AWS Solutions Architect – Public Sector (SC Cleared)

International Business Machines Corporation; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Maternity returners scheme

25 days holiday

Job summary

IBM is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to design and implement secure, scalable cloud solutions for UK public sector clients. You will translate complex requirements into robust AWS designs aligned with UK government security standards and MOD requirements.

Ideal candidates bring deep AWS expertise, security-first mindset, and experience with IaC, migrations and Well-Architected frameworks. UK SC security clearance is required for this engagement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures.
• Experience in UK public sector or defence cloud projects.
• Strong cloud security knowledge and secure-by-design principles.
• Ability to translate requirements into robust technical designs and manage risks.
• Must hold UK SC Security Clearance and fulfill MOD security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures for government and defence.
• Translate complex requirements into robust AWS solutions.
• Collaborate with technical teams, security specialists and stakeholders.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and support cloud migrations.
• Adhere to UK government security standards and governance.

Skills

AWS architectures

Public sector

Cloud security

Infrastructure as Code

DevSecOps

Multi-account AWS

VPC networking

Disaster recovery

Security clearance

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

Hybrid cloud

Container services

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

AWS Control Tower

AWS Organizations

Transit Gateway

Direct Connect

Job description

IBM is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to design and implement secure, scalable cloud solutions for UK public sector clients. You will translate complex requirements into robust AWS designs aligned with UK government security standards and MOD requirements.

Ideal candidates bring deep AWS expertise, security-first mindset, and experience with IaC, migrations and Well-Architected frameworks. UK SC security clearance is required for this engagement.