Senior AWS Technical Architect

Senior AWS Technical Architect

700 per day OUTSIDE IR35
3 Weeks
Fully Remote

Role Overview
TXP is seeking an SC Cleared AWS Technical Architect to provide independent technical assurance of a live service. The role will focus on reviewing architecture, engineering practices, operational readiness, security and service resilience, producing clear findings and recommendations for our stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Review the existing AWS architecture and service design.
Assess scalability, resilience, security and maintainability.
Evaluate engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, testing and documentation.
Identify technical risks, debt and operational issues.
Conduct independent assurance and challenge supplier evidence.
Produce assurance reports and prioritised recommendations.
Present findings to technical and senior stakeholders.Essential Skills

Active SC Clearance.
AWS architecture expertise (EKS, MSK/Kafka, RDS PostgreSQL, ElastiCache/Redis, S3, ECR, CloudFront, WAF, KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, IAM/IRSA, Terraform/Terragrunt IaC).
Experience reviewing live production systems.
Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD and operational support models.
Technical assurance, architecture review or audit experience.
Public sector and GDS service assessment experience.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and reporting skills.Ideal Candidate A Principal/Lead Architect with experience independently assessing cloud-based government services, identifying risks and providing pragmatic recommendations to support service maturity and long-term sustainability
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed