AWS Solution Architect

Capgemini; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programs

Learning resources

Ethical company

Job summary

Capgemini's Financial Services Cloud & Custom Applications practice seeks an AWS Solution Architect to design scalable, cloud-native solutions. This hands-on architect partners with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex business challenges using integration and event-driven architectures, while acting as a trusted advisor.

The role blends office, client site, and remote work; you will help build a future-ready, AI-aware workforce, champion innovation, and promote engineering excellence

Qualifications

• AWS Solution Architect certification or equivalent cloud cert.
• Experience designing serverless architectures on AWS.
• Experience with RESTful services and enterprise integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable cloud-native solutions for business needs.
• Lead architecture definitions to enable secure, reliable, high-performing services.
• Build serverless processing capabilities for data and events.
• Create API and service integration solutions for enterprise data exchange.
• Design event-driven architectures for resilient, loosely coupled systems.
• Define storage approaches balancing scalability and performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into designs.
• Promote architecture governance and best practices.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud-native design

Event-driven design

API integration

Security principles

Agile delivery

Financial services experience

Tools

AWS Lambda

Amazon S3

DynamoDB

NATS JetStream

Job description

Join the Financial Services Business Unit within Capgemini's Cloud & Custom Applications (C&CA) practice as an AWS Solution Architect. This role is ideal for a hands-on architect who is passionate about designing scalable, cloud-native solutions and helping clients solve complex business challenges through modern integration and event-driven architectures. Working as a trusted advisor, you will consult with purpose, continuously evolve your expertise, and help architect tomorrow's solutions while contributing to a future-ready, AI-aware workforce. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver measurable outcomes, drive innovation, and create lasting value for our clients

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver scalable cloud-native solutions that meet business, operational, and integration requirements.
• Lead the definition of solution architectures that support reliable, secure, and high-performing services.
• Build and enhance serverless processing capabilities to enable efficient handling of business-critical data and events.
• Create robust API and service integration solutions that support seamless data exchange across enterprise platforms.
• Design and implement event-driven architectures that enable responsive, resilient, and loosely coupled systems.
• Define data storage and persistence approaches that balance scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into effective solution designs.
• Promote engineering excellence through architecture governance, design best practices, and continuous improvement.
• Support delivery teams in resolving complex technical challenges and ensuring successful solution outcomes.
• Champion innovation, continuous learning, and awareness of AI-enabled approaches that improve delivery effectiveness and help build a future-ready workforce.

Good to Have Skills

• AWS Solution Architect certification or other relevant cloud certifications.
• Experience designing and delivering serverless architectures using AWS services.
• Knowledge of event streaming and messaging frameworks, including NATS JetStream.
• Experience with RESTful service design and enterprise integration patterns.
• Familiarity with AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, and DynamoDB.
• Understanding of secure architecture principles and modern cloud governance practices.
• Experience working within Financial Services or other highly regulated industries.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development, architecture, or productivity tools.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, resilience patterns, and scalable application design.
• Experience operating within Agile product and delivery environments.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You'd be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.
• To help support wellbeing we have trained "Mental Health Champions" across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's "learning for life" mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies®" as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.