Application Architect-AWS

We are seeking an Application Architect - AWS Cloud to support the design, assessment, and implementation of secure cloud-native solutions within HMRC’s Security & Resilience portfolio.

This role is suited to a junior architect or strong technical resource transitioning into architecture, with hands-on cloud exposure and foundational cybersecurity awareness.

The architect will collaborate with security, platform, and application teams to ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded across AWS-based workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Support architecture design and technical solutioning within AWS cloud environments.
• Contribute to secure application architecture aligned with cyber security standards and government compliance frameworks.
• Identify and assess vulnerabilities across applications and cloud infrastructure.
• Assist in vulnerability management processes including remediation tracking and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with IAM and security teams to enforce least-privilege access models.
• Contribute to resilience engineering, ensuring availability, integrity, and confidentiality of systems.
• Produce architecture artefacts, design documentation, and technical assessments.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience operating as a junior architect or strong technical contributor in cloud-based projects.
• Practical knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture fundamentals.
• Understanding of security vulnerabilities, common threat vectors, and vulnerability management processes.
• Awareness of secure coding and secure application design principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience operating as a junior architect or strong technical contributor in cloud-based projects.
• Practical knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture fundamentals.
• Understanding of security vulnerabilities, common threat vectors, and vulnerability management processes.
• Awareness of secure coding and secure application design principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.