Solutions Architect

We are looking for a solutions architect to join our engineering team and own the end-to-end design of cloud and hybrid architectures that underpin our enterprise platforms. You will work across product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technical solutions — acting as the technical authority from discovery through to delivery.

This role is ideal for someone who can comfortably move between whiteboard, documentation, and code — equally fluent with stakeholders and with hands-on implementation teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead architecture design reviews and produce solution design documents, reference architectures, and decision records (ADRs) for new and existing systems

Define and govern cloud architecture standards across AWS (primary), including multi-account strategies, networking, identity, and cost management

Partner with engineering leads to evaluate build-vs-buy trade-offs, select appropriate AWS services, and shape delivery roadmaps

Act as a technical escalation point for infrastructure incidents, performance bottlenecks, and security findings

Drive migration and modernisation initiatives — assessing legacy workloads and producing migration plans aligned to the 7Rs framework

Collaborate with the security team to embed security and compliance controls (IAM least privilege, encryption, audit logging) into architecture patterns from the outset

Mentor senior engineers on architectural best practices and contribute to internal knowledge-sharing through RFCs, tech talks, and documentation

Engage with vendors and AWS account teams to evaluate new services and commercial agreements

REQUIREMENTS

Must-have

5+ years in a solutions or cloud architect role

Deep AWS expertise across compute, networking, storage, and security (EC2, VPC, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, KMS)

Proven experience designing multi-account AWS environments using Organizations and Control Tower

Strong grounding in networking — VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, DNS

Hands-on with IaC: CloudFormation or Terraform

Demonstrated ability to produce clear architecture documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences

AWS Solutions Architect — Professional (SAP-C02) or equivalent

Nice-to-have

Experience with container platforms — ECS, EKS, or Fargate

Background in enterprise software delivery (ERP or low-code platforms)

Familiarity with FinOps practices and AWS Cost Explorer / Compute Optimizer

Knowledge of ITIL or TOGAF frameworks

Exposure to data architecture (Redshift, Glue, Lake Formation)

Prior involvement in ISO 27001 or SOC 2 compliance programmes

Experience presenting to C-suite and steering committees