Job Title: AWS Solutions Architect
Location: London (Hybrid - 2 days office/week)
Contract Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
We are partnering with a global leader in the Commercial Insurance sector to find a highly technical, hands-on AWS Solutions Architect. We need a 'player-coach' who can design enterprise-scale systems, navigate architectural governance, and write the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to prove concepts before handing them off to delivery teams.
Key Responsibilities
1. Design & Prototype: Create cloud-native, serverless solutions on AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
2. Hands-On Coding: Write robust IaC using AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python) to validate designs and create standardized blueprints.
3. Enterprise Governance: Guide solutions through the Architecture Review Board (ARB), ensuring strict adherence to security, DR, and integration standards.
4. Technical Leadership: Coach offshore development and DevOps teams on AWS best practices, observability (Datadog/Splunk), and event-driven architectures.
5. Production Support: Operate a multi-cloud environment, pro...