Senior Cloud Technical Architect

Job Overview

Senior Cloud Architect (AWS) - (Multiple)

Location: Our offices are in Central London, along with several of our customers. Travel to our customer sites is required, the frequency of which will vary from customer-to-customer. You need to be able to travel onsite to London up to 3 days per week, although onsite requirements will vary week-to-week and customer-to-customer from 0 to 3 days.

Salary: £120,000-£140,000

SC Clearance Requirements:
Due to working with several government bodies, SC clearance is required for all our customer facing teams. You do not need active SC clearance as we will undertake checks upon you joining, but you must be eligible to pass SC clearance. In future, DV clearance may be required, so the ability/willingness to pass DV clearance is advantageous but not essential.
You must be UK-based.

About Us

We are experts in building central cloud platforms, cloud risk mitigation and cloud operating models; providing thought leadership to central government and private enterprise organisations to help them unlock the true value of cloud.

Why you should join us

At Cloudscaler, you’ll be part of a consultancy at the forefront of cloud transformation, trusted by government, defence, and enterprise organisations to deliver complex AWS solutions that make a real national impact. From modernising public services to securing critical infrastructure, the work you do will matter far beyond technology.

We combine the agility of a startup with the credibility of an AWS Advanced Partner, creating a high-trust, high-performance culture where self-starters thrive and every voice is heard. You’ll work closely with senior leadership and cloud experts, shaping meaningful projects and driving innovation.

By joining us, you’ll accelerate your personal and professional development through hands-on experience with cutting-edge cloud solutions. You’ll learn directly from experts while contributing to some of the UK’s most ambitious cloud programmes, gaining exposure and influence you wouldn’t find in a larger consultancy.

What We're Looking For

We’re looking for people who live and breathe cloud; not just delivering solutions, but constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and finding better ways to do it.

• Designing and delivering secure, scalable, and resilient AWS platforms for complex enterprise workloads.
• Architecting large-scale systems covering infrastructure, networking, and security, with a strong understanding of AWS reference architectures.
• Designing and providing the technical governance over the delivery of significant workloads on the cloud.
• Leading landing zone design and implementation, migration roadmaps, and modernisation programmes.
• Applying Well Architected principles in hands-on technical design, ensuring best practices are consistently met.
• Building cloud-native security solutions to prevent, detect, and remediate risks on AWS.
• Using a wide range of AWS services (including both platform and workload focused services) in production environments.
• Designing and delivering workloads using a wide range of AWS services including; AWS Organizations, CloudTrail, SecurityHub, GuardDuty, IAM and IAM Identity Center.
• Providing technical leadership to cross-functional delivery teams and setting technical direction for enterprise-scale cloud projects.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering
• Travel and accommodation expensed where eligible in line with our expenses policy
• Life Assurance
• Long Term Disability cover
• Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)
• Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support
• 24/7 GP access
• Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you
• Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered
• Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire
• Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Dog friendly office

Interview Process

Screening call with our Talent Acquisition team
1st Interview - 30 minute remote interview with our hiring team
2nd Interview - 60 minute remote technical interview with members of our architecture team
3rd Interview - 60 minute in person interview with members of our Senior Leadership Team