Senior AWS Infrastructure Architect — Hybrid & Enterprise

MAG (Airports Group); Wythenshawe; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

MAG is seeking an AWS-focused Infrastructure Architect to join our Platform Architecture team at Manchester Airport. This role designs infrastructure that connects modern cloud platforms with critical on-premise services to support our airports and wider business.

You will collaborate with product and delivery teams, provide technical leadership from concept through implementation, and ensure solutions are secure, resilient and cost-effective in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale infrastructure and cloud solutions.
• Strong knowledge of AWS architecture and services.
• Experience in hybrid environments integrating cloud with on-premises networks and services.
• Understanding of core infra disciplines including compute, networking, storage, security and resilience.
• Experience creating architecture designs, roadmaps and technical standards.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation, DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Design and own infrastructure architectures across AWS and MAG's wider hybrid technology estate.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and cost-effective technical solutions.
• Partner with engineering, product, project and operational teams to deliver strategic technology outcomes.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring designs move to implementation.
• Balance performance, resilience, governance and commercial considerations when making technology decisions.
• Contribute to platform roadmaps, technical standards and architecture governance processes.
• Review emerging technologies and assess their suitability for MAG's future platform strategy.
• Work with suppliers and partners to evaluate technologies, services and commercial options.
• Champion best practice across cloud, infrastructure and platform engineering disciplines.

Skills

AWS architecture

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance & regulatory

Leadership

Tools

AWS Solutions Architect

AWS DevOps Engineer

TOGAF

Job description

MAG is seeking an AWS-focused Infrastructure Architect to join our Platform Architecture team at Manchester Airport. This role designs infrastructure that connects modern cloud platforms with critical on-premise services to support our airports and wider business.

You will collaborate with product and delivery teams, provide technical leadership from concept through implementation, and ensure solutions are secure, resilient and cost-effective in a hybrid environment.