£700 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
City of London, UK
Summary: The AWS Cloud Platform Architect role involves leading the evolution of an existing AWS environment to support a digital strategy for a leading organization based in Bristol. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and optimizing AWS architecture, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance with regulatory requirements. This position offers a hybrid working arrangement and is classified as outside IR35. The role requires strong cloud architectural experience and collaboration with various teams to ensure seamless integration and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Mature the cloud architecture strategy, defining architectural standards and best practices for deployment and management.
- Develop and maintain reference architecture assets eg roadmaps, blueprints and patterns that are aligned with our clients vision and strategy for cloud platforms.
- Lead AWS design of secure and scalable cloud platforms, ensuring resilience and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with security, compliance and engineering teams to ensure seamless cloud integration with existing and future platforms.
- Develop robust technical governance for AWS including cost optimisation and compliance.
- Manage any architectural issues (eg technical debt), risks and escalations, documenting and raising via the appropriate governance structures.
- Advise on cloud platform topics, migration strategies, and cloud solutions (cloud native and hybrid).
- Support operational and engineering colleagues through identifying opportunities to optimise cloud resources, performance and cost through continuous monitoring and automation.
- Ensure compliance with relevant frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and UK financial regulations.
Key Skills:
- Strong cloud architectural and design experience, designing scalable, secure and highly available systems on AWS.
- Deep expertise in cloud networking, security, database and storage solutions.
- Knowledge of containerisation, orchestration (Kubernetes), and serverless architectures.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IAC) using tools like Terraform or Cloud Formation, CI/CD pipelines, Jira and Jenkins.
- Awareness and use of architectural frameworks.
- Experience working in a regulated industry.
Salary (Rate): £700 per day
City: Bristol
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
AWS Cloud Platform Architect, Outside IR35, Hybrid
Fully remote
Outside of IR35.
£500-£700 per day
Our client, a leading organisation based in Bristol, is looking to hire an AWS Cloud Platform Architect.
Our client is looking to evolve an existing AWS environment, adopting a cloud ecosystem to support a digital strategy.
The successful candidate will lead, develop and optimise the AWS architecture ensuring it is scalable, secure and compliant, meeting regulatory requirements.
General responsibilities: -
- Mature the cloud architecture strategy, defining architectural standards and best practices for deployment and management.
- Develop and maintain reference architecture assets eg roadmaps, blueprints and patterns that are aligned with our clients vision and strategy for cloud platforms.
- Lead AWS design of secure and scalable cloud platforms, ensuring resilience and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with security, compliance and engineering teams to ensure seamless cloud integration with existing and future platforms.
- Develop robust technical governance for AWS including cost optimisation and compliance.
- Manage any architectural issues (eg technical debt), risks and escalations, documenting and raising via the appropriate governance structures.
- Advise on cloud platform topics, migration strategies, and cloud solutions (cloud native and hybrid).
- Support operational and engineering colleagues through identifying opportunities to optimise cloud resources, performance and cost through continuous monitoring and automation.
- Ensure compliance with relevant frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and UK financial regulations.
Skills & experience required: -
- Strong cloud architectural and design experience, designing scalable, secure and highly available systems on AWS.
- Deep expertise in cloud networking, security, database and storage solutions.
- Knowledge of containerisation, orchestration (Kubernetes), and serverless architectures.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IAC) using tools like Terraform or Cloud Formation, CI/CD pipelines, Jira and Jenkins.
- Awareness and use of architectural frameworks.
- Experience working in a regulated industry.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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