Senior AWS Cloud Architect — Hybrid, SC-Eligible

Gattaca; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Benefits package

Job summary

Gattaca is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Engineer in the UK to define cloud strategy, architect resilient AWS solutions, and mentor multiple engineering teams. This hands-on leadership role requires deep AWS expertise and a passion for engineering excellence.

You will drive infrastructure as code, guide architectural decisions, and shape security/governance across large-scale systems while collaborating with senior engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• AWS Associate Certification minimum (Professional level desirable).

Responsibilities

• Architect multi-region, highly available AWS environments aligned to roadmaps.
• Develop IaC using Terraform, AWS CDK and Pulumi.
• Design internal platforms and enterprise CI/CD for secure delivery.
• Mentor engineers and influence cloud strategy across teams.
• Drive AWS cost optimisation and performance improvements.
• Lead large-scale technical initiatives across org boundaries.
• Advise engineering leadership on governance and standards.
• Support secure, scalable cloud infrastructure operations.

Skills

AWS architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Cloud strategy

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

Pulumi

CI/CD frameworks

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Job description

Gattaca is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Engineer in the UK to define cloud strategy, architect resilient AWS solutions, and mentor multiple engineering teams. This hands-on leadership role requires deep AWS expertise and a passion for engineering excellence.

You will drive infrastructure as code, guide architectural decisions, and shape security/governance across large-scale systems while collaborating with senior engineering leadership.