AWS Cloud Architect: Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

AND Digital; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days bookable holiday + flexible UK

Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Dig.

Aviva healthcare cover (including pre‑

Flexibenefit: £1000 allocated via the/

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Eye test + first pair of glasses

Parental Benefits: Enhanced Leave

Job summary

AND Digital is seeking an AWS Cloud Architect to lead cloud platform design and delivery for client engagements in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You will shape cloud architecture, drive best practices, and guide teams with hands-on delivery across multiple projects.

The role emphasizes strong AWS expertise, IaC, and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to clients and internal teams. Growth-minded professionals will thrive here.

Qualifications

• AWS expertise with cloud architectures and best practices.
• Proven ability to lead cloud delivery across client projects.
• Experience designing scalable cloud platforms with IaC.
• Strong documentation and client-facing presentation skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design Cloud Platforms applying best practices across providers.
• Influence project direction with expert technical guidance.
• Implement platforms solo or with a delivery team.
• Lead/mentor engineers onsite with clients while collaborating with AND teams.
• Create clear technical docs and present solutions to stakeholders.
• Support pre-sales engagements and contribute to proposals.

Skills

AWS expertise

AWS Professional certs

Cloud platform design

Team leadership onsite

Documentation & presentation

Growth mindset

Curiosity & process minded

Containers & orchestration

Serverless architectures

IAC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jira

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Job description

AND Digital is seeking an AWS Cloud Architect to lead cloud platform design and delivery for client engagements in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You will shape cloud architecture, drive best practices, and guide teams with hands-on delivery across multiple projects.

The role emphasizes strong AWS expertise, IaC, and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to clients and internal teams. Growth-minded professionals will thrive here.