AWS Architect

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

Job summary

A leading consultancy seeks an experienced AWS Architect for a 1-month rolling contract with a pharmaceutical client. You'll conduct an audit of the existing AWS infrastructure and design a new architecture, ensuring parity across environments. Strong AWS expertise and preferred certification are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years proven experience as an AWS Solutions Architect.
• Deep expertise in AWS services like VPC, EC2, RDS, IAM, S3, Lambda, Route53.
• Experience with clients in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, government).

Responsibilities

• Conduct a detailed audit of the client’s existing AWS infrastructure.
• Design and implement architecture in a new AWS environment.
• Ensure functional, security, and performance parity between environments.

Skills

AWS Services

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Networking

Cloud Governance

DevOps Tools

Security Best Practices

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CodePipeline

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).