Job Description
My client are looking for an AWS Solutions Architect to design, deliver, and govern secure, highly automated cloud platforms within complex enterprise and regulated environments. This role has a strong focus on AWS architecture, supported by modern GitOps delivery practices and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
You will play a key role in defining Cloud architecture standards, enabling zero-touch deployments, and supporting cloud migration and modernisation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design and architect secure, scalable solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
* Define and own cloud architecture patterns, standards, and best practices
* Implement and promote GitOps-based delivery models, enabling automated, zero-touch deployments
* Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, with a strong preference for Terraform
* Provide architectural oversight across CI/CD pipelines, cloud networking, identity, and security controls
* Support on-premise to cloud and hybrid migration initiatives
* Collaborate with platform, DevOps, security, and application teams to ensure compliant and resilient solutions
* Produce and maintain high-quality architecture documentation, including HLDs, LLDs, and design diagrams
* Act as a technical authority within security-cleared and regulated environments
Essential Skills & Experience
* Proven experience as a Solutions Architect in enterprise AWS environments
* AWS Solutions Architect certification (Associate required, Professional preferred)
* Strong experience with GitOps principles, focusing on automation and zero-touch pipelines
* GitLab preferred, but tooling-agnostic
* Extensive Infrastructure as Code experience, with a strong preference for Terraform
* Strong understanding of AWS security, IAM, networking, and governance
* Experience delivering solutions in regulated or security-sensitive environments
* Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
* Exposure to Amazon EKS and/or OpenShift
* Experience migrating workloads from on-premise to cloud (e.g. OpenShift to EKS)
* Knowledge of supporting infrastructure services such as ingress, observability, and platform tooling
* Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud architectures