AWS Architect

JR United Kingdom; Guildford; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking an experienced AWS Architect for a 1-month remote contract focused on a pharmaceutical client's AWS environment. Responsibilities include auditing current infrastructure, designing new architecture, ensuring operational parity, and providing documentation. Ideal candidates possess deep expertise in AWS services and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an AWS Architect.
• Experience with clients in regulated industries, particularly healthcare or finance.
• Strong familiarity with cloud cost optimization strategies.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

AWS services (VPC, EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, Lambda, Route53, CloudFormation)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Networking and security best practices

DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

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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).