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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AWS Cloud Platform Architect - **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc - **Location:** Bristol, UK - **Salary:** £90,000.0 - £115,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Centers, Cloud Platform System - **Published:** June 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/aws-cloud-platform-architect/57010061 ## About the Role You'll be a credible, hands-on architect with deep AWS experience and the ability to operate across strategy, design and delivery., * Strong, current hands-on AWS architecture expertise across services such as EC2, EKS, Lambda, networking, storage, backup and recovery * Experience designing and migrating enterprise-scale, regulated platforms (financial services, utilities, government or similar) * Background in platform and infrastructure architecture, not just high-level strategy * Proven experience with legacy modernisation and data centre / on-prem to cloud migration * Ability to engage at all levels - from whiteboard conversations with engineers to discussions with senior leaders * Pragmatic, collaborative approach with strong stakeholder and influencing skills Nice to have: * Exposure to both AWS and Azure environments * Experience working with large engineering teams across multiple locations * Interest in emerging areas such as AI-enabled platforms or tooling (not required) Why this role? * Major opportunity to shape cloud architecture from the ground up * High visibility and genuine ownership in a critical transformation programme * A role that blends strategy, design and hands-on technical leadership * Strong hybrid working available, * Cloud * AWS * Cloud Architect ## Description I am working with a key customer of mine in the financial services sector who are building a new Cloud Platform Architecture capability. As a result they are looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Platform Architect to join them in a brand new postiion to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of their technology landscape. This is not a traditional architecture role. You'll combine strategic platform architecture with hands-on technical leadership, working closely with engineering teams to modernise an enterprise, regulated environment and drive the migration from legacy on-premise platforms to AWS. You'll join a small, growing team of cloud platform architects with a high degree of autonomy and genuine influence over cloud strategy, standards, and execution. What You'll Be Doing * Owning and evolving the architecture, maturity and roadmap of AWS cloud platforms, aligned to broader digital strategy * Defining and maintaining cloud reference architectures, principles, guardrails, blueprints and patterns * Working closely with cloud platform engineering to shape roadmaps and support delivery * Leading and contributing to solution architecture for legacy-to-cloud migrations, including complex on-prem environments * Acting as a senior technical authority, able to engage confidently with engineers, architects, senior stakeholders and executives * Partnering with security, risk and compliance teams to ensure secure, resilient and cost-effective platforms in a regulated context * Engaging with AWS as a strategic technology partner, influencing and shaping the relationship * Supporting incident resolution and complex technical problem-solving when needed ## Related Videos - [Building Well-Architected applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/691-building-well-architected-applications) - [Developer Tools for Microsoft Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/450-developer-tools-for-microsoft-azure) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [The Sustainability Race: AI's Promises, Pitfalls and Potential](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100155-the-sustainability-race-ai-s-promises-pitfalls-and-potential) - [Leverage Cloud Computing Benefits with Serverless Multi-Cloud ML ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/78-leverage-cloud-computing-benefits-with-serverless-multi-cloud-ml) - [Azure-Well Architected Framework - designing mission critical workloads in practice](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1529-azure-well-architected-framework-designing-mission-critical-workloads-in-practice) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)