
AWS Architect
On site
United Kingdom
£ 450 / month
Freelance
28-01-2025
Job Specifications
Role: AWS Architect
Location: Remote, UK
Duration: 6 months
Contract Inside IR35
450GBP/Day
SC cleared candidate required for UK Government customer
Project Overview
The role is part of the Group Infrastructure Operations in the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE). AWS is a core strategic cloud provider for customer, hosting services mainly in the Flood and Coastal Management space, such as Flood Map for Planning (FMFP) and Check Your Long-Term Flood Risk (CYLTFR).
This position is essential for architecting new business-critical applications on AWS. Responsibilities include defining AWS architectural patterns, infrastructure design, promoting best practices, defining deployment and security standards, conducting architectural reviews, and guiding development teams to adhere to CCoE design principles.
Activity Overview for Cloud Architect
The role is currently involved in designing and onboarding several new projects onto the platform over the next 12 months. Cloud Architect to Assist the solution architect in AWS infrastructure design and data migration of Environment Agency’s Flood Data to AWS. Additionally, the role is crucial for ensuring Defra's AWS platform aligns with the UK's Secure by Design principles.
Expectations:
Addressing infra gaps in migration design updating HLD, LLD, identifying AWS implementation steps, and overseeing the installation and configuration of AWS migration components. Updating the High-Level Design (HLD) and take through governance.
Enhance Documentation Quality -Ensure the documentation is clear, concise, and well-structured. Add diagrams, examples, and use cases to illustrate the patterns effectively.
Collaborate with Stakeholders -Engage with other CCoE team members, developers, and operations staff to gather feedback on the current patterns and suggestions for improvements.
Implement security controls and encryption measures to protect data at rest and in transit.
Creating migration plans and strategies for transferring data to AWS storage.
Complete Document reviewing existing (OU) Organizational Unit hierarchy in AWS. Your review should highlight challenges and limitations of the current structure. List and Identify constraints or risks associated with existing Service Control policies(SCP).
Implement SCP policies within the OU structure to ensure consistent security and compliance controls across the Defra organisation. Establish monitoring mechanisms to track SCP compliance and detect deviations.
Gather requirements from stakeholders, including performance, scalability, security, compliance, and specific functionalities.
Design the architecture for high availability and disaster recovery using services like AWS Elastic Load Balancing, AWS Auto Scaling, and multi-region deployments.
Implement robust security measures, including IAM roles and policies, encryption (both in transit and at rest), VPCs for network isolation, and AWS WAF for application protection.
Priyanka Sharma
Senior Delivery Consultant
Office: 02033759240
Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com
About the Company
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