Senior Cloud Architect, AWS Lead (London)

Standard Life plc; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Career breaks

Income protection

Volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life plc is seeking a Principal Cloud Architect to be the senior technical authority for cloud architecture across RS&AM Engineering. You will shape cloud-native platforms on AWS, define patterns, and build reference implementations to enable scalable, secure solutions.

The role reports to the Head of Cloud Platform and drives engineering-led standards. The ideal candidate brings hands-on AWS, serverless, and distributed architecture experience, with a history of guiding multi-team

Qualifications

• Proven experience defining and owning cloud architecture directions.
• Experience leading complex AWS-based designs across multiple teams.
• Strong track record in establishing reusable blueprints and standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and own cloud architecture direction across RS&AM, setting principles and target-state architectures aligned to platform strategy.
• Act as senior authority for AWS architecture, leading complex design decisions and driving standardisation.
• Design, build, and deploy reference architectures and proof of concepts for scalable delivery.
• Define and evolve cloud standards and guardrails to ensure secure, resilient AWS solutions.
• Embed security, resilience, and control requirements into architecture, balancing delivery pace with risk.
• Demonstrate deep hands-on AWS expertise in serverless and distributed architectures.
• Show proven experience as a Principal Engineer/Architect or equivalent senior technical leader.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Leadership

Security

Platform strategy

Job description

Standard Life plc is seeking a Principal Cloud Architect to be the senior technical authority for cloud architecture across RS&AM Engineering. You will shape cloud-native platforms on AWS, define patterns, and build reference implementations to enable scalable, secure solutions.

The role reports to the Head of Cloud Platform and drives engineering-led standards. The ideal candidate brings hands-on AWS, serverless, and distributed architecture experience, with a history of guiding multi-team