At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and security of a secure AWS cloud-hosting platform.
- Company: Join a major public-sector programme with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, remote work, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: 6-month contract with potential for extension and dynamic team environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in cloud architecture while enhancing security and resilience.
- Qualifications: Strong AWS experience and knowledge of identity management required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
SC Cleared AWS Cloud Architect
We are looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to support the continued development of a secure cloud-hosting platform used across a major public-sector programme.
This is a senior, hands-on architecture role covering cloud integration, identity security, Dev Sec Ops, threat monitoring and technical assurance.
The Role
You will provide architecture leadership across the AWS platform, helping onboard new applications and ensuring that security, integration and operational requirements are reflected within the technical design.
You will work closely with engineering, infrastructure and security teams, producing architecture artefacts, resolving complex design issues and identifying opportunities to improve platform resilience and security.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical and infrastructure architecture oversight across an AWS-hosted platform.
- Translate business needs into traceable technical and security requirements.
- Produce high-level designs, architecture decisions and supporting technical documentation.
- Review solution designs, supplier proposals and technical notes.
- Lead the resolution of architecture, integration and platform-level issues.
- Identify technical risks, security weaknesses and areas of technical debt.
- Design secure integration between Microsoft Entra ID and AWS.
- Develop conditional-access, privileged-access and approval policies.
- Improve the resilience and availability of identity services, including Keycloak and OTP solutions.
- Embed automated security controls into Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
- Design security monitoring using services such as AWS Security Lake, Cloud Watch and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
- Support threat detection through centralised logging, tailored alerts and anomaly monitoring.
- Share knowledge and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.
Essential
- Strong AWS cloud and security architecture experience.
- Experience designing secure, resilient enterprise cloud platforms.
- Excellent knowledge of identity and access management, including Microsoft Entra ID.
- Experience with privileged identity management, conditional access and access-control policies.
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform.
- Knowledge of Dev Sec Ops practices and security automation within CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience designing cloud logging, monitoring and threat-detection capabilities.
- Ability to create architecture designs and communicate technical decisions clearly.
- Strong stakeholder-management and technical-assurance experience.
- SC (essential) & NPPV3 Clearance (desirable)
Desirable
- Experience with AWS EKS and highly available containerised deployments.
- Knowledge of Keycloak, Open OTP or comparable identity platforms.
- Experience integrating Microsoft Defender for Cloud with AWS services.
- Knowledge of AWS Security Lake, Cloud Watch, Lambda and Step Functions.
- Previous delivery experience within government, policing or another highly regulated environment.
- Experience mentoring engineers and improving security practices across multidisciplinary teams.
- The Details
- Contract role - 6 months+
- Location: Predominantly remote
Inside IR35 - £550-£575
If you are an experienced AWS Architect with strong identity, automation and platform-security expertise, please apply with your latest CV for further information.
SC Cleared AWS Cloud Architect in London employer: SR2 REC LTD
At SR2 Consulting, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values expertise and innovation in the fast-evolving payments landscape. Our collaborative work culture fosters professional growth through engaging projects with leading financial institutions, offering employees the chance to make a significant impact while advancing their careers. With a focus on meaningful engagements and a commitment to employee development, we provide a unique opportunity for Payments Consultants to thrive in a dynamic environment.
