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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AWS Solution Architect - **Company:** Simon James IT Ltd - **Location:** Cambridge, UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (Software Development), Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, DevOps, Amazon DynamoDB, Identity and Access Management, Network Service, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, AWS Cdk, Data Logging, Istio, Multi-Cloud, HybridCloud, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Relational Database Service, Data Lakes, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate, Apache Kafka, Linkerd (Service Mesh), Graphql, Domain Driven Development, Event Sourcing, Api Design, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Domain Driven Design, Dynatrace, Serverless Computing, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** September 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5880290560 ## About the Role * AWS * Solution Architect * IaC * REST * GraphQL * DDD * KAfka * SQQS * SNS * DynamoDB * IAM * KMS * WAF * CDK * Terraform * Kinesis, * 8+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years in a dedicated architecture role. * Deep AWS expertise across core compute, storage and networking services. * Microservices design experience: DDD, API design, service mesh, resilience patterns. * Hands-on with event-driven patterns - Kafka, SQS/SNS, EventBridge or Kinesis. * Infrastructure as Code - Terraform and/or AWS CDK. * Strong container experience - Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS. * Established CI/CD pipeline and DevOps practice experience. * Excellent stakeholder communication - comfortable presenting to both engineers and executives. Nice to Have * AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional. * Service mesh experience (Istio, AWS App Mesh, Linkerd). * Data architecture: streaming pipelines, data warehousing, data lakes. * Serverless-first architecture and Lambda-optimised design. * Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud exposure. * FinOps tooling (AWS Cost Explorer, Kubecost, CloudHealth). * Track record mentoring senior engineering talent. * Familiarity with zero-trust networking and advanced IAM patterns. ## Description We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect to design and lead the implementation of scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS. You'll work across engineering, product and business stakeholders to define architecture for distributed microservices platforms powered by event-driven patterns - turning complex requirements into resilient, production-grade solutions. This is a high-impact, highly collaborative role. You'll be the technical authority on architecture decisions, shaping the standards and patterns engineering teams follow across the organisation. What You'll Do * Define end-to-end system architectures aligned to business goals, run architecture reviews and threat modelling sessions, and own the technical roadmap across multiple product domains. * Lead service decomposition using Domain-Driven Design - defining bounded contexts, inter-service contracts, and REST/GraphQL/gRPC APIs - and set patterns for resilience (circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads) and observability (distributed tracing, structured logging, metrics). * Design event streaming and async messaging using Kafka, Amazon SQS/SNS, EventBridge and Kinesis, including event schema standards, event sourcing, CQRS and saga orchestration. * Design AWS infrastructure across EKS, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront and VPC networking, define IaC standards (Terraform and/or AWS CDK), and lead cloud migration and modernisation from on-premise to AWS. * Partner with engineering leads, product managers and C-suite to align technical strategy with business objectives, presenting architecture proposals and trade-off analyses to technical and non-technical audiences. * Embed security from day one (IAM, KMS, WAF, secrets management), design for reliability (multi-AZ, DR, SLAs/SLOs), and drive FinOps practices such as right-sizing and cost optimisation. * Mentor and upskill senior engineers on architecture patterns and cloud-native practices. ## Related Videos - [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) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Rate-limiting using eBPF and Istio: How to protect your SaaS customers from themselves](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100220-rate-limiting-using-ebpf-and-istio-how-to-protect-your-saas-customers-from-themselves) - [Reliable scalability: How Amazon.com scales on AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/983-reliable-scalability-how-amazon-com-scales-on-aws) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 162: AI careers, MCP, AWS best practices & floppy sweaters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/571-dev-digest-162-ai-careers-mcp-aws-best-practices-floppy-sweaters)