Public Sector Cloud Architect — Kubernetes & Containers on AWS

Cognizant; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Cloud Architect - Kubernetes & Containerization Specialist to design, deploy and manage secure, scalable containerized apps on AWS for the Law Enforcement Cloud Platform. You will work with the LECP team and stakeholders to ensure compliance and resilience of cloud services.

Hybrid role with 3 days in Croydon/London offices; active SC/NPPV3 clearance or ability to obtain is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in AWS cloud architecture, with a strong background in government or public sector projects.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AWS EKS), including cluster management, security policies and multi-tenant environments.
• Demonstrable experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or similar tools for infrastructure automation, configuration management and security by design, together with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins and GitLab.
• Active SC and NPPV3 clearance, or willingness/ability to obtain, is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, scalable and secure containerized applications on AWS using Kubernetes (EKS), ECS and Fargate, adhering to Home Office standards.
• Ensure LECP solutions meet public sector security and compliance requirements (NCSC Cloud Security Principles, GDPR, ISO), implementing strict IAM policies, VPC configurations and secure secrets management.
• Develop and maintain robust, reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, and design automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab and AWS CodePipeline.
• Act as a subject matter expert on AWS container services, guiding teams on best practices for secure cloud operations while reporting into the LECP Head of Architecture.
• Set up proactive monitoring, logging and incident response for all containerized applications using CloudWatch, ELK Stack and Prometheus to meet SLA requirements.

Skills

5+ years AWS cloud architecture

government/public sector experience

Kubernetes (AWS EKS)

Security by design / IAM policies

Cloud security & compliance

Tools

Kubernetes (AWS EKS)

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitLab

AWS CodePipeline

CloudWatch

Prometheus

ELK Stack

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Cloud Architect - Kubernetes & Containerization Specialist to design, deploy and manage secure, scalable containerized apps on AWS for the Law Enforcement Cloud Platform. You will work with the LECP team and stakeholders to ensure compliance and resilience of cloud services.

Hybrid role with 3 days in Croydon/London offices; active SC/NPPV3 clearance or ability to obtain is essential.