AWS Solutions Architect

Solution Architect | AWS Developer Platform | £575 per day (Inside IR35)- Active SC Clearance required

Location: United Kingdom (Remote/Hybrid)
Duration: 6 months Initial
Rate: £575 per day (Inside IR35)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a seasoned Solution Architect to join one of the largest AWS-based developer platforms in the UK. This platform supports over 100 teams and manages multiple critical workloads, offering a high-scale environment for a pragmatist who thrives on complex problem-solving.

As a Solution Architect, your responsibilities will be split across three core pillars:

• Design & Governance: You will translate new requirements into robust design options, navigating them through formal assurance and into the delivery pipeline.
• Team Support: You will act as a technical touchpoint for delivery teams, helping to resolve roadmap blockers and providing architectural analysis for service incidents.
• Strategy: You will contribute to long-term architectural strategies and ad-hoc projects delegated by the Senior Management Team.

Due to the scale of the platform, you will work closely with a wider architectural community to exploit 'tribal knowledge' and ensure solutions are integrated across multiple domains.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Expert AWS Knowledge: Deep understanding of core services including VPCs, subnets, EC2, Lambda, S3, Route 53, and VPC endpoints.
• Networking: Strong grasp of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, and Proxy patterns.
• Containers: Good broad architectural understanding of Containers and Kubernetes.
• Documentation & Communication: Proven ability to produce high-quality design documentation and communicate complex technical issues to everyone from junior engineers to senior leaders.
• Soft Skills: Strong evidence of influencing, negotiating, and evidence-based decision-making.

Desirable (Optional) Experience: We value architects who can adapt quickly to unfamiliar tools. Experience in any of the following is highly advantageous:

• Observability: Elasticsearch Stack, Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Security & Identity: Hashicorp Vault, LDAP, Redhat SSO, OIDC, and Firewalling (Fortigate/AWS Network Firewall).
• Infrastructure/DevOps: Terraform, Concourse, AWS EKS, or Transit Gateway.
• Connectivity: VPNs (OpenVPN/Site-to-Site) and Proxy Servers (Nginx/Squid).