Senior AWS Architect
We are looking for AWS Architects with extensive landing zone knowledge. For us, this means experience of designing and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS.
Senior AWS Platform Architect - Defence/SC Cleared
Location: Corsham – up to 4 days per week onsite in Corsham
Salary: £110,000-£130,000
Defence/SC Clearance Requirements:
Cloudscaler work with highly-secure private defence and government customers on mission-critical programmes of work. This means that these positions require frequent onsite presence. It also means that SC clearance is required. Upon joining Cloudscaler we will undertake SC clearance checks so you must be eligible to pass SC clearance. In future, DV clearance is likely to be required, so the ability/willingness to pass DV clearance is advantageous but not essential.
About us
We are experts in AWS landing zones, cloud risk mitigation and cloud operating models. We are thought leaders working with public and private sector enterprise organisations to help them to unlock the true value of cloud.
We take a structured approach, deploying highly resilient and scalable infrastructure, and applying a control framework that meets the highest regulatory and industry standards.
We help our customers define cloud operating models that work and establish Cloud Centre of Excellences that ensure best practices in security, data controls and operations, whilst preventing spiralling costs.
Why you should join us
We care about our people and truly believe that high-performing teams are created through openness, collaboration and trust. We ensure that there are opportunities both inside and outside of work to collaborate, share ideas and build connections.
We recognise that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, so we regularly collaborate across all teams and functions, to build a truly inclusive culture, including team socials, quarterly company days, and monthly "town halls".
Recognising that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, our learning and development opportunities are bespoke to each individual; helping you to advance through our transparent career development pathways and achieve your career goals.
What we're looking for
We are looking for AWS Architects with extensive landing zone knowledge. For us, this means experience of designing and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS. It also means you need an understanding of the key security risks that are present when operating workloads within AWS and how to design a best practice landing zone to mitigate these risks.
We are thought leaders, so our Architects need to be opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation, controls and guardrails, network patterns, and how to architect appropriate and scalable Cloud solutions with the ability to assess trade-offs with design options.
What you'll be doing
You will be working closely with our customers’ key stakeholders, designing and providing the technical governance over the delivery of significant workloads on the cloud.
You will be defining the infrastructure, network, and security design, along with the design of platform tooling services, and will set the technical standards that define what good looks like for all services, putting checks in place to ensure compliance.
- Understanding complex requirements and designing secure, scalable and resilient platforms on AWS
- Designing and providing the technical governance over the delivery of significant workloads on the cloud
- Architecting complex systems and platforms, enabling them to run seamlessly at scale, including defining the infrastructure, network, and security design
- Designing solutions to prevent, detect and remediate key security risks that are present when using AWS
- Setting the technical standards that define what good looks like for all services and put checks in place to ensure their compliance
- Designing and delivering workloads using a wide range of AWS services including; AWS Organizations, CloudTrail, SecurityHub, GuardDuty, IAM and IAM Identity Center
- Providing technical leadership to cross-functional teams, defining technical direction and strategy of teams and systems
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering
- Travel and accommodation expensed
- Life Assurance
- Long Term Disability cover
- Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)
- Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support
- 24/7 GP access
- Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you
- Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered
- Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire
- Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer
- Cycle To Work Scheme
Interview Process
- Screening call with our Talent Acquisition team
- 1st Interview - 30 minute remote interview with our hiring team
- 2nd Interview - 60 minute remote technical interview with members of our engineering team
- 3rd Interview - 60 minute in person interview with members of our Senior Leadership Team
If you would like to join us on our adventure, please apply!
Cloudscaler are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, parental status, religion or medical history.
If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please let us know when you speak to our Talent Acquisition team or contact talent@cloudscaler.com at the earliest opportunity.
- Locations
- Corsham
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Yearly salary
- £110,000 - £130,000
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Employment Type
- Permanent Full-time
Workplace & Culture
We truly believe that people are at the heart of everything we do; our people, clients and suppliers make us who we are and make us what we do.
We are ever evolving and ever improving to make sure that we are putting our people first.
Senior AWS Architect
We are looking for AWS Architects with extensive landing zone knowledge. For us, this means experience of designing and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS.
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