At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead cloud architecture design and evolution for innovative AWS solutions.
- Company: Join Standard Life, a leader in retirement savings and income.
- Benefits: Up to £105,000 salary, 38 days leave, private medical cover, and more.
- Other info: Flexible working options and a commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Shape the future of cloud technology while making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in AWS architecture and technical leadership.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Job Type: Permanent
Location: London, with a preference for 3 days in the office.
Flexible working: All roles are open to part‑time, job‑share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.
Closing Date: 3rd July
Salary and benefits: Up to £105,000, discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and more.
The role: We’re looking for a Principal Cloud Architect to be the senior technical authority for cloud architecture across RS&AM Engineering, shaping the design and evolution of cloud‑native platforms and services on AWS. Combining deep hands‑on expertise with technical leadership, the role defines architecture patterns, builds reference implementations, and sets engineering‑led standards that enable scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions. You’ll report to the Head of Cloud Platform, translating platform strategy into practical, implementable architectures and leading through working solutions rather than governance alone.
Responsibilities:
- Define and own cloud architecture direction across RS&AM, setting principles, patterns and target‑state architectures aligned to platform strategy.
- Act as senior authority for AWS architecture, leading complex design decisions, resolving high‑impact technical challenges and driving simplification, standardisation, and alignment across the estate.
- Design, build and deploy reference architectures and proofs of concept, establishing reusable blueprints and implementation patterns to enable consistent, scalable delivery across teams.
- Define and evolve cloud standards and guardrails through modern engineering approaches to ensure secure, resilient and consistent AWS solutions.
- Embed security, resilience and control requirements into architecture, aligning engineering‑led solutions with enterprise standards, balancing delivery pace with risk and control expectations.
- Strong experience with serverless and distributed architecture patterns with deep hands‑on AWS expertise, including designing and deploying cloud‑native solutions.
- Track record of setting technical direction across multiple teams or domains with proven experience as a Principal Engineer, Architect or equivalent senior technical leader.
We want to hire the whole version of you. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in and may close this role before the closing date, so apply early to avoid missing out.
