Senior Technical Architect

Are you ready to help organisations deliver complex cloud transformation programmes using the power of Amazon Web Services (AWS)?

At Sopra Steria, our Strategic Digital Solutions (SDS) team helps some of the UK's most complex organisations modernise, transform and innovate through cloud technology.

We're looking for an AWS Technical Architect to provide technical leadership across large-scale cloud transformation programmes, designing secure, scalable solutions that deliver real business value.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Architect or a senior AWS engineer ready to move into a broader architecture leadership role.

You'll work alongside talented cloud, data, artificial intelligence and digital specialists, helping clients accelerate their adoption of cloud technologies while contributing to the development of reusable services, automation capabilities and cloud propositions.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities.

You'll join a collaborative team environment where knowledge sharing, mentoring and continuous learning are actively encouraged.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the technical delivery of AWS programmes and projects valued at up to £5m.
• Designing and implementing secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions for clients.
• Supporting cloud migration, application modernisation, hybrid cloud and on-premises transformation initiatives.
• Providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and ensuring successful programme outcomes.
• Developing reusable cloud services, automation capabilities, intellectual property and client propositions.
• Mentoring and coaching engineers and technical specialists while communicating complex technical concepts to a range of stakeholders.

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience delivering and implementing AWS solutions within enterprise environments.
• Strong experience in cloud transformation, migration and modernisation programmes.
• Experience leading technical delivery across complex projects and programmes.
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS services, cloud architecture principles and best practices.
• Experience overseeing, mentoring or supporting the development of engineers and technical specialists.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver business value through cloud adoption and transformation initiatives.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience working within professional services, consulting, managed services or large-scale transformation environments.
• AWS certifications at Associate, Professional or Specialty level.
• Experience creating reusable services, automation frameworks or cloud accelerators.
• Exposure to solution architecture and wider enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Current Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.

If you're interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.
Location: UK Wide (Home-Based).
Security Clearance Level: Eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance, current Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance is highly desirable
Recruiter: Paul Kitchen
Salary: Dependent on experience, happy to discuss.
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

If you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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We combine the full power of Sopra Steria's Insight, Technology and Transformation capabilities to deliver positive, meaningful and long-lasting outcomes for our clients. We're the partner of choice for organisations who are looking to tackle the most complex problems with new solutions. We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation.