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# AWS Cloud Solution Architect

- **Company:** Scale Factory
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £83,052.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Routing, PCI Data Security Standards, Windows PowerShell, Cloud Services, Ansible, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Computer Network Technologies, Cloudformation, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Microservices
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5943777321

## About the Role

We're seeking a talented, passionate AWS Cloud Solution Architect to join our growing team. To be successful, you'll be technically excellent and a confident communicator, able to lead solution discovery and design, translate business requirements into effective cloud architectures, and provide architectural guidance throughout delivery., * Eligibility for Security Clearance

 * Excellent Communication: Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels through discussions, presentations and design documentation.
 * Business Acumen: Ability to understand business drivers, translate requirements into solutions, evaluate trade-offs and build consensus around architectural decisions.
 * Pre-Sales & RFPs: Experience supporting pre-sales activities, contributing to RFP responses, developing technical proposals and presenting solution approaches to prospective customers.
 * Proof of Concepts (POCs): Ability to define and develop POCs to validate architectural approaches, assess technologies and demonstrate the feasibility and value of proposed solutions.
 * Technical Leadership: Experience providing architectural guidance, influencing technical decisions and mentoring junior colleagues.
 * AWS Expertise: Extensive experience designing secure, scalable and cost-effective AWS solutions, with the ability to articulate their business value.
 * Solution Architecture: Proven ability to design end-to-end cloud solutions incorporating legacy workloads, microservices, containers and integration patterns.
 * Cloud & DevOps Knowledge: Strong understanding of cloud technologies, DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
 * Networking Knowledge: Strong understanding of cloud networking, including virtual networks, routing, DNS, gateways, load balancers and connectivity.
 * Security & Compliance: Understanding of AWS security services, including IAM, WAF and KMS, alongside security best practices and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 and PCI DSS.
 * Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Experience evaluating Infrastructure as Code approaches using Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK, alongside an understanding of scripting and automation technologies such as Python, Ansible, Bash or PowerShell.

Desirable skills:

 * Azure or Google Cloud Experience: Ability to compare and contrast cloud offerings, especially in a migration scenario.
 * AWS Professional Certifications

## Description

As a Cloud Solution Architect at Scale Factory, you'll:

 * Engage with customers, acting as a trusted architectural advisor across engagements.
 * Lead discovery engagements, translating business requirements into secure, scalable and cost-effective cloud solutions.
 * Define end-to-end solution architectures, evaluating options and documenting key design decisions.
 * Support the Sales Team with pre-sales, solution design and technical input to proposals.
 * Provide architectural guidance and assurance throughout delivery, ensuring solutions meet agreed requirements and standards.
 * Act as a technical authority on cloud architecture, best practices and internal initiatives.
 * Communicate architectural decisions, risks and trade-offs clearly to business and technical stakeholders.
 * Stay current with emerging technologies and drive continuous improvement through better architectural practices and reusable patterns.
 * Solve complex challenges with pragmatic architectural decisions, while mentoring colleagues and developing team capability.