AWS Cloud Platform Architect - Secure, Scalable & Cost-Efficient

Jobtailor; Bristol; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to mature our cloud architecture strategy and drive secure, scalable platforms in the UK market.

The role focuses on AWS design, governance, and collaboration with security, compliance and engineering teams to optimise cost and performance. You will mentor teams and lead cloud migration efforts in regulated financial services contexts.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable, secure cloud systems on AWS.
• Experience with regulatory requirements in UK financial context.
• Knowledge of containerisation, orchestration and serverless architectures.

Responsibilities

• Mature the cloud architecture strategy and define standards for deployment and management.
• Develop and maintain reference architecture assets aligned with HL vision for cloud platforms.
• Lead the AWS design of secure, scalable cloud platforms with resilience and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with security, compliance and engineering teams to ensure seamless cloud integration.
• Develop and mature governance for AWS including cost optimisation and compliance.
• Manage architectural issues, risks and escalations within governance structures.
• Advise on cloud topics, migration strategies and cloud solutions.
• Support operations to optimise cloud resources via monitoring and automation.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, PCI DSS and UK regulations.
• Mentor teams on cloud discipline, DevOps and IaC approaches.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services and technologies.

Skills

Cloud design

Security & compliance

Stakeholder comms

Regulated industry

Hybrid cloud

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Jira

Kubernetes

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to mature our cloud architecture strategy and drive secure, scalable platforms in the UK market.

The role focuses on AWS design, governance, and collaboration with security, compliance and engineering teams to optimise cost and performance. You will mentor teams and lead cloud migration efforts in regulated financial services contexts.