Cloud Architect
Untold Studios
- City of London, England, United Kingdom
- City of London, England, United Kingdom
About
The Role We're seeking a cloud architect to join our team of Technologists to design, build, and innovate our existing cloud infrastructure that supports our cutting‑edge visual effects studio. You'll architect scalable solutions that enable artists to work seamlessly across multi‑datacenter environments, evaluate and adopt emerging cloud services and VFX cloud technologies, and drive the evolution of our cloud‑native workflows. This role combines strategic infrastructure design, requiring both vision and pragmatism to balance innovation, performance, and cost efficiency.
Your Key Responsibilities
Design and architect new cloud‑based production capabilities and workflows
Evaluate and prototype emerging cloud services and VFX cloud technologies
Optimise existing cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency
Implement monitoring, alerting, and cost tracking systems
Manage cloud storage solutions (Weka, Qumulo and similar high‑performance storage)
Design and implement multi‑datacenter/multi‑region strategies
Collaborate with the pipeline team on cloud resource requirements
Ensure security, compliance, and disaster recovery best practices
Work with various teams, including developers, security, and executive leadership, to align technology with business goals
Research and implement next‑generation storage and data movement solutions
Partner with the pipeline team to enable new production methodologies
Create proof‑of‑concepts for business‑critical initiatives
Required Skills
5+ years AWS (or other cloud) experience with proven architecture expertise
Knowledge of EC2 instance types, families, and fleet management (Spot, On‑Demand, Reserved)
Expertise in AWS services: S3, EC2, VPC, Route53, IAM, CloudWatch, Cost Explorer
Experience with cloud storage performance optimisation and data transfer
Strong understanding of cloud cost management
Infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Multi‑region architecture and datacenter connectivity experience
Networking fundamentals: VPN, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, subnetting, routing
Linux system administration (Rocky Linux/RHEL experience preferred)
Highly Desired but not essential
Software development experience within cloud environments
Experience setting up Autodesk Flame in cloud environments (AWS) – huge plus
Understanding of media/entertainment workflows and streaming protocols such as NDI and CDI
Familiarity with render farm architecture or HPC workloads
Previous work in VFX, animation, or post‑production environments
We are committed to supporting you and your ongoing development. We will work closely with you to establish your personal progression plan. You are never on your own.
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Languages
- English
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