Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Contract - Outside IR35

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., * 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 (eg 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

• 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 life cycle:

• 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" (eg abstractions over hyperscalers like BTP)