Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect, Aberdeen
Savings & investment company
Job no longer available
Savings & investment company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable its clients to be better investors.
Role
Who you are
- Strong knowledge of Azure and associated services
- Solid understanding of networking, identity management, security, and compliance in Azure
- Experience modernising core infrastructure services into cloud platforms
- Familiarity with the well-architected framework
- Experience with containerisation (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), serverless architectures, and microservices
- Good communication and collaboration skills
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost management strategies
- Background in software engineering or infrastructure operations
What the job involves
- As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect, you will play a critical role in delivering our enterprise cloud strategy and supporting the modernisation of our technology environments, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure
- Reporting to the Lead Cloud Infrastructure Architect, you will collaborate closely with other architects, platform engineers, and business stakeholders to design, implement, and optimise cloud infrastructure solutions
- You will contribute technical expertise across networking, compute, storage, identity, and observability, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with architectural standards
- This role is ideal for someone with deep hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure who is looking to further develop their skills and contribute to major transformation initiatives
- Cloud Solution Delivery: Design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure, supporting business and technical requirements
- Technical Collaboration: Work with the Lead Cloud Infrastructure Architect and other team members to deliver on the cloud roadmap and modernisation activities
- Best Practices: Apply architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across well-architected pillars (security, reliability, performance, cost, operations)
- Governance & Compliance: Support the implementation of automated governance guardrails in collaboration with security, platform engineering, and operations teams
- Modern Cloud Adoption: Contribute to the adoption of cloud-native architectures, automation, DevSecOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Technical Reviews: Participate in technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and proof-of-concept initiatives
- Documentation: Produce high-quality technical documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team
- Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with emerging cloud technologies and best practices, and support the development of junior team members as appropriate
Application process
- End Date: December 5, 2025
Our take
Aberdeen, formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen and Abrdn, is a global investment company helping its clients to save and invest for their futures. It operates three businesses - Investments, Adviser and Personal - and has been operating since way back in 1825.
Nowadays, atop its investment and advice services, the company delivers two platforms for financial advisers. The first, Wrap, enables users to build and manage portfolios for each client. The second, Elevate, encompasses a suite of tools for advisers to save time and make sure their clients are informed.
Over the years, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example by making it simpler, more data-led and to require less admin. This suggests that Aberdeen is keen to keep pace with tech developments across the investment space and position itself as an innovator.
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Company benefits
- Salary sacrifice pension arrangement
- Private health insurance
- Life Assurance
- 40 days holiday if you work full time
- Dental insurance
- Health assessments
- Critical illness cover
- Will writing
- Power of attorney
- Financial Guidance and Advice
- Holiday buy
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to work
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Electric car lease scheme
- Travel insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Share Plans
- Give As You Earn (GAYE)
- Volunteering
- Long service awards
- Subscription to Interactive Investor
- Subscription to Finimize
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Supportive parental leave policies , delivered regionally (e.g. 26 weeks paid leave in UK for primary and secondary caregivers)
- Employee discount site
- Discounted parking
Company HQ
Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh, UK
Leadership
Jason Windsor
(CEO)Previously CFO at Persimmon Homes, Group CFO at Aviva and was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.
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