Solution Architect

Solution Architect

6 Month contract initially + Extensions

Based: Remote with 1 day per week in London

Rate: £Market rates p/d - (via Umbrella company)

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Solution Architect to join the team.

Key Responsibilities Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Define and own enterprise cloud architecture strategy aligned with business and IT roadmaps
• Establish cloud reference architectures, standards, and design patterns
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and organisational standards

AWS Cloud Architecture

• Architect highly available, resilient, and secure AWS platforms at enterprise scale
• Design multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations and Control Tower
• Lead architecture for hybrid and enterprise integration scenarios
• Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework across all solutions

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Define enterprise-wide IaC standards, module frameworks, and lifecycle management
• Create solutions for automated provisioning for multi-environment and multi-account deployments
• Ensure Terraform governance, security, and compliance controls

CI/CD & DevSecOps Enablement

• Design and govern enterprise CI/CD frameworks and reusable pipeline templates
• Create solutions for Integration of CI/CD with Terraform, AWS services, and security tooling
• Enable DevSecOps practices including automated testing, scanning, and approvals
• Support advanced deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling deployments)

Python Automation & Cloud Engineering

• Lead Python-based automation initiatives for cloud operations and platform engineering
• Create solutions for automation for provisioning, compliance, monitoring, and remediation
• Design serverless automation using AWS Lambda and event-driven architectures
• Promote automation-first and self-service cloud platforms

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Embed security-by-design and zero-trust principles
• Define IAM, network security, and data protection standards
• Ensure compliance with enterprise, regulatory, and audit requirements
• Implement logging, monitoring, and auditability across platforms

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as enterprise-level technical authority and design approver
• Partner with senior stakeholders, product owners, and delivery leads
• Mentor architects and senior engineers across teams
• Drive architectural reviews, documentation, and decision forums

Key Skills & Experience Core Technical Skills

• Expert AWS architecture experience (VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Route 53, CloudFront)
• Terraform (expert level) - enterprise modules, remote state, policy-as-code
• CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Strong Python automation skills (boto3, APIs, scripting, Lambda)
• Deep understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity
• Experience with container platforms (Docker, ECS, EKS)

Experience

• 13+ years in IT with 5-7+ years in cloud / solution / enterprise architecture roles
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale AWS platforms
• Experience governing architecture across multiple teams and programmes
• Strong background in DevOps and platform engineering

Desirable / Nice to Have

• AWS Solutions Architect - Professional certification
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification
• Kubernetes (EKS) advanced experience
• Experience with FinOps and cost governance
• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work. If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible.