Senior AWS Solutions Architect — Public Sector (UK SC)

International Business Machines Corporation; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working approaches

25 days holiday + private medical, etc

Maternity leave and returners scheme

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to design and deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions for UK government and defence accounts. You will translate complex business needs into robust AWS designs, ensuring governance, compliance and assurance align with UK standards.

You will lead security‑first architectures, enable Infrastructure as Code, support migrations and apply the AWS Well‑Architected Framework while engaging with multi‑disciplinary teams and

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures for UK public sector or defence environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business and technical requirements into robust AWS designs and solutions.
• Design and implement cloud architectures that support digital transformation and application modernisation.

Skills

AWS architecture

Public sector security requirements

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Migration planning

High availability design

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

AWS Control Tower

AWS Organizations

Transit Gateway

Direct Connect

AWS KMS

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to design and deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions for UK government and defence accounts. You will translate complex business needs into robust AWS designs, ensuring governance, compliance and assurance align with UK standards.

You will lead security‑first architectures, enable Infrastructure as Code, support migrations and apply the AWS Well‑Architected Framework while engaging with multi‑disciplinary teams and