AWS Cloud Solutions Architect - Enterprise Platforms

Total Marketing Support Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DS Smith, a global leader in sustainable packaging, is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Domain Solution Architect to join the Solution Architecture & Design team in London on hybrid mode.

You will design secure, scalable AWS solutions, govern architecture standards, and mentor engineers while collaborating with stakeholders across the business to deliver cloud transformations. This role emphasizes security-first architecture, cost optimisation, and governance in a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• AWS certification (Associate or Professional) required.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-based AWS solutions.
• Security principles applied to cloud architecture and governance.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for AWS cloud technologies across the enterprise.
• Design secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective AWS solutions.
• Maintain a security-first approach across architecture activities.
• Create and govern architecture documentation (high/low level designs).
• Provide technical oversight for third-party suppliers delivering cloud services.
• Lead technical workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions across IT and business.

Skills

AWS architecture

Stakeholder management

Security governance

Cloud strategy

DevSecOps

Education

AWS Solutions Architect Certification (Associate/Professional)

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

DS Smith, a global leader in sustainable packaging, is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Domain Solution Architect to join the Solution Architecture & Design team in London on hybrid mode.

You will design secure, scalable AWS solutions, govern architecture standards, and mentor engineers while collaborating with stakeholders across the business to deliver cloud transformations. This role emphasizes security-first architecture, cost optimisation, and governance in a multinational environment.