Senior AWS Cloud Architect & Tech Lead - Hybrid

Addition; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Hybrid working across Bristol, Malvern

Farnborough option

Job summary

Addition is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Engineer to lead cloud strategy, architecture and hands-on delivery across multi-region AWS environments. This senior role shapes cloud direction while working with resilient, scalable platforms.

You will mentor engineers, set standards and drive a culture of continuous learning. The position offers hybrid work across Bristol, Malvern and Farnborough with a competitive package and up to £100,000 salary.

Qualifications

• Extensive AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
• Expert knowledge of AWS networking, including Transit Gateway and Direct Connect.
• Strong IaC and configuration management skills.
• Solid software engineering experience in at least one modern language.

Responsibilities

• Architect complex, multi-region AWS environments aligned with roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership across engineering squads.
• Design resilient, scalable, secure distributed cloud systems.
• Maintain IaC using Terraform, AWS CDK or Pulumi.
• Architect internal developer platforms and CI/CD frameworks.
• Evaluate emerging AWS services to strengthen the stack.
• Drive AWS cost optimization initiatives.
• Resolve performance bottlenecks across services and databases.
• Collaborate with product teams to integrate cloud infra.
• Mentor Senior, Mid-Level and Junior Engineers.

Skills

AWS

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Programming

Mentoring

Leadership

Cost optimization

Security

Networking

Multi-region AWS

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

Pulumi

Job description

Addition is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Engineer to lead cloud strategy, architecture and hands-on delivery across multi-region AWS environments. This senior role shapes cloud direction while working with resilient, scalable platforms.

You will mentor engineers, set standards and drive a culture of continuous learning. The position offers hybrid work across Bristol, Malvern and Farnborough with a competitive package and up to £100,000 salary.