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
Robust 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 ***** or NIST CSF will be highly regarded.
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