Global Cloud Platform Technical Design Authority

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Job Title:

Global Cloud Platform Technical Design Authority

Reports To:

Head of IT Cloud & Hosting Services, RoW Department/Function:
Belron Group Technology / IT Cloud & Hosting Services Geographic Scope:

Global / RoW (primarily remote, with travel as required)

Employment Type:

Full-time, Permanent

Reporting to the Head of IT Cloud & Hosting Services, the Global Cloud Platform Technical Design Authority (TDA) is the global technical authority responsible for implementation design, technical governance, design assurance, and technical approval of cloud infrastructure services across Belron's AWS and Azure estate. The role provides independent technical oversight across both internally delivered and vendor-delivered infrastructure changes, ensuring all implementations align with approved architecture, technical standards, security requirements, operational objectives, and risk appetite.

The TDA translates approved High Level Designs, reference architectures, and strategic technology direction into implementation-ready Low Level Designs and technical specifications, determining appropriate implementation approaches within established architectural guardrails. The role acts as the primary technical authority for cloud infrastructure implementation decisions and provides expert guidance on complex technical challenges, design exceptions, major incidents, and non-standard requirements. The role operates as the mandatory technical approval gate for cloud infrastructure changes prior to Change Advisory Board (CAB) review.

Technical approval from the TDA is a required prerequisite before changes can progress through the formal change governance process. The role holds delegated authority to approve or block technical designs based on standards compliance, technical risk, security, resilience, recoverability, operational supportability, cost effectiveness, and implementation readiness. Working closely with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Cyber Security, engineering teams, country IT teams, and managed service providers, the TDA ensures consistent implementation of cloud platform standards whilst driving technical excellence, platform stability, governance maturity, audit readiness, and operational reliability across the global cloud estate.

• Acts as the global technical authority for cloud infrastructure implementation design across AWS and Azure.
• Translates approved High Level Designs, reference architectures, and strategic technology requirements into implementation-ready Low Level Designs and technical specifications.
• Determines appropriate implementation approaches, design patterns, technical controls, infrastructure configurations, and operational requirements within approved architectural guardrails.
• Makes independent technical decisions relating to implementation design, standards application, technology selection within approved platforms, design exceptions, and non-standard infrastructure requirements.
• Provides authoritative technical guidance during major incidents, complex platform changes, service recovery activities, and significant infrastructure initiatives.
• Reviews technical solutions and validates alignment with functional and non-functional requirements including availability, resilience, disaster recovery, security, observability, supportability, and cost optimisation.
• Escalates material technical risks, unresolved design…