Cloud Solutions Architect

What is the opportunity?

We are looking for a Cloud Solutions Architect to join our Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCOE). You will have the opportunity to contribute to the overall Bank of Ireland IT Digital transformation journey. You will work with the best talent in a multi-vendor environment and be part of a growing team which is building solutions from scratch using native technologies.

The purpose of the Cloud Solutions Architect within the CCoE is to design efficient, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure solutions both for projects and the AWS and Azure public cloud platforms managed by the CCoE.

In this Role, you will

• Design cloud solutions and new features that are aligned with business requirements and bank policies, refining requirements to ensure the built solution meets business and customer needs.
• Provide guidance to business and other areas on the best use of cloud computing, and guiding partners on solution implementation.
• Assess opportunities for cloud adoption, constantly review the bank's public cloud platform for innovation and cost optimisation.
• Present and communicate architectural solutions to technical and non-technical partners, working with other bank areas to ensure security by design is adopted.
• Create and document repeatable patterns to accelerate cloud adoption and reduce overhead for platform customers. Collaborate with development teams to implement and deploy new features and enhancements ensuring they meet reliability and performance standards.

What Will Make You Stand Out

You have a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable cloud solutions over at least five years. You're adept at applying modern architecture patterns and using automation to deliver secure, efficient environments. With strong analytical and communication skills, you can assess complex data, articulate key insights, and collaborate effectively across teams to shape and deliver high quality technical solutions.

Core Technical Expertise:

• Cloud native architecture, including microservices, serverless, and containerization
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation
• Hands on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS or Azure)
• Hands on Experience in Designing or implementing Kubernetes Services (preferably EKS).
• Managing public cloud infrastructure and producing clear, well structured design documentation
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

Desirable:

• Previous experience in the financial sector, particularly with cloud adoption or migration
• Experience with both AWS and Azure
• Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps practices using IaC tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation

Essential Qualifications

There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role, but the following certifications will make you stand out:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect

More about the team

The Infrastructure Operations Team role is to Enable the Service through driving our partners in providing the Bank with the Technology required to run the business, securing the Customers and Banks data, improving stability and remaining current in order to provide a premier service. The Cloud Centre of Excellence has the mission to enable Cloud and to act as a trusted advisor for the Cloud Adoption in the Bank which is a foundation for Digital Transformation.

This is a hybrid role, based primarily at ITC, Cabinteely, Dublin 18. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in person to support collaboration and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Key Competencies

• Manage Risk - People Manager
• Customer Focused - People Manager
• Be Decisive - Leader
• Better together - People Manager
• Take Ownership - Leader

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.