AWS Technical Architect

Job Description

At DXC Technology, we help organisations solve complex technology challenges through cloud, security, and modern infrastructure solutions. We’re looking for an experienced AWS Technical Architect to join our team and help deliver secure, scalable, and innovative AWS solutions for enterprise customers across a variety of industries. We’re passionate about building diverse, inclusive teams and actively encourage applications from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates, with support and adjustments available throughout the hiring process.

As an AWS Technical Architect, you’ll take high-level customer requirements and turn them into practical, secure, and production-ready AWS solutions.

You’ll work closely with Cloud Ops, Dev Ops, engineering teams, and customer stakeholders to design cloud platforms that are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost‑effective. This is a hands‑on role but also highly collaborative and strategic—ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems while guiding teams and influencing architecture decisions.

• Architecting cloud solutions on AWS according to business requirements, covering infrastructure design, application architecture, security, and integration patterns.
• Champion an automation‑first mindset, ensuring all scalable architectures are driven by Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and modern automation tools.
• Assisting in migrating on‑premises infrastructure and applications to AWS cloud with minimal disruption and optimal performance.
• Implementing security best practices and compliance standards within AWS environments, including identity and access management, encryption, and network security.
• Establish central AWS transit and network infrastructure, acting as the core gateway for all inter‑account communication and outbound traffic to external services.
• Designing cost‑effective solutions by selecting appropriate AWS services and implementing cost management strategies.
• Designing architectures for high availability and disaster recovery using AWS services.
• Tuning configurations and leveraging AWS services for optimal performance of applications and infrastructure.
• Implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using AWS Cloud Watch and Cloud Trail to ensure the health, performance, and security of AWS environments.
• Providing leadership, guidance, and mentorship to team members, collaborating with cross‑functional teams.
• Staying updated with the latest AWS services and best practices, driving innovation for improved efficiency and reliability of AWS solutions.

• Proven track record as an AWS Technical Architect
• Hands‑on experience across AWS/public cloud environments
• Strong practical AWS knowledge across infrastructure, networking, security, and cloud operations
• Experience working closely with Dev Ops and Cloud Ops teams
• Proficiency in deploying Landing Zone, particularly Secure Landing Zone/PALZ and expertise in Control Tower and AWS Organizations
• Practical experience in designing and implementing Continuous Integration and Deployment utilizing tools like Git Hub Actions
• Expertise in managing and maintaining secure AWS cloud environments and various AWS security services
• Experience with authentication and authorization protocols such as OAUTH2, SAML
  2.0, and OIDC
• Proficiency in designing and implementing cloud‑native solutions, including serverless applications, containerised applications, CI/CD pipelines, Network Infrastructures like Transit Gateway and Direct Connect, Identity and Access Management, and programmable infrastructure
• Knowledge and experience in infrastructure as code solutions using tools like Terraform, Git Hub Actions, Python, Bash or Power Shell
• Experience with network concepts such as VPC, Transit Gateways, Gateway Load Balancers, AWS Private Link, Endpoint Services, Route 53, IPAM, CIDR management, and hybrid networks
• Proficiency in tools like Git/Git Hub, Confluence, Jira, and Service Now

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Proficiency in containerisation using EKS, ECS, and ECR, along with understanding of release…