AWS Solution Architect - SC CLEARED

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Job Title: AWS Solution Architect - SC CLEARED
Location: Hybrid (80% remote/20% office based)
Salary/Rate: Up to £615 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 10/02/2025
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our public sector clients! They are currently looking for a skilled AWS Solution Architect to join their team for a four-month contract.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

Architecting, designing and delivering whole or part of a significant AWS public cloud project that will include exploiting PaaS and SaaS services, engineering modern application hosting platforms (OCP, K8S, EKS, AKS) and agile delivery
Support implementation and transformation programs for complex enterprise scale solutions
Work with Architects, Subject Matter Experts, Solution Designers in designing IT solutions (Transformation Projects)
Act as Subject Matter Expert to deliver remediation for complex client's issues and provide deep technical knowledge to our internal team.
Work closely with development teams to provide technical guidance and support.
Provide expertise and leadership regarding solutions for infrastructure and applications in AWS.
Identify and recommend best cloud architecture options, tools to accomplish project goals
Design Technical reference models and roadmaps for future AWS cloud implementations.
Provide high-level design for AWS architecture, configurations, and best practices.
Provide guidance and enforcement methodology for security best practices and compliance standards in AWS environments.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

Strong understanding of AWS well architected framework.
Experience in architecting Public / hybrid cloud solutions with AWS
Very Strong understanding of AWS IAM and Governance Services
Understanding of IaC using CloudFormation and Terraform
Experience in designing services using Containers Services (K8S, EKS, Fargate)
Very Good understanding of Cloud observability using CloudWatch , EventBridge and X-Ray
Experience in automation techniques and architectures using EventBridge , System Manager and Lambda in AWS
Good understanding of enterprise integration patterns and practices (REST, event-driven architectures
Good knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools (Aws code Pipeline/GitLab/GitHub)
Experience in designing solutions using working with Ansible and Jenkins
Knowledge of AWS's cost management tools, budgeting, and strategies for optimizing cloud costs.
Must have AWS Solution Architect-Professional certification
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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