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Cloud Solution Architect

Employer
Hastings Direct
Location
Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex / London
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
7 Aug 2019

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Job Details



This exciting new role offers an excellent opportunity for

the successful candidate to lead end to end technology solutions in order to

deliver the Technology Strategy. A bright and enthusiastic Cloud Architecture professional,

we want someone who is going to hit the ground running, utilising there previous

experience in Solutions at an enterprise organisation.

Role purpose

Reporting to the Enterprise Architect, the primary purpose

of the role of Cloud Solution Architect is to define, maintain and ensure the

integrity and consistency of end to end technology solutions and ensure alignment

to enterprise architecture, policies and standards. The individual will be a

subject matter expert in private, public and hybrid Cloud architectures and

implementations.

Skills

Knowledge& Experience

* 5 years' experience as a Cloud Solutions Architect

* 10 years' experience of design and implementation of

virtualised; compute, network, storage solutions and technologies

* Strong expertise in AWS, Azure or GCP, VMware, Nutanix,

and Cloud Network technology stacks

* Proven demonstrable experience and knowledge of supporting

datacentre migrations and transforming legacy solutions to the cloud

* Proven demonstrable knowledge of designing, implementing

and running Private (e.g. VMware, Nutanix) and Public Cloud (e.g. AWS, Azure,

GCP) technologies supporting a hybrid cloud strategy

* Excellent technical knowledge of cloud: security,

performance, resilience (designing for failure) and availability required to support

an enterprise hybrid cloud architecture

* Strong technical knowledge of: Cloud Adoption Framework(s),

Cloud architecture design patterns, best practices and standards

About us

Hastings Direct

is a fast growing, agile, digitally focused general insurance provider of

products and services to over 2.7 million customers in the UK. We've

significantly grown our customer base over the last three years and we now

employ over 3,400 colleagues

Benefits for

you

Please find some

of the great benefits we offer here at Hastings Direct;



Competitive basic salary which we

will share with you upon shortlisting, but do feel free to email the

Recruitment team for more details in advance of your application -







1-2 days working from home





Car allowance of £5,000





Up to 10% bonus earning potential





27 days holiday





Life assurance





Competitive pension





Flexible benefits - buy or sell

holidays





Discounted Hastings Direct

products





A friendly, dynamic and flexible

environment with a test-and-learn culture





Structured career path that rewards

achievements and solid performance





Broad exposure to senior management

and ability to contribute to real change









Hastings Group

is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We

welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their

gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual

orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note

that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal

record checks.




Company

Founded in 1996 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, we’re one of the UK’s fastest growing general insurance providers, offering a full range of car, van, bike and home insurance products.

It’s our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. Our data driven, digitally-focused business model enables us to remain agile, price effectively and to deliver refreshingly straightforward service and products for customers. All of our actions are based on our 4Cs way of doing things. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. It’s our colleagues who help drive our growth, so we give them all the support, training and development they need, as well as scope to tell us how they feel about life at Hastings Direct.

It’s a dynamic, flexible, fun and constantly changing environment, so it takes a certain kind of individual to thrive here - just ask any of our 3,400 colleagues. If you’re clearly a Hastings Direct person, you’ll enjoy the scope to make a real difference for our customers, influence our company, benefit the communities we work in and have some fun along the way!

To find out more about us, click below:

 

Company info
Website
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Hastings Direct
Location
Conquest House
Collington Avenue
Bexhill on sea
East Sussex
TN39 3LW
GB

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