AWS Cloud Solutions Architect — Trusted Design Lead

The Scale Factory Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days of Annual Leave

Pension Plan

Health Benefits

Fitness Support

Commuter Benefits

Free Annual Rail Cards

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Flexible Work Model: Hybrid

Social Events

Training & Development

Job summary

The Scale Factory Ltd in London is seeking a Cloud Solution Architect to lead discovery, translate business requirements into secure, scalable AWS solutions and provide architectural guidance across engagements.

You will mentor colleagues, stay current with emerging technologies, and collaborate with sales to shape proposals. This role offers hybrid working and a supportive, innovative team environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels through discussions, presentations and design documentation.
• Business drivers understanding, translate requirements into solutions, evaluate trade-offs and build consensus around architectural decisions.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, contributing to RFP responses, developing technical proposals and presenting solution approaches to prospective customers.
• Ability to define and develop POCs to validate architectural approaches, assess technologies and demonstrate the feasibility and value of proposed solutions.
• Experience providing architectural guidance, influencing technical decisions and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Extensive experience designing secure, scalable and cost-effective AWS solutions, with the ability to articulate their business value.
• Proven ability to design end-to-end cloud solutions incorporating legacy workloads, microservices, containers and integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, including virtual networks, routing, DNS, gateways, load balancers and connectivity.
• Understanding of AWS security services, including IAM, WAF and KMS, alongside security best practices and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 and PCI DSS.
• Experience evaluating Infrastructure as Code approaches using Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK, alongside scripting and automation technologies such as Python, Ansible, Bash or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers, acting as a trusted architectural advisor across engagements.
• Lead discovery engagements, translating business requirements into secure, scalable and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Define end-to-end solution architectures, evaluating options and documenting key design decisions.
• Support the Sales Team with pre-sales, solution design and technical input to proposals.
• Provide architectural guidance and assurance throughout delivery, ensuring solutions meet agreed requirements and standards.
• Act as a technical authority on cloud architecture, best practices and internal initiatives.
• Communicate architectural decisions, risks and trade-offs clearly to business and technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and drive continuous improvement through better architectural practices and reusable patterns.
• Solve complex challenges with pragmatic architectural decisions, while mentoring colleagues and developing team capability.

Skills

Eligibility for Security Clearance

Excellent Communication

Business Acumen

Pre-Sales & RFPs

Proof of Concepts (POCs)

Technical Leadership

AWS Expertise

Solution Architecture

Cloud & DevOps Knowledge

Networking Knowledge

Security & Compliance

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Azure or Google Cloud Experience

AWS Professional Certifications

Job description

The Scale Factory Ltd in London is seeking a Cloud Solution Architect to lead discovery, translate business requirements into secure, scalable AWS solutions and provide architectural guidance across engagements.

You will mentor colleagues, stay current with emerging technologies, and collaborate with sales to shape proposals. This role offers hybrid working and a supportive, innovative team environment.