AWS Solution Architect – Cloud-Native Enterprise Lead

Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUPA); Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Job summary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a Solution Architect to lead the design and governance of cloud-native solutions on AWS. The role sits in the English Enterprise Architecture team and drives secure, resilient platforms across the product portfolio.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams to deliver architecture that aligns with business goals and creates measurable learner value.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS architecture patterns and building cloud-native solutions.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, resilient architectures across large platforms.
• Familiarity with microservices, event-driven patterns, APIs, containers, and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into solution architectures.
• Design secure, scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS aligned with standards.
• Work with engineers, security, and operations teams to deliver modern engineering practices.

Skills

AWS architecture patterns

Microservices

Event-driven architectures

APIs

Serverless computing

Containers

Infrastructure as Code

Data products

Job description

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a Solution Architect to lead the design and governance of cloud-native solutions on AWS. The role sits in the English Enterprise Architecture team and drives secure, resilient platforms across the product portfolio.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams to deliver architecture that aligns with business goals and creates measurable learner value.