Brickendon Consulting is an award-winning global management and technology consultancy specializing in innovative solutions and transforming complex, highly regulated environments. Founded in 2010, Brickendon has a strong focus on financial services and the public sector, helping organizations navigate and implement significant changes. We have delivered projects for some of the world’s largest firms in financial services, governments, and leading fintechs and startups, including JP Morgan, HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Rolls Royce.
We are currently seeking a Technical Architect for one of our banking clients.
✅Work location: London
✅Work setting: hybrid
Role Purpose
Responsible for the infrastructure and platform engineering aspects of the DDI programme, including the AWS cloud landing zone, environment provisioning, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and platform security configuration. This role absorbs Cloud and IaC responsibilities that would otherwise require a separate resource.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and implement the AWS cloud landing zone, including VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) architecture, network isolation, IAM (Identity and Access Management) policies, and encryption configuration.
* Define and maintain IaC templates (Terraform or AWS CloudFormation) for environment provisioning across the four-environment model.
* Produce the Environment Plan, specifying compute sizing, storage configuration, and connectivity requirements for Dev, Test, Pre-Prod, and Prod.
* Implement security controls: AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, AWS KMS (Key Management Service) key management, and data masking configurations.
* Configure CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment across environments.
* Support Disaster Recovery (DR) plan production and ensure infrastructure meets the 99.5% availability SLA (Service Level Agreement).
* Minimum 5 years in cloud infrastructure engineering, with at least 2 years on AWS.
* Hands‑on experience with IaC: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
* Deep knowledge of AWS security services: IAM, KMS, VPC, Security Groups, AWS Config.
* Experience provisioning Databricks or Snowflake workspaces on AWS, including Unity Catalog configuration.
* Familiarity with CI/CD tooling: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or equivalent.
* Understanding of data platform observability: CloudWatch, alerting, and monitoring dashboards.
* AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent certification.
* Experience with public sector cloud deployments and associated compliance requirements.
* Familiarity with Collibra platform deployment and integration.
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