AWS API Technical Architect
Contract Duration: 3–6 Months
Location: Remote
Clearance Required: Active SC Clearance (used within the last 12 months)
We are seeking an experienced AWS API Technical Architect to design and deliver secure, scalable, and highly integrated API and microservices solutions across a complex enterprise environment.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in API architecture, cloud-native engineering, and distributed systems design. Candidates from both hands-on engineering and architecture-focused backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
* Design serverless and microservices-based API architectures within AWS
* Define and implement RESTful API standards, patterns, and best practices
* Support system and data integration across distributed applications and services
* Identify and remediate technical debt with pragmatic modernisation approaches
* Collaborate with product and delivery teams to align technical solutions with business roadmaps
* Support deployment planning, cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilisation
* Work closely with cybersecurity and engineering teams to ensure secure, observable, and resilient solutions
* Design secure integrations with identity providers and access management solutions
Required Skills & Experience
* Strong experience designing API and microservices architectures
* Deep understanding of AWS cloud-native services and serverless design
* Experience with RESTful APIs and distributed systems integration
* Knowledge of security best practices for cloud and API solutions
* Experience working within Agile delivery environments
* Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills
Technical Environment Experience in some or all of the following technologies is beneficial:
AWS Services
* API Gateway
* Lambda
* Aurora RDS PostgreSQL
* EKS
* ECR
* STS
* Route 53
* VPC
Additional Technologies
* Kubernetes
* GitHub / Jenkins CI/CD
* Prometheus & Grafana
* ELK Stack
* Apollo GraphQL
* TypeScript
Security & Monitoring
* AWS Config
* AWS Macie
* AWS GuardDuty
* AWS Security Hub
* Amazon CloudWatch
* Amazon CloudTrail
Please apply should you meet the requirements.