AWS Cloud-Native Solutions Architect | Microservices Lead

Adepta Partners; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Adepta Partners is partnering with a leading organisation on a Solutions Architect hire for a major digital transformation programme. This embedded role stays close to engineering and agile delivery, providing technical direction across cloud, APIs, data and integrations to modernise a complex enterprise technology estate.

You will own solution architecture across multiple teams, design AWS cloud-native solutions, shape API and integration patterns, document ADRs, and lead architecture reviews

Qualifications

• Experience owning architecture across complex, multi-system environments.
• Strong in microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong in event-driven and serverless architectures.
• Experience with REST APIs and API Gateway patterns.
• Experience with complex system integrations.
• Experience with modern data architecture and data pipelines.
• Experience with relational data platforms such as RDS/Aurora.
• Focus on security, scalability, reliability and observability.

Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture across multiple engineering teams and systems.
• Design scalable, secure and resilient AWS cloud-native solutions.
• Define architecture across microservices, serverless and event-driven systems.
• Shape API and integration architecture across modern and legacy platforms.
• Define system boundaries, integration contracts and architectural standards.
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, including ADRs, solution designs and non-functional requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews covering security, reliability, performance, scalability, observability and cost.
• Identify architectural and integration risks early and drive pragmatic solutions.
• Work directly with engineering teams throughout agile delivery.
• Collaborate with Product, Data, Security and senior technical stakeholders.
• Explore opportunities to responsibly incorporate AI/ML capabilities into the wider platform.

Skills

AWS cloud

Microservices

Event-driven

Serverless

REST APIs

API Gateway

Data architecture

Data pipelines

RDS Aurora

Security

Observability

Job description

Adepta Partners is partnering with a leading organisation on a Solutions Architect hire for a major digital transformation programme. This embedded role stays close to engineering and agile delivery, providing technical direction across cloud, APIs, data and integrations to modernise a complex enterprise technology estate.

You will own solution architecture across multiple teams, design AWS cloud-native solutions, shape API and integration patterns, document ADRs, and lead architecture reviews