AWS Cloud Architect

TN United Kingdom; Marlow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

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We are seeking a talented AWS Cloud Architect to join our IT team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the design and architecture of AWS-based cloud infrastructures, ensuring that the solutions are reliable, high-performing, and secure. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and engineering teams to develop cloud architectures that align with business goals and support future growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions using AWS services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, and API Gateway, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Define cloud adoption strategies, roadmaps, and migration plans to transition legacy applications and infrastructure to the cloud with minimal disruption.
• Design cost-effective cloud architectures leveraging AWS services, optimizing performance, security, compliance, and resource utilization.
• Use tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK to automate infrastructure provisioning and management, improving efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
• Provide leadership and guidance to technical teams, ensuring alignment between cloud architecture, application development, and IT operations.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimizations to improve scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Create and maintain documentation for cloud architectures, solution designs, and best practices, ensuring knowledge sharing and operational continuity.
• Establish cloud governance frameworks that enforce organizational policies, security standards, and cost management practices.
• Stay updated with the latest AWS services, features, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and innovation in cloud solutions.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions with AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM.
• Proven expertise in building highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable architectures, and migrating complex applications to AWS (e.g., replatforming, rearchitecting).
• In-depth knowledge of AWS security best practices (IAM, VPC security, encryption, data protection) and compliance with industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).
• Strong experience with IaC tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK, and optimizing AWS costs using tools like AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor.
• Ability to design scalable architectures using Auto Scaling, Load Balancers, CloudWatch, and other AWS services for monitoring and high availability.
• Collaborate with DevOps, development, and IT operations teams to deliver robust cloud solutions and create clear, maintainable documentation for technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, or similar certifications.
• Experience with microservices and serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, and Step Functions.
• Familiarity with multi-cloud environments and integration with other cloud providers (e.g., Azure, GCP) and on-premises systems.
• Expertise in managing containerized applications using Docker, ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes, and deep knowledge of networking (VPC, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using AWS services like CodePipeline and third-party tools like Jenkins or GitLab.

If you are a skilled AWS Cloud Architect with experience in designing, building, and optimizing AWS solutions and want to work on impactful cloud transformation projects, we’d love to hear from you!