Andrew Bunning

I currently work as a senior Enterprise Solutions Architect providing strategic cloud architecture and advisory services to enterprise and regulated-sector organisations.

My role combines architecture design, technical leadership, and advisory work with senior stakeholders across multiple industries.

Key areas of focus include:

• Designing secure and resilient hybrid cloud platforms
• Advising organisations on cloud strategy, governance, and operating models
• Defining target-state architectures and multi-year transformation roadmaps
• Supporting the design of internal SaaS platforms and automation services
• Developing proof-of-concept environments and reference architectures
• Promoting infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices for repeatable deployments

I also lead and mentor engineers through the graduate programme, focused on developing cloud engineering capability within the organisation.

At Sword Group I held overall technical responsibility for the Cloud Platform practice, combining architecture leadership, customer advisory, and team development.

The role involved working closely with executive leadership and senior customer stakeholders to shape cloud adoption strategies and define platform architectures.

Responsibilities included:

• Leading consultative architecture engagements with enterprise customers
• Defining hybrid cloud and platform modernisation strategies
• Acting as the technical authority for complex architecture decisions
• Designing standardised cloud service offerings and reference architectures
• Supporting pre-sales activities and shaping technically viable solutions
• Leading and mentoring a team of cloud consultants

This role provided the opportunity to influence both internal capability development and external customer architecture strategy.

This was a customer-facing architecture role focused on cloud adoption, solution design, and enterprise platform modernisation.

The role combined consultative discovery work with architecture design and pre-sales technical leadership.

Key activities included:

• Leading cloud discovery and architecture workshops
• Translating business and regulatory requirements into secure cloud architectures
• Designing hybrid infrastructure platforms across public and private cloud
• Supporting RFx responses and customer proposals
• Building proof-of-concept solutions to accelerate cloud adoption
• Contributing to the development of cloud managed service offerings

At VisionWare I worked as a solution architect designing secure data, application, and infrastructure platforms for organisations operating in regulated sectors, particularly healthcare and local government across various countries.

The role focused on architecture design and technical advisory.

Responsibilities included:

• Designing enterprise-grade platforms aligned with security and compliance requirements
• Leading technical discovery engagements across business processes and data flows
• Defining target-state architectures for modernised application platforms
• Applying service-oriented and microservices architecture principles
• Producing architecture documentation and reference designs

In this role I supported organisations in the early stages of cloud adoption and digital transformation.

Work included:

• Conducting technical and business discovery sessions
• Designing Azure and Office 365 architectures
• Advising IT leadership on cloud strategy and adoption risks
• Supporting sales teams with architecture designs and proposals
• Working closely with delivery teams to transition solutions into implementation

At HPE I held a senior technical leadership role within a large-scale public-sector workplace transformation programme affecting over 200,000 users across the globe.

Responsibilities included:

• Providing technical design authority and governance
• Reviewing and assuring low-level architecture designs
• Supporting delivery planning and technical coordination
• Presenting architectural decisions and risks to senior stakeholders

During my time at Lockheed Martin I worked across several technical and architecture-focused roles supporting utilities and UK government sector clients.

The roles combined architecture design authority with bid and programme support.

Key activities included:

• Acting as Technical Design Authority for customer platforms
• Translating business and regulatory requirements into secure technical solutions
• Providing architecture input into major bids and tenders
• Supporting programme teams to align architecture with operational delivery

Earlier in my career I progressed through several infrastructure engineering and technical leadership roles within a managed services environment.

These roles provided hands-on experience designing and operating large enterprise platforms.

Work included:

• Engineering and operational support across Windows, messaging, and VMware platforms
• Leading technical teams supporting enterprise infrastructure services
• Coordinating projects transitioning solutions into operational support
• Contributing to solution design and service improvement initiatives