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# Senior Cloud Architect - AWS

- **Company:** UBDS Group
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £67,747.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Serverless Computing, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5888294733

## About the Role

Essential

 * Significant AWS cloud architecture experience.
 * Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Architect, Cloud Architect, Technical Architect or similar.
 * Strong software engineering background, ideally across Python, JavaScript and SQL/PostgreSQL.
 * Strong experience with APIs, integrations and cloud-native architectures.
 * Knowledge of GitHub, CI/CD and Docker.
 * Strong understanding of cloud security, resilience and scalability.
 * Experience providing technical leadership within agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams.
 * Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including the ability to influence technical decisions.

Desirable

 * Infrastructure as Code and automated cloud provisioning.
 * Serverless, event-driven and/or microservices architectures.
 * Automated testing and quality engineering experience.
 * Familiarity with AI-enabled solutions or AI integrations.

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to provide technical leadership and own cloud architecture within an agile digital delivery team.

The role will focus on shaping and designing secure, scalable and maintainable solutions on AWS, working closely with engineers, delivery teams and business stakeholders., * Lead and own cloud and solution architecture across the delivery.

 * Design solutions using AWS services and cloud-native patterns.
 * Provide technical leadership, direction and guidance to engineering teams.
 * Translate business and user requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.
 * Make and communicate key architectural decisions and technical trade-offs.
 * Design across applications, APIs, integrations, data and infrastructure.
 * Ensure solutions consider security, scalability, resilience, testing and operability.
 * Support CI/CD, containerisation and modern DevOps practices.
 * Engage effectively with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Remain actively involved throughout agile delivery., At UBDS Group our mission is to support entrepreneurs who are setting new standards with technology solutions across cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI, ensuring that every investment advances our commitment to innovation, making a difference, and creating impactful solutions for organisations and society.


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