AWS Platform Architect, Harness, Hybrid

We're supporting a leading organisation in the search for an experienced AWS Platform Architect to help shape and evolve their cloud and AI platforms.

This is a key contract role focused on defining AWS architecture standards, driving cloud adoption, and ensuring platforms remain secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective. You'll work closely with Engineering, Security and Operations teams, acting as the technical authority for cloud architecture and platform strategy., * Define and mature the AWS platform architecture strategy and standards.

• Develop cloud roadmaps, blueprints and architectural patterns.
• Design secure, scalable and resilient cloud platforms.
• Drive governance, compliance and cost optimisation across the AWS estate.
• Support cloud-native and hybrid cloud initiatives.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code, automation and DevOps best practices.
• Support the development of AI and agentic AI platform capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across teams.
• Evaluate emerging cloud and AI technologies.

• Strong AWS architecture experience.
• Deep understanding of cloud networking, security and storage.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation or similar IaC tools.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, containerisation and serverless technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling including Harness, GitLab and Jenkins.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience working within regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance and compliance.

Desirable

• AWS Solutions Architect or similar certification.
• Experience with AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, Generative AI or LLM technologies.
• Experience supporting cloud migration programmes.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and tooling.