AWS Cloud Architect - eSC or eDV

Join our Delivery Center to design and deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions on AWS for public sector and defense clients, leading innovative projects that drive business impact.

• Tools and policies to support work‑life balance: flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• Traditional benefits: 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

• Lead the design of cloud architectures that emphasize scalability, security, performance, and operational excellence for public sector and defense clients.
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear solution designs and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product, and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership across full‑stack development, microservices, distributed systems, event‑driven patterns, and cloud‑native application design.
• Use AWS (and occasionally Azure) services to build secure, resilient, and cost‑efficient solutions.
• Apply AWS Well‑Architected Framework principles to ensure best‑practice implementation.
• Support application modernisation initiatives including containerisation, serverless adoption, refactoring, and cloud migration.
• Guide teams in CI/CD pipeline creation, automation practices, Dev Ops workflows, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Produce architecture diagrams, documentation, standards, and reusable design patterns.
• Work closely with developers, cloud engineers, product owners, and business leaders across Agile delivery teams.

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Bachelor's Degree

• Cloud: Strong experience with AWS services across compute, storage, networking, APIs, serverless, and managed database offerings.
• Architecture: Skilled in designing microservices‑based systems, distributed architectures, and event‑driven or serverless patterns.
• Containerisation: Proficient with Kubernetes (EKS or AKS), Docker, and Helm for container orchestration and deployment.
• Infrastructure as Code: Hands‑on experience with Terraform, Cloud Formation, Bicep, ARM templates, and Ansible for automated infrastructure provisioning.
• CI/CD: Practical knowledge of Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline/Code Build, Jenkins, and Git‑based workflows.
• Databases: Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server) and No
  
  SQL platforms (Dynamo
  
  DB or Cosmos DB), with optional exposure to graph or vector data stores.
• Monitoring & Observability: Experience with cloud‑native monitoring and logging systems such as Cloud Watch or Azure Monitor, plus tools like Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Security & Governance: Strong understanding of IAM/RBAC, Key Vault/KMS, cloud security services, policy enforcement, and secrets management.

• AWS Solutions Architect certification, ideally at the Professional or Expert level.
• Dev Ops‑focused certifications (AWS Dev Ops Engineer, Azure Dev Ops Engineer, or equivalent).
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS.
• Terraform certification (Terraform Associate or higher).
• Enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman.
• Red Hat Certified Architect (beneficial but not essential).
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or AWS Security Specialty.
• Cloud architecture and engineering specialties (AWS Advanced Networking, AWS Data Engineering, Azure Security Engineer, etc.).
• ITIL Foundation or higher (optional).

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, including meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

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