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Requirements
Must:
- You must have a strong experience of architecting and operating large-scale systems on AWS, ideally within high-availability or regulated environments.
- A strong knowledge of core AWS services (ECS / EKS, EC2, S3, RDS / Aurora, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Terraform / CloudFormation) is essential.
- Strong Java coding skills are required, along with a working knowledge of other languages (Python, Go, etc.) for supporting services and automation.
- You should possess a solid understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven design, and integration patterns.
- Experience in designing and managing containerized environments is a must.
- You should have experience with CI/CD pipeline design using GitHub Actions and a good working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), observability, and monitoring tools.
- A good knowledge of security architecture, identity management, and network segmentation in cloud environments is needed.
- You should also have a good understanding of data flows, APIs, and asynchronous messaging (Kafka, SQS, SNS).
- Being collaborative and pragmatic, with experience in managing or leading technical delivery teams using Agile/Scrum framework is important.
Responsibilities
As an AWS Platform Architect, I am looking for someone who will take ownership and drive the end-to-end architecture for our core insights platform, across infrastructure, data, security, and application layers. You will design and implement scalable, cost-effective AWS architectures that support high-throughput, mission-critical IoT and data workloads. This includes governing platform standards, documentation, and best practices across multiple engineering teams. Your role will also encompass leading the definition and enforcement of infrastructure as code (IaC), observability, and automation frameworks, as well as the integration of streaming and messaging solutions such as Kafka, SQS, or SNS for data ingestion and event-driven processing. You will collaborate with development, DevOps, and data engineering teams on various initiatives, championing security and compliance within the platform to adhere to GDPR, ISO27001, and data governance frameworks.
Description
We offer a remote-first working policy, so you could be based anywhere in the UK, provided you have the right to work in the UK. As an AWS Platform Architect at our company, you will receive a competitive package, including a salary up to £100k, bonus, pension, life assurance, private medical care, and the ability to work remotely. We believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we proudly uphold values that prioritize diversity and inclusivity.
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The company with most openings is Ocho as they are hiring for 57 different Software Architect jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Software Architects.