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# Cloud Architect

- **Company:** Understanding Solutions
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Identity and Access Management, Routing, Citrix Systems, Remote Access Technology, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Low Latency
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2859575601-cloud-architect

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on AWS architecture experience
 * Excellent AWS networking knowledge
 * VPC architecture and routing
 * AWS Direct Connect
 * Transit Gateway
 * Hybrid / remote connectivity
 * Amazon WorkSpaces, NICE DCV, Teradici, HP Anyware, Citrix or similar
 * Experience designing secure and performant remote-working environments
 * Strong architecture/design experience - HLD / LLD

Highly Desirable

 * GPU-backed cloud workstations
 * High-throughput AWS storage
 * Media, broadcast or post-production experience
 * AWS security / IAM knowledge

You'll be working alongside experienced architects and engineers, taking complex user and application requirements and translating them into secure, scalable and high-performing AWS infrastructure.

The wider platform covers networking, storage, compute, identity, security and cost optimisation, with performance being a critical part of the project.

## Description

I'm looking for a AWS Cloud Platform Architect to support the design and delivery of a new cloud-first platform for a major media and entertainment organisation.

The project is focused on moving highly performance-sensitive professional workloads into AWS, with users needing to access powerful cloud-based workstations remotely without compromising performance or latency.

The two key requirements for this role are: AWS Networking + Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).


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