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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Architect - **Company:** Cognizant - **Location:** London, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, JIRA, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Data Transformation, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, Graph Database, Monitoring of Systems, HP Systems Insight Manager, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Log Analysis, Routing, Ansible, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, Workflow Management Systems, Datadog, Data Logging, Scripting, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Model Validation, Software Troubleshooting, Generative AI, Apigee, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, AWS Fargate, Machine Learning Operations, Route53, BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Devsecops, Api Management, Serverless Computing, Docker, Servicenow, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/61C67D5E1D414B42B78C4844B7E91403/job/ ## About the Role * Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including Amazon Bedrock, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, EC2, API Gateway, VPC, ALB, IAM, CloudWatch, S3, EFS, DynamoDB, and Neptune, alongside Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. * Strong experience with DevSecOps practices including GitHub Actions, Ansible, Docker, CI/CD automation, security scanning, secrets management, monitoring, logging, and production support. * Good understanding of LLMOps concepts including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, chunking, vectorisation, vector databases, semantic search, prompt engineering, workflow orchestration (DAG/LangGraph), AI guardrails, and model evaluation. * Strong experience with API Management platforms such as Amazon API Gateway, Kong, Apigee, or equivalent - with the ability to design, configure, and implement API proxy workflows, authentication, routing, policies, transformations, and API integrations. * Strong experience with Datadog (or equivalent monitoring platform) for dashboard creation, application monitoring, alert configuration, APM, log analytics, and performance troubleshooting. * Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing skills. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. * Must currently reside in the United Kingdom. * Must be available to start within 4 weeks of receiving an offer. * Must hold or be eligible to obtain UK Security Check (SC) Clearance. These Will Help You Stand Out * Experience with Kubernetes/EKS, Docker, ServiceNow, Jira, GitHub Runners, CloudFormation, Route 53, WAF, EventBridge, Step Functions, and serverless architectures. * Hands-on experience with Python development for automation, API integrations, scripting, and cloud-native application development. * Experience building AI data pipelines, including document ingestion, preprocessing, metadata enrichment, chunking, embedding generation, vector indexing, and retrieval workflows. * Familiarity with AI prompt development, prompt tuning, prompt templates, and prompt evaluation techniques. * Exposure to vector databases, OpenSearch, LangChain/LangGraph, knowledge graphs (Neptune), cloud networking, security best practices, cost optimisation, and enterprise production support. Additional eligibility requirements: ยท Candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain UK Security Check (SC) Clearance ## Description As a Cloud Architect (DevSecOps & LLMOps Engineer) , you will make an impact by designing, building, securing, and operating scalable cloud infrastructure and enterprise Generative AI applications that drive automation, observability, and modern LLMOps practices. You will be a valued member of our Cloud & AI Engineering team and work collaboratively with architects, developers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective cloud and AI solutions using AWS Bedrock and related technologies., * Design, implement, and support secure, scalable AWS infrastructure and AI platforms using Terraform, GitHub Actions, Ansible, ECS/Fargate, and AWS native services. * Build and operationalise enterprise GenAI solutions using Amazon Bedrock, LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, embeddings, chunking strategies, workflow orchestration (DAG/agentic), and AI observability. * Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, API integrations, cloud security, IAM governance, monitoring, logging, and production BAU support. * Configure and manage application observability using Datadog (or equivalent), including dashboards, APM, log analytics, infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and operational health reporting. * Collaborate with architects, developers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective cloud and AI solutions. ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity) ## Related Articles - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london)