AWS Enterprise Infrastructure Architect – Hybrid Cloud

The Manchester Airports Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is seeking an AWS-focused Infrastructure Architect to shape MAG's technology landscape. You will design scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS with on-premise integration, guiding platforms from concept to implementation.

You'll lead across multiple teams, ensure resilience and cost-effectiveness, and help set governance and technical standards for MAG's hybrid estate. This role blends cloud and on-prem expertise in a regulated, critical environment.

Qualifications

• AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or AWS DevOps Engineer.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
• Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as ISO27001 or NIST.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale infrastructure and cloud solutions.
• Deep knowledge of AWS architecture and services.
• Experience working in hybrid environments, integrating cloud platforms with on-premise infrastructure, networks and services.
• Strong understanding of core infrastructure disciplines including compute, networking, storage, security and resilience.
• Experience creating architecture designs, roadmaps and technical standards.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation, DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working within environments that require governance, regulatory oversight or compliance controls.
• Ability to bring teams together, build consensus and navigate competing priorities across multiple stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance capability, risk and cost when making architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design and own infrastructure architectures across AWS and MAG's wider hybrid technology estate.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and cost-effective technical solutions.
• Partner with engineering, product, project and operational teams to deliver strategic technology outcomes.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring designs move successfully into implementation.
• Balance performance, resilience, governance and commercial considerations when making technology decisions.
• Contribute to platform roadmaps, technical standards and architecture governance processes.
• Review emerging technologies and assess their suitability for MAG's future platform strategy.
• Work with suppliers and partners to evaluate technologies, services and commercial options.
• Champion best practice across cloud, infrastructure and platform engineering disciplines.

Skills

AWS certifications

TOGAF certification

Security & compliance

Enterprise-scale infra

AWS architecture

Hybrid environments

Compute networking storage

Architecture governance

IaC DevOps

Stakeholder management

Governance & compliance

Cross-team collaboration

Commercial awareness

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is seeking an AWS-focused Infrastructure Architect to shape MAG's technology landscape. You will design scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS with on-premise integration, guiding platforms from concept to implementation.

You'll lead across multiple teams, ensure resilience and cost-effectiveness, and help set governance and technical standards for MAG's hybrid estate. This role blends cloud and on-prem expertise in a regulated, critical environment.