At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical direction in cloud networking and deliver innovative solutions for secure environments.
- Company: Join Appvia, a specialist consultancy transforming cloud infrastructure and practices.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, shares, and comprehensive benefits package.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with opportunities for professional growth and influence across programmes.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in high-stakes projects while shaping the future of cloud architecture.
- Qualifications: Senior experience in cloud and network architecture with active UK Security Clearance required.
The predicted salary is between 85000 - 95000 £ per year.
Location: UK - Hybrid / customer-site requirements TBC
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Package: £85,000 - £95,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits
About Appvia
Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform, and solutions engineering consultancy, helping organisations modernise infrastructure, improve reliability, and adopt cloud-native practices that enable long-term, sustainable delivery. Our engineering capability spans AWS, Azure, platform engineering, networking, software, data, AI, delivery, and managed services. We work across complex, high-impact environments in both the public and private sector, delivering solutions where security, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence are critical.
About the Role
We’re hiring a Principal Cloud Networking Architect to join Appvia on a new secure public sector engagement, providing technical leadership across complex cloud, hybrid, and enterprise networking environments. This is an architecture-led role for someone who can own technical direction, translate complex requirements into practical network solutions, and provide assurance across design and delivery. You’ll work across AWS cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, secure landing zones, network architecture, and technical governance, acting as a trusted technical authority for Appvia and our customer. While the initial engagement has a strong networking and live-service focus, you’ll also sit within Appvia’s wider cloud and platform engineering capability, with opportunities to influence architecture and engineering standards across future programmes.
Interview Process - 3 Stage
- Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition
- Technical & Architecture Interview with Engineering Team
- Final Interview with Leadership
Important
You must hold active UK Security Clearance (SC). NPPV3 clearance is highly desirable.
About You
You are a senior cloud and network architect with the technical depth to operate across both enterprise networking and modern cloud environments. You will bring:
- Strong experience owning cloud and network architecture across complex enterprise environments
- Deep AWS networking knowledge across secure, scalable, and highly available architectures
- Experience designing hybrid cloud connectivity
Principal Cloud Networking Architect - Active UK Government Security Clearance in London employer: Appvia
Appvia is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee growth and innovation within a collaborative work culture. With a focus on modernising infrastructure and adopting cloud-native practices, employees benefit from competitive packages, including bonuses and shares, while working in a hybrid environment that fosters flexibility and engagement in high-impact projects across the public sector. Joining Appvia means being part of a forward-thinking team where your expertise in cloud networking will directly contribute to meaningful solutions that enhance security and operational excellence.
