Principal Cloud Architect for Agentic AI & AWS

Vmlenterprisesolutions; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Enterprise Solutions is seeking a permanent Principal Technical Architect within its Commerce & Technology division to lead architecture for cloud-based, agentic AI platforms. You will own design standards, governance, and high‑availability implementations, partnering with clients and internal teams to shape growth opportunities.

In this role you will stay close to code, drive reviews, champion IaC, CI/CD, and automation, and mentor engineers to maintain a strong quality bar across

Qualifications

• Senior/Principal architect with agency/consultancy background.
• Hands-on AWS/serverless experience required.
• Experience leading workshops and guiding clients through technical discovery.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical governance and architecture across cloud engagements.
• Design AWS-based agentic AI platforms and reusable patterns.
• Engage clients, run workshops, and identify growth opportunities.
• Review code, ensure quality, and drive automation / IaC practices.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical bar across the account.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Client engagement

Hands-on delivery

Cloud architecture

Tools

AWS

Serverless

IaC

CI/CD

Job description

WPP Enterprise Solutions is seeking a permanent Principal Technical Architect within its Commerce & Technology division to lead architecture for cloud-based, agentic AI platforms. You will own design standards, governance, and high‑availability implementations, partnering with clients and internal teams to shape growth opportunities.

In this role you will stay close to code, drive reviews, champion IaC, CI/CD, and automation, and mentor engineers to maintain a strong quality bar across