Embed Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles across the platform
• Define best practices for:
  • Deployment workflows (e.g. blue/green deployments)
  • Monitoring, alerting, and reliability
  • Scalable and resilient infrastructure
• Translate high-level business and technical requirements into architectural designs
• Work closely with platform engineering teams responsible for execution
• Provide architectural governance and guide engineering teams on implementation

Key Requirements

• Proven experience as a Cloud / Platform Architect in AWS environments
• Strong understanding of:
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform essential)
  • Kubernetes and container orchestration
  • Helm and deployment tooling
• Experience with platform engineering and cloud-native architecture patterns
• Strong knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts
• Ability to design end-to-end architecture lifecycle:
  • From initial request → design → deployment → monitoring → optimisation
• Comfortable operating at both strategic (architecture) and light hands-on level

Nice to Have

• Exposure to SAP landscapes or SAP BTP
• Experience working in SaaS or product-led environments
• Understanding of “opinionated platforms” (e.g. abstractions over hyperscalers like BTP)