Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience across several disciplines; networking, infrastructure, cloud platform and system administration
• Extensive experience designing and supporting cloud infrastructure on Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Strong understanding of networking (VNETs/VPCs, routing, DNS, load balancing, firewalls)
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and automation tooling
• Experience with container platforms (AKS, EKS, GKE, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures
• Strong background in identity and access management (Azure AD, IAM, RBAC)
• Proven experience building scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures
• Solid understanding of cloud cost optimisation and FinOps principles

Responsibilities:

• Develop end-to-end cloud architectures, supporting enterprise workloads, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and automation
• Develop a close working relationship with Platform Engineering to ensure robust design and delivery across our cloud platforms
• Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud environments
• Design hybrid and multi-cloud strategies leveraging platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP
• Evaluate new cloud services, tools, and technologies to guide technical direction
• Lead the design and implementation of core cloud infrastructure components: virtual networks, identity and access, monitoring, encryption, resilience, and backup strategies
• Define infrastructure-as-code patterns using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM
• Support migration of workloads from on-premise to cloud platforms following best-practice frameworks
• Ensure cloud designs adhere to security standards, regulatory requirements, and architectural governance
• Implement Zero Trust principles, network segmentation, encryption, key management, and secure access control models
• Partner with SecOps teams to ensure monitoring, logging, and incident response capabilities are embedded
• Develop automation and service optimisation strategies to improve performance, cost efficiency, and availability
• Conduct capacity planning, resilience engineering, disaster recovery design, and performance tuning
• Mentor engineers across cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure teams

Technologies:

• ARM
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Embedded
• GCP
• IAM
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Load Balancing
• Network
• RBAC
• Security
• Serverless
• Terraform
• Architect

More:

We are Acorn, a national leader in the insurance industry with over 40 years of expertise. Based in Liverpool City Centre, we offer a hybrid working environment and a competitive salary of up to £75,000 per annum. Our growing team of 1,700 professionals focuses on core values that drive our success: putting our customers first, challenging the status quo, and helping each other succeed. We provide robust benefits, including 35 days of holiday, mental health support, career development opportunities, and recognition awards, all aimed at fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace.

last updated 38 week of 2026