AWS Integration Architect - #2189034

Integration Architect

Birmingham, UK

Employment: Contract

Duration: 06 Months (Extendable)

Responsibilities :

• Define and own the integration architecture and technical roadmap for AWS solutions.
• Design scalable, secure, cost‑effective serverless architectures using AWS Lambda and related services.
• Architect Generative AI solutions with Amazon Bedrock and integrate foundation models into enterprise applications.
• Establish API and integration standards (REST, microservices, messaging, event‑driven patterns).
• Guide development teams on implementation, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Define security standards covering IAM, authentication, authorization, encryption, and secrets management.
• Review solution designs to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture and cloud engineering standards.
• Collaborate with application, data, DevOps, security, and AI engineering teams.
• Conduct technical assessments, proof‑of‑concepts, architecture reviews, and support production deployments.
• Identify and drive modernization of legacy integrations using serverless, cloud‑native, and AI‑driven approaches.

Qualifications:

• 8–12+ years of IT experience with strong focus on integration architecture and AWS cloud solution design.
• Hands‑on expertise in AWS Lambda, serverless architectures, and related services (API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Step Functions, IAM, CloudWatch).
• Practical experience with Amazon Bedrock and building Generative AI‑enabled solutions.
• Proven ability to design enterprise‑grade API, microservices, and event‑driven integration patterns.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, scalability, resiliency, observability, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, Node.js, or TypeScript).
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK).
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS) is preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or equivalent certification is a plus