AWS Cloud Architect - eSC or eDV Clearance Required

IBM; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking an AWS Cloud Architect to join our hybrid delivery model, supporting public and private sector clients. You’ll lead secure, scalable cloud designs on AWS, driving modernisation, containerisation and DevOps practices across agile teams.

The role suits a senior engineer ready to take technical leadership, with strong architectural thinking and hands-on experience in cloud-native engineering, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.Hybrid work arrangement

Qualifications

• > Strong experience with AWS services across compute, storage, networking, APIs, serverless, and managed database offerings.
• > Skilled in designing microservices-based systems and event-driven/serverless patterns.
• > Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) expertise and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of cloud architectures for public sector and defence clients with emphasis on scalability, security, performance, and operability.
• Translate business requirements into solution designs and collaborate with engineering, product and delivery teams.
• Utilize AWS (and Azure) services to build secure, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions.
• Apply Well-Architected Framework principles to ensure best-practice implementations.
• Support modernization initiatives including containerisation, serverless adoption, refactoring and cloud migration.
• Guide CI/CD pipelines, automation, DevOps workflows, and infrastructure-as-code across teams.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Security

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting FutureNow Centers, where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking an AWS Cloud Architect to join IBM, supporting public sector and defence clients. This role suits a senior engineer or developer who is ready to move into a broader technical leadership position. You will lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and high‑performing cloud solutions, primarily on AWS, while also contributing to wider cloud and infrastructure architecture across complex environments. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on technologist with strong architectural thinking, experience in modern cloud‑native engineering, and a background working within Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of cloud architectures that emphasise scalability, security, performance, and operational excellence for public sector and defence clients.
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear solution designs and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product, and delivery.
• Use AWS (and occasionally Azure) services to build secure, resilient, and cost‑efficient solutions.
• Apply AWS Well‑Architected Framework principles to ensure best‑practice implementation.
• Support application modernisation initiatives including containerisation, serverless adoption, refactoring, and cloud migration.
• Guide teams in CI/CD pipeline creation, automation practices, DevOps workflows, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Work closely with developers, cloud engineers, product owners, and business leaders across Agile delivery teams.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Cloud

• Strong experience with AWS services across compute, storage, networking, APIs, serverless, and managed database offerings.
• Skilled in designing microservices‑based systems, distributed architectures, and event‑driven or serverless patterns.

Containerisation

• Proficient with Kubernetes (EKS or AKS), Docker, and Helm for container orchestration and deployment.

Infrastructure as Code

• Hands‑on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, ARM templates, and Ansible for automated infrastructure provisioning.

CI/CD

• Practical knowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, Jenkins, and Git‑based workflows.

Databases

• Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL platforms (DynamoDB or Cosmos DB), with optional exposure to graph or vector data stores.

Monitoring & Observability

• Experience with cloud‑native monitoring and logging systems such as CloudWatch or Azure Monitor, plus tools like Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Security & Governance

• Strong understanding of IAM/RBAC, Key Vault/KMS, cloud security services, policy enforcement, and secrets management.

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• AWS Solutions Architect certification, ideally at the Professional or Expert level
• DevOps‑focused certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, or equivalent)
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS
• Terraform certification (Terraform Associate or higher)
• Enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman
• Red Hat Certified Architect (beneficial but not essential)
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or AWS Security Specialty
• Cloud architecture and engineering specialties (AWS Advanced Networking, AWS Data Engineering, Azure Security Engineer, etc.)
• ITIL Foundation or higher (optional)

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on‑going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can‑do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

AWS Cloud Architect - eSC or eDV Clearance Required

Job ID

110293

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Hampshire, Gloucestershire, London, City of, Manchester, Leicester

Country

United Kingdom

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

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Company

Shift

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