Cloud Architect (AWS)

Cloud Architect | AWS | Global Technology Function (FTSE 250)

📍 Leeds (Hybrid – ideally 2 days per week onsite)

💰 Circa £90,000 - £96,000 + 25% Bonus + Private Healthcare + 10% Pension

We’re supporting a FTSE 250, technology-led international business in the search for an experienced Cloud Architect to help shape and evolve their enterprise cloud strategy.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a senior cloud professional who enjoys combining hands-on technical architecture with strategic influence across a complex, global environment.

Working closely with Technology Leadership, you’ll play a key role in driving cloud-first architecture, modern engineering practices, automation, and secure-by-design solutions across a multi-country organisation.

The Opportunity

You’ll be responsible for designing and evolving scalable, secure cloud platforms, primarily within AWS + while helping technology teams adopt modern cloud-native, DevSecOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.

This role offers the chance to influence architecture at enterprise scale while working in a collaborative, agile environment with significant investment in cloud capability.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and delivering secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures
• Driving cloud strategy and architectural best practice across technology teams
• Championing Infrastructure as Code, automation and DevSecOps principles
• Supporting engineering teams with architectural guidance and governance
• Helping optimise cloud security, compliance and cost management
• Collaborating with global stakeholders, suppliers and delivery teams
• Mentoring teams on CI/CD, cloud-native technologies and modern engineering practices

What We’re Looking For

• Low/No-Ego - instead, someone that enjoys coaching and mentoring others.
• Strong experience designing enterprise-scale AWS environments
• Proven background in cloud transformation and architecture leadership
• Expertise across IaC, automation and DevOps tooling
• Ability to influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience operating within complex, multi-vendor environments
• AWS certifications highly desirable

If you’re interested in hearing more, or know someone who could be a strong fit, please get in touch directly.