AWS Solution Architect - AWS (Amazon) - Kubernetes - Terraform - SC Cleared

AWS Solution Architect - AWS (Amazon) - Kubernetes - Terraform.

My client are looking for an AWS Solutions Architect to design, deliver, and govern secure, highly automated cloud platforms within complex enterprise and regulated environments. This role has a strong focus on AWS architecture, supported by modern GitOps delivery practices and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

You will play a key role in defining Cloud architecture standards, enabling zero-touch deployments, and supporting cloud migration and modernisation initiatives.

You must be a UK National and be prepared to go through Security clearance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and architect secure, scalable solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Define and own cloud architecture patterns, standards, and best practices
• Implement and promote GitOps-based delivery models, enabling automated, zero-touch deployments
• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, with a strong preference for Terraform
• Provide architectural oversight across CI/CD pipelines, cloud networking, identity, and security controls
• Support on-premise to cloud and hybrid migration initiatives
• Collaborate with platform, DevOps, security, and application teams to ensure compliant and resilient solutions
• Produce and maintain high-quality architecture documentation, including HLDs, LLDs, and design diagrams
• Act as a technical authority within security-cleared and regulated environments

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect in enterprise AWS environments
• AWS Solutions Architect certification (Associate required, Professional preferred)
• Strong experience with GitOps principles, focusing on automation and zero-touch pipelines
• GitLab preferred, but tooling-agnostic
• Extensive Infrastructure as Code experience, with a strong preference for Terraform
• Strong understanding of AWS security, IAM, networking, and governance
• Experience delivering solutions in regulated or security-sensitive environments
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Exposure to Amazon EKS and/or OpenShift
• Experience migrating workloads from on-premise to cloud (eg OpenShift to EKS)
• Knowledge of supporting infrastructure services such as ingress, observability, and platform tooling
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud architectures