Senior AWS Architect — Secure Cloud for Defense Tech

Richmond Square Consulting Ltd; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Benefits package

Further training & certification

Flexible/hybrid working

Exposure to complex AWS environments

Technical autonomy and influence

Job summary

Richmond Square Consulting Ltd is seeking an AWS Architect in Cheltenham to design and deliver secure AWS environments for critical workloads. The role involves leading architectural discussions, workshops and directing large-scale cloud programmes with a focus on security and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has extensive AWS experience, strong stakeholder engagement and a track record of influencing roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience designing AWS cloud architectures.
• Proven experience delivering large AWS implementations and/or migrations.
• Strong hands-on understanding of cloud infrastructure supporting critical workloads.
• Experience working within high-security, defence, government or similarly regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of AWS security architecture and cloud security principles.
• The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong customer-facing / consulting skills.
• Experience influencing technical roadmaps and challenging existing approaches where appropriate.
• Leadership capability and the confidence to take ownership of technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering secure AWS cloud environments supporting business-critical and highly sensitive workloads.
• Leading architectural discussions, technical workshops and design exercises.
• Working across both greenfield and brownfield cloud programmes.
• Supporting and leading large-scale AWS implementations and cloud migrations.
• Understanding customer requirements and translating them into pragmatic technical solutions.
• Working closely with engineering, security and operational teams.
• Reviewing and challenging cloud security approaches and architectural decisions.
• Helping customers shape technical roadmaps and make sensible engineering trade-offs.
• Building strong relationships with senior technical and operational stakeholders.
• Providing technical leadership across complex cloud programmes.

Skills

AWS design

AWS migrations

Cloud infrastructure

Security compliance

Cloud security

Stakeholder communication

Client consulting

Roadmap influence

Leadership

DV/eDV clearance

Job description

Richmond Square Consulting Ltd is seeking an AWS Architect in Cheltenham to design and deliver secure AWS environments for critical workloads. The role involves leading architectural discussions, workshops and directing large-scale cloud programmes with a focus on security and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has extensive AWS experience, strong stakeholder engagement and a track record of influencing roadmaps.