Cloud Architect

Untold Studios Limited; City of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading visual effects studio in London is looking for an experienced cloud architect. The role involves designing scalable solutions for their cloud infrastructure, optimizing for performance and cost efficiency, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of AWS experience and a strong understanding of cloud technologies. This position offers opportunities for personal development and progression.

Qualifications

• 5+ years AWS (or other cloud) experience with proven architecture expertise.
• Strong understanding of cloud cost management.
• Networking fundamentals: VPN, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect new cloud-based production capabilities.
• Evaluate and prototype emerging cloud services.
• Collaborate with the pipeline team on cloud resource requirements.

Skills

AWS experience

Architecture expertise

Cloud cost management

Infrastructure as Code

Linux system administration

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

What we’re up to at Untold

We are a creative community - a team of world-class talent, visionary clients, and an exciting future ahead. As a studio, our people and culture are at the core of everything we do. Our purpose is simple: to create outstanding content that captivates audiences, while enjoying every step of the journey.

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.