Cloud Solution Architect - AWS - Associate Manager
1 day ago
Birmingham
AWS Solution Architect Location: Birmingham (Hybrid) Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 + bonus + package Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS & SC (5 years UK residency required, sole UK nationality) Company Overview We’re supporting a leading global professional services organisation renowned for delivering large-scale digital, cloud, and transformation programmes across both public and private sectors. The business combines deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients modernise platforms, unlock data value, and deliver innovative, cloud-first solutions. With a strong culture of inclusion, continuous learning, and career development, they offer the opportunity to work on high-impact projects within a truly global network. Role Overview This is an exciting opportunity for an AWS Solution Architect to join a high-performing cloud team, working on complex, enterprise-scale transformation programmes. You’ll play a key role in designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud solutions, with a particular focus on enabling modern applications and AI-driven workloads. The role spans the full lifecycle — from architecture and design through to implementation — working closely with cross-functional teams including developers, data scientists, and engineers. You’ll act as both a technical leader and trusted advisor, helping clients maximise the value of cloud technologies while remaining hands-on in delivery. Key Responsibilities • Designing and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing AWS cloud solutions, • Architecting and supporting cloud applications and modern infrastructure, • Leading end-to-end cloud migration programmes from legacy environments, • Optimising cloud cost, performance, and scalability (including GPU and serverless workloads), • Developing and maintaining cloud architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices, • Implementing robust cloud security controls and ensuring compliance with industry standards, • Collaborating with engineering, DevOps, and data teams to deploy applications and ML pipelines, • Providing technical leadership and guidance across cloud-related initiatives, • Evaluating and recommending new cloud services and capabilities What They’re Looking For Essential: • 5+ years’ experience designing and delivering cloud solutions (AWS preferred), • Strong knowledge of core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, IAM, Route 53), • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation), • Proven experience leading cloud migration strategies and implementations, • Strong understanding of cloud security and compliance frameworks (e.g. CIS, SOC2), • Experience with DevOps tooling (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes), • Ability to work in fast-paced, client-facing environments Desirable: • Multi-cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP), • Experience with hybrid cloud/on-prem integration, • Exposure to AI/ML workloads and data-driven platforms, • Background in large-scale consulting or transformation programmes What’s on Offer • Competitive salary and performance-based bonus, • Private medical insurance and generous pension, • 25 days annual leave + additional benefits, • Access to industry-leading training and certifications, • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud and AI programmes, • Clear career progression within a global organisation