Infrastructure Architect

🚀 We’re Hiring: Freelance Senior IT Cloud Architect

Are you a forward-thinking Cloud Architect ready to shape enterprise-scale platforms and drive innovation? We’re seeking a trusted technical leader with a hands-on mindset to design, govern, and evolve modern cloud infrastructure supporting cutting-edge solutions across web, mobile, IoT, data, and AI/ML.

Purpose of the Role

As an IT Cloud Architect, you will act as the design authority for cloud and infrastructure platforms, guiding strategy while delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions. You thrive in complex environments, challenge the status quo, and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders to turn vision into reality.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and shape cloud and infrastructure strategy
• Help establish a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practice
• Expand Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to improve automation and documentation
• Support the development of a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) and cloud governance model
• Design platforms that enable generative AI use cases
• Identify delivery bottlenecks and implement actionable improvements
• Provide architectural guidance, patterns, and standards as a trusted thought leader
• Develop templates to standardize system documentation
• Evaluate vendor solutions and deliver decision-ready recommendations
• Champion DevOps, automation, and modern engineering practices
• Translate business requirements into robust technical designs

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of global regulatory frameworks (e.g., GxP, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR)
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures and well-architected frameworks
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure (AWS knowledge is a plus)
• Ability to engage across security, networking, infrastructure, automation, and data domains
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts
• Strong business acumen with influencing and stakeholder management capabilities
• Solid grasp of Agile principles, product management, and development methodologies

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years in DevOps engineering, including at least 5 years in architecture roles
• Cloud Architect certifications or equivalent training
• Proven experience deploying production applications into cloud environments
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, AI platforms, Databricks, or Microsoft Fabric
• Experience transitioning solutions from project delivery into operations and support
• Familiarity with multi-partner support models is advantageous

Ready to join a high-impact team driving digital transformation?

About Planet Pharma:

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.

Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognised by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please click ‘apply’ or contact Augustus Chukwuma (Recruitment Team Manager) at Planet Pharma for more information:

E: achukwuma@planet-pharma.co.uk