Cloud Architect (DV Security Cleared)

The Cloud Architect is responsible for analysing existing on-premise systems and designing, planning, and supporting their migration into a secure, scalable, and cloud-native environment. The role focuses on modernising architectures, leveraging managed services, and ensuring migrations deliver measurable business and technical benefits, while working closely with technical stakeholders across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

Discovery & Analysis

• Analyse existing on-premise infrastructure, applications, and integrations, including compute, storage, networking, security, and operational processes.

• Classify workloads using recognised migration strategies (e.g. 6Rs: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, Retain, Replace).

• Capture non-functional requirements including availability, performance, security, compliance, and cost considerations.

Cloud Architecture & Design

• Design target-state architectures aligned with cloud-native best practices.

• Define architectures leveraging AWS services such as: Compute, Networking, Storage & Data, Security, and Observability.

• Produce clear architecture artefacts including diagrams, ADRs, migration runbooks, and landing zone designs.

Migration Planning & Execution

• Create and maintain migration plans and roadmaps, including sequencing, dependencies, risks, and rollback strategies.

• Support or lead migration activities including environment build, application migration, data migration, and cutover support.

• Ensure cloud environments are secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-optimised.

Technical Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with technical stakeholders, including application owners, infrastructure engineers, DevOps teams, security specialists, and architects, to understand current systems and future requirements.

• Clearly communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, risks, and assumptions, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and alignment.

Essential

Strong experience with on-premise infrastructure (VMware, physical servers, networking, storage).

Proven experience designing and delivering cloud architectures.

Deep understanding of core cloud services, networking, and security.

Experience working closely with technical stakeholders across multiple disciplines.

Strong communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts clearly.

Desirable

Experience with containerisation and orchestration platforms (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent technologies).

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using industry-standard tools (e.g. Terraform, ARM, Bicep, Pulumi, or similar).

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling, supporting automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

Relevant cloud or platform certifications (e.g. cloud architecture, DevOps, or infrastructure certifications from recognised providers).

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Discover CGI

London, England, United Kingdom > 1000 employees IT services We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients’ businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you’ll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other. Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme