Principal Consultant - Cloud in London

We are Global Logic, a Hitachi Group Company.

Based across 23 countries, Global Logic is a global leader in digital product engineering.

We help our clients design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences for the modern world.

By integrating our strategic design, complex engineering, and vertical industry expertise with Hitachi’s Operating Technology and Information Technology capabilities, we help our clients imagine what’s possible and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses.

By integrating experience design, complex engineering, AI and data expertise – we help our clients imagine what’s possible and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses.

About the role

You’ll be working on a variety of industry leading projects, often with organisations that have their own challenges, so you’ll need to be able to adapt seamlessly to different ways of working and quickly build relationships to create a collaborative approach with your team and stakeholders.

As a Principal Cloud Consultant/Solutions Architect you’ll engage with senior stakeholders as well leading roadmap development and design of business architecture solutions across multiple teams covering a range of Cloud and associated technologies.

Migrating business technology capability into the cloud adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement AWS integrations using EKS (Kubernetes) and Lambda, with a focus on scalability and container orchestration.
• Build and manage secure REST/Graph QL APIs via API Gateway, including auth, throttling, and schema validation.
• Integrate with enterprise systems (e. g. SAP, Salesforce, Oracle) for both batch and real-time data flows.
• Use SQS, SNS, and Step Functions to deliver decoupled, event‑driven messaging architectures.
• Apply Kubernetes and API security best practices, including TLS, KMS, RBAC, and service‑to‑service auth.

Monitor performance using Cloud Watch, X‑Ray, and container‑level logging and alerting tools.

• Oversee the delivery of complex AWS migration, integration and/or modernisation projects, ensuring successful outcomes and client satisfaction.

This includes the execution of AWS Migration Readiness Assessments (MRA), AWS Well‑Architected Reviews and AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) projects (Assess and Mobilise), ensuring successful outcomes and client satisfaction.

About you (ideally)

• Extensive experience in AWS cloud technologies, including migration, modernisation, and architecture.

At least 5 years of hands on experience using AWS from the AWS CLI, CDK, Terraform/Cloud Formation perspective.

• Experience in the IT services industry/Worked for an AWS Professional Services partner.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Ia C), and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Fargate etc.).
• Proven track record in solutioning, leading and managing successful cloud projects and teams.

We offer a great benefits package and opportunity to get exposure to unique, cutting edge projects with a team of like‑minded individuals all striving for the same goals.

• Company Benefits
• Competitive pension scheme to help later on in life and private medical insurance & a Health Cash Plan to call upon when needed.
• Annual Volunteering Days to work with a charity of your choice as we appreciate you may wish to give something back to the community.
• Reward & Recognition -Reward Gateway access to acknowledge when you're doing a great job.
• Holidays - Not just 25 days plus public holidays, you can also buy up to an extra five days to make sure you address that much needed work‑life balance.
• Family First - Enhanced family friendly policies and access to on‑line shopping discounts platform as we appreciate the other roles you may have in life.
• Health and Wellbeing - From free massages and annual health checks to subsidised gym membership and cycle to work schemes.

Frequent Mental Health awareness days and access to a 24/7 EAP, as your welfare is important to us.

• Personal Development - Your personal development is key to us and we make sure you get time to invest in your own personal learning and career progression supported by our generous training budget.
• The Extras - Great coffee, fruit and snacks with beer and wine in the fridge and unforgettable social events, BBQ's and Christmas parties.
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