AWS Architect

JR United Kingdom; Exeter; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking an experienced AWS Architect for a fully remote 1-month rolling contract. The role involves auditing existing AWS infrastructure, designing new environments, and ensuring security and performance standards are met. The ideal candidate will have significant AWS experience, strong documentation skills, and familiarity with both DevOps and cloud governance practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an AWS Solutions Architect (5+ years preferred).
• Experience working with clients in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, government).

Responsibilities

• Conduct a detailed audit of the client’s existing AWS infrastructure.
• Design and implement a new AWS architecture.
• Provide documentation for deployment and management.

Skills

AWS Services

Infrastructure as Code

Networking

Cloud Governance

DevOps Tools

Education

AWS Certification

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

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AWS Architect – 1-Month Rolling Contract

Location: Fully Remote

An exciting opportunity for an experienced AWS Architect to work with a leading consultancy on a new piece of work for a pharmaceutical client.

Objectives:

• Conduct a detailed audit of the client’s existing AWS infrastructure.
• Design and implement an equivalent architecture in a new AWS environment.
• Ensure functional, security, and performance parity between environments.
• Provide clear, well-structured documentation for deployment and ongoing management.
• Collaborate with internal and client-side stakeholders.
• Proven experience as an AWS Solutions Architect (5+ years preferred).
• Deep expertise in AWS services: VPC, EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, Lambda, Route53, CloudFormation, etc.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of networking, security best practices, and cloud governance.
• Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with cloud cost optimization strategies.
• Experience in replicating or migrating complex multi-account AWS environments.
• AWS certification(s) strongly preferred (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional).
• Experience working with clients in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, government).