Technical Architect - Croydon

• Understand and analyze new requirements from teams and propose design options
• Collaborate closely with other architects to leverage tribal knowledge
• Support delivery teams in resolving problems that arise during implementation
• Assist in the analysis of incidents and provide architect support
• Work on long-term strategies and ad-hoc tasks assigned by the Senior Management Team

Technologies:

• AWS
• Lambda
• Architect
• Atlassian
• DevOps
• Dynatrace
• EC2
• ElasticSearch
• Firewall
• Grafana
• Support
• Kubernetes
• LDAP
• Prometheus
• TCP/IP
• Terraform
• Cloud
• BitBucket
• Confluence
• FortiGate
• JIRA
• Network
• Nginx, We are one of the largest AWS-based developer platforms in the UK, supporting over 100 teams and managing multiple critical workloads. This contract role for a Technical Architect is based in Croydon with a hybrid working model. We offer competitive rates and require active SC Clearance. Our architects play a crucial role in the development and delivery process, ensuring effective solutions that meet the diverse needs of our teams.

• Strong understanding of core AWS services; VPCs, subnets, EC2, lambda, s3, route 53, VPC endpoints
• Good understanding of networking - TCP/IP, DNS, routing, proxy patterns
• Good understanding of containers and Kubernetes (broad architecture knowledge preferred)
• Design documentation skills
• Influencing, negotiating & pragmatism - getting designs through assurance processes
• Problem solving and options analysis
• Evidence based decision making
• Excellent communication skills, from junior engineer input to senior leader explanations
• (Optional) Expertise in Elasticsearch Stack, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, AWS EKS and KOPS, Hashicorp Consul/Vault, VPNs, Atlassian tooling, AWS Workspaces, LDAP, Redhat SSO/OIDC, firewall technologies, proxy servers, and DevOps tools (Terraform, Concourse, Sonarqube, Transit Gateway)