Senior Architect Private Cloud (Sheffield)

Job Title: Senior Architect Private Cloud Location: Sheffield (Hybrid) 2 days a week in the officeDay rate: £600 per day inside IR35 Start Date: 7th SeptemberWe''re working on an exciting contract opportunity for a Senior Architect Private Cloud to join a major global financial organisation, leading the design and evolution of a private cloud platform at significant scale in Sheffield.Job Responsibilities/ObjectivesDefine and drive Private Cloud architecture aligned with Client Cloud StrategyProvide hands on technical leadership across virtualization containers Kubernetes, Kafka and microservices platformsReview architecture designs and ensure solutions are secure scalable resilient and cost effectiveEstablish engineering standards reference architectures reusable patterns and platform guardrailsLead the design and evolution of private cloud platform components including compute storage networking orchestration and platform servicesProvide technical leadership for Kafka and EventDriven Architecture adoptionEstablish GitOps CICD automation and configuration management standardsExperience we''re looking forProven experience as a Senior Architect Lead Engineer Staff Engineer Platform Architect or equivalentStrong Private Cloud and Platform Engineering backgroundDeep expertise in at least two of the followingVMware or Virtualization TechnologiesKubernetes and Container PlatformsKafkaEvent Streaming PlatformsIf this sounds like your next exciting challenge, we''d love to hear ..... full job details .....