Senior AWS Cloud Architect — Platform & DevOps Leader

Adelphi Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 82,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible hybrid working

Career development

Job summary

Credera is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to shape cloud strategy and platform capabilities for public sector and regulated clients. You will lead delivery teams, set architectural direction and ensure secure, scalable AWS-based solutions in complex environments.

This senior role requires active SC clearance, and offers a flexible hybrid model with three days onsite at client sites or Credera offices (London, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle).

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cloud architecture, strategy, engineering and large-scale delivery.
• Professional AWS cloud architecture certification.
• Expertise in AWS services, secure and scalable platforms.
• Experience defining cloud strategies and transformation roadmaps.
• Leads complex cloud migration across enterprise environments.
• Strong platform engineering and automation experience.
• Experience implementing cloud security, governance and compliance in public sector.
• Proven leadership of large, multi-area teams with escalation point.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders in client delivery.
• Mentors engineers and architects; supports client counterparts.
• Active SC clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural direction and lead delivery teams on cloud modernization.
• Design scalable, secure cloud platforms for public sector clients.
• Advise senior stakeholders and align cloud strategy with business goals.
• Drive DevOps, platform engineering and infrastructure automation.
• Ensure compliance and security controls for regulated environments.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS expertise

Leadership

Security & compliance

DevOps

Platform engineering

Stakeholder influence

Migration & modernization

Education

AWS certification

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitLab

Job description

Credera is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to shape cloud strategy and platform capabilities for public sector and regulated clients. You will lead delivery teams, set architectural direction and ensure secure, scalable AWS-based solutions in complex environments.

This senior role requires active SC clearance, and offers a flexible hybrid model with three days onsite at client sites or Credera offices (London, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle).