Cloud Architect

Serco has established itself as a reliable service provider across the European market, offering a broad range of engineering, technical, and management services across multiple industries. With a strategic presence in key locations, Serco plays a critical role in supporting space, defence, and transportation sectors, providing expertise in systems integration, operational support, and mission-critical services. Leveraging its global experience and local knowledge, Serco ensures seamless project execution and operational excellence, making it a trusted partner for both governmental and commercial clients.  Due to our ongoing growth across the European Space sector, Serco are looking to hire a Cloud Platform Architect who will support the innovation of our EO cloud platform. This person can be based out of any of our European locations (France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany or the Czech Republic. 
Main Responsibilities:
As Cloud Platform Architect, you will be involved from strategy development and implementation to ongoing optimisation and innovation of Earth Observation (EO) cloud platform. Your tasks will be to: 

• Design the structure of EO applications.
• Select the appropriate cloud services and resources.
• Configure the cloud infrastructure.
• Implement security measures following guidelines.
• Monitor the performance of EO applications in the cloud.
• Additionally, provide various stakeholders with expertise and guidance on EO cloud platform related matters.

As a "Platform Architect" you will be responsible for delivery and implementation of our cloud solutions to our customers and partners, this way help them digitalise and increase efficiency. This is a role with responsibility, autonomy, and the possibility to show proactivity.  Example of concrete actions:

• Own the definition of the architecture of our platform, within a project team, by meeting the requirements of our customers and partners.
• As a technical leader of the functional areas advise our customers/partners to optimize their business processes.
• Manage the technical and functional meetings of the EO platform solution with the various stakeholders, whether they are external such as customers and/or partners, or internal such as the project team.
• Intense focus on finding the right tools or partner, and ability to make trade-offs that require prioritising different competing demands.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 3 to 8 years’ experience in software engineering.
• 2 to 4 years ‘experience working on cloud projects.
• BS (Bac+3, Bac+4) in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS (Master, Bac+5) with 3 years’ experience
• Cloud architect certification is a plus.
• Experience in the space sector is appreciated, existing knowledge in Space Applications (e.g. Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, Navigation).
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to assess technological and industry trends, 
• Good knowledge of cloud micro-architecture platform using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience in the use of public hyperscaler.
• Good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint is appreciated.
• Languages: fluency in English is mandatory (spoken and written). Knowledge of additional languages is a plus.
• Personal skills: ability to work in an international and multicultural environment; ability to work independently; a team player; respect of corporate values; high commitment. 

About Serco:

Serco is a leading Space Services Provider with thousands of skilled resources that has supported over 50 space missions on behalf of more than 10 Space or Government agencies around the globe, including the likes of ESA, CNES, EUMETSAT, EUSPA, ASI and NASA. We offer space capabilities across the full space lifecycle from satellite testing to Launch services, LEOP to spacecraft operations, space surveillance to data management, and supporting downstream application development. With over 55 years history in the space sector Serco is well placed to contribute to National strategies across Europe and the globe We work within the heart of the space sector so understand the challenges our customers face. When it comes to recruitment we are experts in sourcing the very best talent within space engineering, earth observation, satellite communications and cyber security. We have placed hundreds of people from post graduates through to C-suite executives into space agencies, satellite operators, manufacturers, system integrators, consultancies, earth observation/remote sensing, launch providers and much more.

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