Lead Cloud Architect - Defence and National Security Salary: To 94k + 6K car + bonus (15%)Location: Basingstoke (Hybrid) The company: Global IT Consultancy delivering digital transformation to Defence and National Security end clients. Overview:Primarily focussed on public cloud platforms, ideally one or more of AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI, you will play a crucial role in responding to bids for new business, assisting colleagues in elevating their cloud skills and knowledge, and ensuring successful delivery of private cloud solutions. You will have solid experience of providing cloud solutions to customer problems, going beyond basic Infrastructure as a Service capabilities such as virtual machines. This is a senior technical position requiring strong commercial experience and leadership skills. The role:Understand, develop and advocate our cloud offerings within the business.Design cloud solutions to meet customer needs including stringent security requirements.Collaborate with applications, network, infrastructure and operations teams to integrate private cloud solutions with existing systems and technologies.Prepare RFI and bid response material, both collaboratively and independently, and participate in customer negotiations. Provide consultancy on cloud adoption, transformation, security and migration.Mentor and advise colleagues working on gaining or augmenting their cloud skills.Provide technical expertise and support during the testing, troubleshooting, and resolution of ..... full job details .....