Senior AWS Architect (MSK/Kafka) - Critical Systems
GL Global
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 247KJob location
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Application Layers
Software Debugging
PostgreSQL
Redis
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes
Kafka
Job description
- Own and evolve core AWS infrastructure across compute, networking, and storage in a live production environment
- Design, deploy, and optimise highly available Back End systems (Redis, MSK/Kafka) supporting Real Time workloads
- Take full ownership of AWS RDS (PostgreSQL)
- Build and maintain robust data/reporting pipelines
- Operate and scale EKS (Kubernetes) clusters
- Implement and manage GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) and CI/CD pipelines end-to-end
- Drive security best practices across AWS
- Perform deep troubleshooting across the stack
- Optimise container builds and runtime performance
Requirements
- AWS Certified - Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
- Has strong, hands-on AWS experience in live, production environments
- Is comfortable owning systems end-to-end, from design to incident resolution
- Has worked in high-availability, high-security, or critical systems environments
- Can debug complex issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers
- Brings an engineering mindset
