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Octopus Computer Associates
AWS Solution Architect - MUST BE SC CLEARED - Remote (80%) and London (20%) - 4 months+
Description
Location: Remote (80%) and London (20%)
Duration: 4 months+
Client Requirement:
One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for an SC Cleared AWS Solution Architect. Candidates must currently hold a valid SC Clearance.
Role Description:
- Architecting, designing and delivering whole or part of a significant AWS public cloud project that will include exploiting PaaS and SaaS services, engineering modern application hosting platforms (OCP, K8S, EKS, AKS) and agile delivery.
- Support implementation and transformation programs for complex enterprise scale solutions.
- Work with Architects, Subject Matter Experts, Solution Designers in designing IT solutions (Transformation Projects).
- Act as Subject Matter Expert to deliver remediation for complex client's issues and provide deep technical knowledge to our internal team.
- Work closely with development teams to provide technical guidance and support.
- Provide expertise and leadership regarding solutions for infrastructure and applications in AWS.
- Identify and recommend best cloud architecture options, tools to accomplish project goals.
- Design Technical reference models and roadmaps for future AWS cloud implementations.
- Provide high-level design for AWS architecture, configurations, and best practices.
- Provide guidance and enforcement methodology for security best practices and compliance standards in AWS environments.
Key Skills Required:
- Strong understanding of AWS well architected framework.
- Experience in architecting Public/hybrid cloud solutions with AWS.
- Very Strong understanding of AWS IAM and Governance Services.
- Understanding of IaC using CloudFormation and Terraform.
- Experience in designing services using Containers Services (K8S, EKS, Fargate).
- Very Good understanding of Cloud observability using CloudWatch, EventBridge & X-Ray.
- Experience in automation techniques & architectures using EventBridge, System Manager & Lambda in AWS.
- Good understanding of enterprise integration patterns & practices (REST; event-driven architectures).
- Good knowledge of CI/CD practices & tools (AWS Code Pipeline/GitLab/GitHub).
- Experience in designing solutions working with Ansible & Jenkins.
- Knowledge of AWS's cost management tools; budgeting; strategies for optimizing cloud costs.
Certification Required:
Must have AWS Solution Architect - Professional certification.
Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.