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Role: Product Architect - Cloud Services
Location: Any SCC Office - Birmingham, Manchester, London, Bracknell, Leeds (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary Package: £80k to £100k (dependent on experience), Company Car/Allowance plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday
Interview Process: 2-stage process
Why SCC?
- An inclusive workplace
- Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
- Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
- Career development and life-long learning opportunities
- Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company
Role purpose:
As a Product Architect – Cloud, you will connect product vision with technical execution. You will collaborate with product management to shape clear, robust designs for our hybrid cloud offerings. You will steer reference architectures, define Infrastructure as Code standards, and ensure each product is designed for reliability and scalability.
Key responsibilities:
- Collaborate with product management to translate requirements into technical designs for hybrid cloud solutions.
- Define and maintain reference architectures, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product portfolio.
- Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code templates to standardise deployments.
- Establish and promote observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Support the engineering teams with design reviews, coding tasks, and troubleshooting complex issues
- Oversee performance and reliability objectives, ensuring products meet agreed service levels.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure all products move smoothly into operational use.
- Document and present architectural decisions, fostering clear communication with stakeholders and engineers alike.
Skills and experience:
- Demonstrable background in designing and delivering cloud-based solutions (public and private).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex problems and guide engineering teams through resolution.
- Track record of process improvement, including workflow optimisation and automation.
- Strategic mindset and eagerness to explore emerging technologies for continuous improvement.