Cloud Lead Architect

As the Lead cloud architect, you will drive and evolve the architectural vision and strategy for our technology landscape. Reporting in a head of Architecture, this role will be pivotal in driving scalable, secure, and high-performance architecture across cloud services and infrastructure. You will foster a culture of technical excellence and strategic foresight, while leading a team of architects and working closely with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels.

What you will be doing:

• Define and execute the cloud architecture strategy aligned with business and enterprise objectives.
• Lead the design and governance of scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud platforms and infrastructure.
• Establish and maintain cloud architecture standards, principles, blueprints, and best practices.
• Translate business requirements into cloud architecture solutions that support strategic roadmaps and value delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of architects while promoting technical excellence.
• Drive architectural decision-making and governance across complex cloud systems, identifying and mitigating architectural risks.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align architecture initiatives with business priorities.
• Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and cloud engineering best practices while ensuring scalable and resilient solutions.

We are committed to responsible gambling, and we are looking for people who can support our ethos. To apply to this post, you will have:

• Deep knowledge of AWS services, cloud infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments, networking, monitoring, and observability.
• Expertise in architectural patterns, cloud-native design, microservices, event-driven architecture, and designing systems at scale.
• Experience leading architecture teams, mentoring technical staff, and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Ability to define architecture standards, governance frameworks, technology roadmaps, and architectural decision-making.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, message brokers, APIs, and familiarity with technologies such as C#, SQL, and Java.

Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the evoke family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

Family Support - Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.

Perks and discounts - Discounts at a range of high-street retailers

Financial compensation, pension, and bonus schemes.

Health & wellbeing - Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme.

Hybrid working - Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!

More about evoke:

We’re a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class betting and gaming experiences. That’s the future. That’s evoke.

At evoke, you’ll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you.

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At evoke, we prioritise diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth.

Sound good? Then you belong at our place! The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage.

Apply today to kickstart your application with the evoke Family!

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