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Role: AWS Solution Architect

Locations: London, Manchester, Leeds

We are seeking AWS Solution Architects to support the design and delivery of secure, scalable cloud solutions across a range of mission-critical environments. This role is ideal for experienced cloud engineers, technical leads, or early-career architects from a consulting background looking to step into a broader architectural remit.

You will play a key role in shaping cloud strategies, modernising legacy systems, and enabling advanced technologies such as generative AI, data analytics, and cloud-native applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performing AWS solutions.
• Lead cloud migration and modernisation initiatives, including mainframe transformation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, engineers, and developers.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on AWS best practices and architecture patterns.
• Optimise cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and security.
• Support the deployment of AI/ML models and data pipelines in production environments.
• Stay current with emerging AWS services and recommend improvements to cloud environments.

Required Skills & Experience

For Manager Level:

• 5–10 years of hands-on technical experience.
• Proven experience/exposure in cloud architecture, design, and implementation.
• Strong understanding of AWS services (e.g. EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform).
• Experience with DevOps tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (e.g. CIS, SOC 2, HIPAA).
• Cloud certification at Associate or Professional level (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).

For Associate Manager Level:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong AWS technical knowledge with some exposure to design and architecture.
• Ideal for cloud engineers or AWS consultants with deep service-level understanding.
• Background in infrastructure or networking.
• Exposure to generative AI, AWS Contact Center, data and analytics, or mainframe modernisation.
• Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud experience (e.g. Azure, GCP).
• Understanding of interoperability across cloud platforms and on-prem environments.

Additional Information

• Candidates must be eligible for UK security clearance (typically 5 years of continuous UK residency and British citizenship).
• Flexibility to travel to client sites as required.