Senior AWS Architect

Nordcloud group; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud solutions provider in the UK is looking for an AWS Architect to join their team. The role involves participating in customer projects, implementing configuration management, and advising enterprise businesses on their cloud strategy. Candidates should have advanced knowledge of AWS, design experience, and a commitment to security best practices. The position offers flexible working hours, a training budget, and comprehensive benefits including pension contributions and health care.

Benefits

Individual training budget

Exam fees for certifications

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Comprehensive private health care

Seasonal ticket loan

Gym expense or well-being allowance

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Cloud Architecture Design and/or Cloud Architectural Patterns for Development.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS platform.
• Ability to see the bigger technical picture to drive the technical direction of a platform.
• Create low level designs that engineers can work from.
• Design complex multi-tenant systems aligned with best practices.
• Experience in designing, deploying and operating AWS landing zones.
• Championing infrastructure as code.
• Designing container-based solutions such as ECS, EKS, OCP.
• Experience mitigating security risks in AWS.

Responsibilities

• Participate in various customer projects, from new infrastructure builds and migrations to audits and big data.
• Implement configuration management infrastructure.
• Give workshops and design recommendations for a technical team.
• Become a trusted advisor for high-profile enterprise businesses.
• Jointly manage the customer relationship and roadmap with the Sales team.

Skills

Cloud Architecture Design

AWS platform knowledge

Technical direction overview

Low level design creation

Multi-tenant system design

AWS landing zones

Infrastructure as Code advocacy

Container/microservices design

ECS/EKS/OCP solutions design

Kubernetes experience

Security risk mitigation in AWS

Job description

Join Nordcloud and be part of the European cloud revolution. We supercharge our customers to innovate in hyperscaler cloud, enabling seamless migration, advanced security, and data-driven success.

Currently, we are looking for an AWS Architect to join our team in the UK.

Your daily responsibilities:

• Participating in various customer projects, from new infrastructure builds and migrations to audits and big data
• Implementing configuration management infrastructure
• Giving workshops and designing recommendations for a technical team
• Becoming a trusted advisor for high-profile enterprise businesses and jointly manage the customer relationship and roadmap with the Nordcloud Sales team
• Having a selection of different ‘hats’ to put on and have the luxury of following customer projects from start to release

Your key skills:

• Hands-on experience with Cloud Architecture Design and/or Cloud Architectural Patterns for Development
• Advanced knowledge of AWS platform
• Being able to see the bigger technical picture to drive the technical direction of a platform
• Create low level designs that engineers can work from
• Designing complex multi-tenant systems aligned to best practice
• Designing, deploying and operating AWS landing zones (Landing Zone Accelerators)
• Championing infrastructure as code and opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation
• Scoping container/microservices to design Cloud solutions
• Designing container-based solutions such as ECS, EKS, OCP
• Kubernetes experience
• Mitigating security risks in AWS and supporting a mature Cloud Security Model

We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We value your growth potential and enthusiasm!

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What we offer:

• Individual training budget and exam fees for certifications
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working model
• Company laptop and needed equipment
• Local package such as up to 7% matched pension contributions, extensive private health care, Bupa dental plan, and a seasonal ticket loan, enhanced maternity and parental leave, gym expense or well-being monthly and mobile phone allowance

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About Nordcloud

Nordcloud is a European leader in cloud implementation, application development, managed services and training. It’s a recognised cloud-native pioneer with a proven track record helping organisations leverage public cloud in a way that balances quick wins, immediate savings and sustainable value. Nordcloud is triple-certified across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – with 10 European hubs, over 1,300 employees and has delivered over 1,000 successful cloud projects for companies ranging from midsize to large corporates. Our clients benefit from multi-cloud expertise that guides best practices, preempts pitfalls, provides essential technical support and steers teams through cultural change. From strategy planning to application management, we take our customers through the whole cloud journey to drive real business outcomes from cloud technology.

Nordcloud values diversity and is dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and employees.