Senior AWS Cloud Architect: Landing Zones & Automation

Cloudscaler; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave

Training budget

Life Assurance

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Job summary

Cloudscaler in Central London is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS) to design and lead enterprise AWS environments. You will own landing zones, drive IaC with Terraform, and mentor engineers.

The role partners with customers, supports security models, and shapes cloud strategy in regulated contexts. Hybrid work with 3 days onsite; compensation £95k-£130k plus bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Deep AWS expertise, especially landing zones.
• Hands-on Terraform and automation skills.
• Clear opinions on IaC structure and cloud architecture.
• Experience in enterprise-scale AWS environments.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong AWS knowledge to select the right service.
• Expertise in landing zones, multi-account and multi-tenant setups.
• Experience operating cloud platforms at scale in regulated environments.
• Solid understanding of secure, scalable AWS architectures and risk prevention.
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Willingness to advise on IaC structure and modularisation.
• Awareness of SRE principles and operational priorities.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and system design.

Responsibilities

• Design & build enterprise-scale AWS landing zones.
• Automate complex AWS platforms with Terraform.
• Package services into AMIs, Docker, or Serverless.
• Define and lead technical strategy with a focus on IaC modularisation.
• Work directly with customers, driving cloud transformations.
• Apply site reliability best practices and mature security models.

Skills

AWS Landing Zones

Terraform automation

IaC architecture

Enterprise AWS

Lead cross-functional teams

Customer-facing cloud work

Security and risk

CI/CD pipelines

SRE awareness

Tools

Terraform

Docker

CloudFormation

Job description

Cloudscaler in Central London is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS) to design and lead enterprise AWS environments. You will own landing zones, drive IaC with Terraform, and mentor engineers.

The role partners with customers, supports security models, and shapes cloud strategy in regulated contexts. Hybrid work with 3 days onsite; compensation £95k-£130k plus bonus and benefits.