AWS Solution Architect

AWS Solution Architect | Inside IR35 | 6-Month Contract

Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional travel to London or Manchester
Contract Length: Initial 6 months with strong potential for extension
Engagement: Inside IR35

The Role

We are seeking an experienced AWS Solution Architect to support the Lead Architect on a large-scale application transformation and cloud migration programme.

You will work closely with client stakeholders, delivery teams, and supplier partners to successfully design, refactor, and migrate key applications to AWS. A key aspect of the role will involve defining, reviewing, and assuring architecture artefacts while ensuring solutions align with programme objectives and architectural standards.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-profile transformation programme and play a key role in delivering complex cloud migration initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Lead Architect with the refactoring and migration of applications to AWS.
• Work directly with client and supplier teams within a large programme environment.
• Define, review, and assure key architecture artefacts.
• Create and maintain reference architectures.
• Conduct architecture impact assessments and provide recommendations.
• Produce documentation to support architecture decisions and governance processes.
• Ensure architectural consistency, quality, and alignment across the programme.
• Collaborate effectively within a complex multi-supplier environment.

Essential Skills and Experience

Candidates must have

• Previous UK Central Government experience (mandatory)
• Proven experience delivering application migrations to AWS
• Strong Application Architecture experience
• Experience working within multi-supplier delivery environments
• Experience creating reference architectures
• Experience conducting architecture impact assessments
• Experience producing architecture governance and assurance artefacts
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Desirable Skills

• AWS Certifications
• Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture patterns and best practices
• Experience working within highly regulated environments

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Salary: Negotiable