Senior Manager – AWS Solution Architect

Overview

In this Senior Manager role, you will lead complex AWS-based cloud transformations for tier-1 clients, shaping enterprise cloud strategy and governance. You work with senior stakeholders to define architecture standards and drive secure, scalable AWS designs. You mentor teams and advocate modern cloud-native practices, delivering measurable outcomes across cost, performance, and resilience. This position offers leadership across major programmes with access to global cloud expertise and clear progression.

Pay / Benefits

• 30 days annual leave
• Private medical insurance
• 3 additional days for charitable work
• Major cloud transformation programmes
• Access to global cloud and technology expertise
• Clear progression and leadership opportunities

Responsibilities

• Define AWS cloud strategy, governance and enterprise architecture standards
• Lead large-scale cloud transformations including legacy modernization and data centre exits
• Design secure, scalable and highly available AWS architectures
• Shape cloud solutions across applications, data, AI, security and integration
• Present architecture and strategy to executive stakeholders
• Drive cloud cost optimization, resilience, performance and observability
• Mentor architects, managers and consultants across the wider team
• Help clients adopt modern cloud-native technologies and engineering practices

Key requirements

• Significant experience designing and implementing AWS solutions
• Strong enterprise/solution architecture background
• AWS Professional or Associate certification
• Strong knowledge of cloud security, IAM, encryption and compliance
• Experience across application, data and integration architecture
• Understanding of AI/ML and modern data platforms
• Experience with serverless, containers, microservices and CI/CD
• Strong knowledge of resilience, disaster recovery and non-functional requirements
• Confident engaging with C-suite and senior technical stakeholders
• Consultancy or large-scale transformation experience is highly advantageous
• Azure/GCP or AWS Specialty certifications would be a plus

• Stakeholder engagement
• Mentoring/leadership
• Strategic communication
• AWS
• serverless
• containers

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