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Role: AWS Cloud Lead/Architect(SC Cleared)
Location: London/Reading, UK
Mode: Contract
Job Description:
The Lead Cloud Architect is the technical authority and design owner for cloud migration and modernisation programme. They are accountable for defining the end-to-end cloud strategy, shaping the Landing Zone architecture, and overseeing all technical designs and implementation across AWS infrastructure, security, identity, networking, migration planning, and EUC (Amazon WorkSpaces/Citrix modernisation).
This role ensures that all architectural decisions are aligned to the functional, non-functional, financial, and security requirements, including resilience, Conditional Access, CIS/NCSC compliance, and cost efficiency. The Lead Architect provides technical governance across all phases: Discovery, Strategy & Design, Landing Zone Build, Amazon WorkSpaces deployment, Pilot & Full Migration, and BAU transition.
Key Responsibilities
1. Architectural Leadership & Technical Governance
Act as the overall technical design authority, ensuring cohesion across all workstreams.
Lead workshops with SMEs to validate requirements.
Own and maintain the Cloud Architecture Blueprint.
Conduct architecture assurance across offshore and onshore teams.
Chair and drive the Technical Design Authority (TDA) process.
2. Discovery, Assessment & Cloud Strategy
Lead and validate discovery findings.
Develop Target Architecture and Migration Roadmap.
Produce cloud adoption strategy aligned to public-sector frameworks.
3. Landing Zone Design & Governance Controls
Design secure multi-account AWS Landing Zone.
Define SCP guardrails, IAM role model, logging, monitoring, KMS strategy.
Ensure compliance with CIS, NCSC, Cyber Essentials.
Oversee network segmentation, VPC connectivity, and DR patterns.
4. EUC & Amazon WorkSpaces/Citrix Modernisation Design
Lead architecture for virtual desktop estate.
Oversee FSLogix, conditional access, MFA, RBAC.
Provide technical assurance during UAT and rollout.
5. Migration Planning & Execution Governance
Own migration architecture, runbooks, and cutover plans.
Select pilot workloads and define success criteria.
Oversee AWS MGN/CloudEndure migrations.
Provide technical escalation during cutovers.
6. Security, Identity & Compliance Assurance
Ensure encryption, MFA, identity federation, patching, and threat detection.
Embed compliance into solution design.
Oversee security engineer deliverables.
7. Operational Readiness, Hypercare & BAU Transition
Define operational model, dashboards, alerting rules.
Lead defect triage and tuning during hypercare.
Shape steady-state governance and FinOps optimisation.
Key Deliverables
Cloud Adoption Strategy
Target Architecture (HLD/LLD)
Landing Zone Architecture Pack
Detailed Implementation Plan
EUC/WorkSpaces/Citrix design
Migration Strategy & Runbooks
Security & Compliance Architecture
Operational Readiness & Handover Packs
Required Skills & Experience
~10+ years cloud architecture; 5+ years AWS in regulated sectors.
~ Deep knowledge of: AWS Organisations, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, WorkSpaces, AppStream, FSLogix, AWS MGN, Terraform/CloudFormation, KMS, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Entra ID.
~ Strong stakeholder communication.
~ Experience defining governance, stage-gate assurance.
Soft Skills
Strong communicator
Structured thinker
Risk-focused
Delivery-oriented
Preferred Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS Security Specialty
AWS Networking Specialty
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Recruiter Email: nitinsharma@thriveitsystems.com