Deloitte - Recruitment
Cloud Architect, Engineering, Defence & Security (DV clearance required)
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Contract Job Title: Cloud Architect, Engineering, Defence & Security (DV clearance required) Contract Start Date: March 2026 Contract Length: 12 months, with potential extension Contract Classification: Inside IR25 Contract Location: London, Bristol or Manchester with hybrid working (2/3 days in the office)
** Mandatory requirement: Must have DV Clearance **
Role Overview: We are proud of the impact we have with our Defence & Security clients, the strength of our relationships, and the variety of our skills and expertise that we bring to help them achieve their mission. We’re growing our teams across all of Technology and Transformation.
If you are cleared DV level, we are very keen to hear from you.
Are you able to guide defence users through complex technology challenges, and rapidly develop new solutions to meet defence needs? We are looking for an experienced senior hire to help digitise defence with new thinking on technology capabilities and adoption processes, and someone who is sensitively able to combine the latest thinking with traditional military functions.
The future is full of possibility, agility and Cloud. Do you want to shape the future of cloud experiences? So do we. Deloitte Cloud Transformation imagines, delivers and runs innovative Cloud solutions for the UK's most prominent companies using a combination of open-source software, cloud-native technologies, thought leadership and a focus on business value. We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff and offer unique opportunities to learn, grow and lead in exciting new areas such as infrastructure-as-code, DevOps, containers, platform-as-a-service, CI/CD and micro-services
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
You will guide our clients through their cloud journey from strategy through to a working and breathing environment supporting their most critical services. You will help to build robust and scalable cloud platforms that enable teams to deliver modern micro-services based and digital solutions and continuously improve environments through automation and infrastructure-as-code.
You will focus on helping our clients design and implement modern, agile Cloud environments. Responsibilities will include delivering across a broad range of activities from technical and solution architecture design to operations, prototyping, developing and testing (depending on the size of the project and the client needs).
You will be collaborating with cloud thought leaders across disciplines to innovate together contributing to RFP responses and other business development activities and building lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Required Skills & Experience: All applicants must hold UK security clearance to Developed Vetting level Cloud Architecture & Engineering Cloud technologies and services (AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform / OCI). Container technologies (e.g. Docker, Rocket) and their associated orchestration engines (Kubernetes / OpenShift / Rancher / Swarm). Infrastructure as code development (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM, GCP CDM). Running and using Cloud automation tooling including Continuous Integration & Deployment. DevOps philosophies and toolchains such as continuous integration and delivery. Linux and windows system implementation and management using automation frame works such as Ansible, Salt Stack, Puppet, PowerShell etc. Application deployment and testing tool chains such as Jenkins, SVN, GitHub. Knowledge of security and performance considerations and approaches for digital systems, and exposure to security and performance testing process. Experience helping clients define technical and non-functional requirements. Cloud environment design and implementation. Cloud Consulting Defining and delivering a Cloud Strategy and Operating Model that aligns to and underpins business, technology and/or digital strategies. #LI-Hybrid
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills