SC Cleared AWS API Technical Architect

Salary: £130,000 - 146,900 per year

Requirements

• We are seeking an experienced SC Cleared AWS API Engineer / Architect with a strong foundation in API and microservices architecture.
• We require active SC Clearance, right to work in the UK, and UK residency.
• We expect experience designing serverless and microservices-based API architectures on AWS.
• We value a solid understanding of RESTful API design patterns and integration standards.
• We are looking for experience supporting system and data integration across distributed services.
• We need someone able to assess technical debt and recommend pragmatic modernisation approaches.
• We would like experience working closely with product teams to align solutions to roadmaps and business needs.
• We expect experience with deployment planning, cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilisation.
• We value collaboration with cybersecurity and delivery teams to produce secure, observable solutions.
• We are looking for experience integrating applications with identity providers and secure access patterns.
• Experience with AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora RDS Postgres, EKS, ECR, STS, Route 53, and VPC is beneficial.
• Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD tools such as GitHub and Jenkins, observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, and technologies such as Apollo GraphQL and TypeScript is beneficial.
• Experience with AWS security and monitoring services such as AWS Config, AWS Macie, AWS GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon CloudTrail is beneficial.
• We are open to candidates from engineering, delivery, or architecture backgrounds.
• No sponsorship is available for this role.

Responsibilities

• We will design secure, scalable, and well-integrated API and microservices architectures across multiple client applications and services.
• We will define and apply RESTful API design patterns and integration standards.
• We will support system and data integration across distributed services.
• We will assess technical debt and recommend pragmatic modernisation approaches.
• We will work closely with product teams to design solutions aligned to their roadmap and needs.
• We will support deployment planning, cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilisation.
• We will collaborate with cybersecurity and delivery teams to ensure secure, observable solutions.
• We will design the integration of applications with identity providers and secure access patterns.

Technologies

• API
• AWS
• Lambda
• Apollo
• Architect
• CI/CD
• CloudWatch
• ELK
• GitHub
• Grafana
• GraphQL
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Prometheus
• Security
• Serverless
• TypeScript
• microservices
• Cloud

More

We are a global leader in consulting, technology services, and digital transformation, committed to delivering positive change through technology and human collaboration. This role is remote within the UK, with occasional attendance at key client sites when required. We are considering experienced architects as well as engineering and delivery-focused professionals, provided they hold active SC Clearance and meet UK right-to-work and residency requirements.

last updated 20 week of 2026