Senior AWS Cloud Architect - Remote | SC/NPPV3

Searchability; United States; Remote; USD 154,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working

Job summary

Searchability is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design and governance of secure, scalable AWS environments on a major cloud transformation program. You will drive architectural standards, oversee solution designs, and partner with engineering, DevOps and business stakeholders to deliver high-value cloud solutions.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, IaC experience with Terraform/CloudFormation/AWS CDK, and the ability to lead security-focused architectures while optimizing

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in AWS cloud architecture and solution design.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, VPC and CloudFront.
• Experience defining architectural standards, governance frameworks and secure cloud design patterns.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.

Responsibilities

• Designing AWS architectures using services including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, VPC and CloudFront.
• Defining cloud architecture standards, reusable patterns and governance processes aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Providing technical leadership, reviewing solution designs and guiding engineering teams through implementation.
• Ensuring security and regulatory compliance through IAM, encryption, network segmentation, monitoring and threat detection.
• Leading Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
• Optimising cloud environments for performance, reliability, cost efficiency and operational excellence.
• Developing migration and modernisation strategies covering rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, containers, microservices and serverless architectures.
• Leading complex technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Engaging with product owners, business stakeholders and delivery managers to align technical solutions with business objectives.

Skills

AWS architecture

Solution design

Cloud security

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

Searchability is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design and governance of secure, scalable AWS environments on a major cloud transformation program. You will drive architectural standards, oversee solution designs, and partner with engineering, DevOps and business stakeholders to deliver high-value cloud solutions.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, IaC experience with Terraform/CloudFormation/AWS CDK, and the ability to lead security-focused architectures while optimizing