Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The AWS Cloud Architect role in Portsmouth involves leading the design and implementation of graph-based cloud solutions using Amazon Neptune and Java. The position requires expertise in architecting secure and scalable applications on AWS, focusing on graph databases for real-time querying and analytics. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders and mentor development teams while ensuring adherence to AWS best practices. This is a contract position with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications using Amazon Neptune and Java (Spring Boot).
- Architect end-to-end graph database solutions, including data modeling, performance tuning, and integration with application services.
- Lead cloud architecture initiatives using AWS best practices and Well-Architected Framework.
- Implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures using AWS services like Lambda, EC2, S3, IAM, API Gateway, VPC, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.
- Collaborate with DevOps engineers to automate deployments via Terraform or AWS CDK.
- Work closely with developers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to build and optimize graph-based use cases such as recommendation engines, fraud detection, or network analysis.
- Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
- Maintain architectural documentation and provide mentorship to development teams.
Key Skills:
- 8+ years of overall IT experience, with 3+ years in cloud architecture on AWS.
- Hands-on expertise with Amazon Neptune, including Gremlin and/or SPARQL query languages.
- Strong programming experience in Java, with hands-on expertise in Spring Boot and RESTful APIs.
- Solid understanding of graph database design, RDF, property graph models, and graph query optimization.
- Proficient in building and deploying microservices and distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to architect and troubleshoot complex systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Portsmouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect
Location: Portsmouth
Work Mode : Hybrid (3 Days work from office)
Job Type: Contract
About the Role: We are seeking a skilled AWS Cloud Architect with strong experience in Amazon Neptune and Java to lead the design and implementation of graph-based cloud solutions. The successful candidate will architect secure, scalable, and high-performing applications on AWS, with a focus on leveraging graph databases for real-time querying, knowledge graphs, and relationship analytics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications using Amazon Neptune and Java (Spring Boot).
- Architect end-to-end graph database solutions, including data modeling, performance tuning, and integration with application services.
- Lead cloud architecture initiatives using AWS best practices and Well-Architected Framework.
- Implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures using AWS services like Lambda, EC2, S3, IAM, API Gateway, VPC, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.
- Collaborate with DevOps engineers to automate deployments via Terraform or AWS CDK.
- Work closely with developers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to build and optimize graph-based use cases such as recommendation engines, fraud detection, or network analysis.
- Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
- Maintain architectural documentation and provide mentorship to development teams.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8+ years of overall IT experience, with 3+ years in cloud architecture on AWS.
- Hands-on expertise with Amazon Neptune, including Gremlin and/or SPARQL query languages.
- Strong programming experience in Java, with hands-on expertise in Spring Boot and RESTful APIs.
- Solid understanding of graph database design, RDF, property graph models, and graph query optimization.
- Proficient in building and deploying microservices and distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to architect and troubleshoot complex systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.