Cloud Architect
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead the design and implementation of a secure, scalable AWS landing zone as part of a broader hybrid and multi-cloud strategy for a large government body.
This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who has personally delivered enterprise AWS multi-account landing zones-not just provided high-level architecture advice.
Key activities
- Own the end-to-end AWS landing zone architecture and implementation roadmap
- Design the AWS Organizations, Control Tower, account and organisational unit structure
- Establish automated account provisioning and workload onboarding
- Define identity, networking, security, logging and monitoring patterns
- Develop reusable Terraform modules and Git-based CI/CD practices
- Embed governance, guardrails, policy-as-code and FinOps controls
- Lead technical assurance and transition the platform into operations
- Work closely with security, network, identity, platform and delivery teams
Skills and experience
- Significant recent AWS architecture and engineering experience
- Personal leadership of at least two enterprise AWS landing zone implementations
- Experience delivering within government, financial services, insurance, health or another regulated environment
- Deep knowledge of AWS Organizations, Control Tower, account vending and service control policies
- Strong Terraform, automation, Git and CI/CD capability
- Advanced enterprise networking and cloud security knowledge
- Strong stakeholder leadership and communication skills
AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification and experience with Entra ID, SIEM platforms, Account Factory for Terraform, ISM, Essential Eight, VPDSF, ISO 27001 or NIST CSF will be highly regarded.
Please apply to secure an interview or contact josh.dmonte@talentinternational.com for further information.