AWS Architect

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Company Description Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.  

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:  UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  3300+ strong, 350/300m revenue business  10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA.

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Job Description Version 1 are one of a handful of AWS Premier Consulting Partners, which is the highest tier of AWS Partnership available.

You will be working for the AWS Practice which consists of experienced Architects, Dev Ops Engineers and Consultants. The customer engagements are varied and the exposure to modern technologies is always present. You will work in a mixture of teams to deliver solutions to major customers across Europe.

Version 1 invests in its people and you will be supported to take Associate, Professional and Specialty certifications and additional training that is relevant to your role. We have a successful learning and development programme that provides opportunities to undertake training and certifications through the learning platform of your choice.

As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Architect, you will assist in implementing and supporting large-scale cloud implementations on AWS. Other duties include architecting and implementing cloud solutions for different applications, automating cloud operations and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities Improve cloud capability by creating and implementing cloud application patterns

Design and implement approaches to move applications and workloads to the cloud

Work closely with business leads and product owners to understand solution requirements and identify architectural patterns

Monitor compliance of cloud resources against industry guardrails and best practices

Research and propose solutions for AWS data transformation, data connections, operational frameworks and application integration

Work closely with lead architects and engineers to create and maintain architectural templates and operational artefacts

Work with Dev Ops and engineering teams to develop solutions

Contribute to proposals through technical expertise

Share technical expertise and guidance across the organisation

Qualifications

Essential Criteria Experience & Cloud Architecture5–7 years of hands-on experience working with AWS Cloud Proven experience working as an AWS Architect Demonstrable experience conducting AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews Cloud Platforms & Kubernetes Proven experience designing, building, deploying and operating production-grade EKS/Kubernetes clusters

Experience delivering highly regulated, secure, scalable, multi-tenant platforms

Demonstrated understanding of secure-by-design cloud architectures

DevOps / Dev Sec Ops Demonstrated  knowledge of Dev Ops and Dev Sec Ops  methodologies

Experience implementing fully automated CI/CD pipelines, specifically using Git Hub Actions Hands-on experience embedding security controls throughout the delivery pipeline

Infrastructure & Automation Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform Experience using Helm Charts Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting

Hands-on Linux experience (RHEL, CentOS)
Preferred Criteria

Certifications AWS Certifications at Associate and/or Professional level

Security & Engineering Security engineering experience and awareness

Previous hands-on engineering background

Experience with CDK, Type Script and/or advanced Terraform usage

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