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AWS Cloud Architect

Employer
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Location
Gloucester, Guildford, Leeds, London, Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
17 Jun 2022

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About The Team

The AWS Product team manage the Digital Intelligence AWS infrastructure, which enables our globally distributed software engineers to deliver solutions from our product portfolio. The team is responsible for delivering both self-managed environments and managed fabric services, and ensuring that the platform is continually developed to meet the evolving needs of the business and capabilities of the platform. We primarily follow an Infrastructure-as-Code deployment model and Agile delivery processes, for both operational management (including site reliability engineering) and new capability delivery.

About The Role

The AWS Cloud Architect role is to define and architect the functional blocks of AWS Cloud Service and build a secure, high-performing, resilient and efficient infrastructure for our business applications and workloads. The role is responsible for delivering environments for our globally distributed business teams and ensuring that the AWS cloud platform is continually developed to meet the evolving needs of the business and capabilities of the platform and to improve the experience for users to access AWS resources and infrastructure.

This is a key role in the AWS product team working closely with AWS Product Owner, the AWS Cloud Architect will work across all use cases defined by the AWS product owner and work with architects in other squads and technology areas to ensure that the AWS service is well architected. Whilst technology delivery is core of the role, so too is the appreciation of how we enable the business and service availability.

The key aspect of the role will be to endorse, support and maintain re-usable patterns that the team has already built and going to build, utilising infrastructure as code so that future deployments can be delivered through automation and code reuse.

It's an amazing time to join our team and you'll be supported by an experienced team of specialists in Engineering Operations, Scrum Masters and Information Security to build cloud agnostic patterns delivered through automation.

Core Duties
  • Support the Product Owner in the definition of Sprints and User Stories in order to meet company demands of the platform
  • Define and document AWS architecture (baseline, target, roadmap, standards, reference architectures, etc), supporting a wide range of use cases.
  • Run architectural reviews of the platform at appropriate intervals to take best advantage of vendor technologies.
  • Pro-actively define, optimize, automate, publish and communicate deployment patterns, for both centrally managed environments and business managed environments.
  • Take on the technical lead role in ADHOC work, including cloud migrations and holistic design work, where patterns are not appropriate.
  • Maintain our AWS Platform risk log
  • Support engineering teams in optimizing the platform.
  • Escalation point for engineering teams in troubleshooting and incident management.
  • Driving the adoption of automation in the platform, using common methods with other platforms.
  • Work in the community of Infrastructure teams, to deliver services using, where possible, common code, standards and artefact format and proactively drive collaborate, particularly where there are service dependencies.
  • Run internal community events or user groups to evangelise the service, build trust and understand how we can better support platform users
  • Work with suppliers, customer, team members and industry peers to continuously improve delivery.
  • Documentation of deployed systems, scripts and other working practices to enable, re-use and support users across the world.
  • Work with customers to introduce innovation and evolve the product,

Requirements
  • Experience in Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Platform Architecture with AWS, defining cloud reference Architectures and Cloud Patterns in a large multi-account AWS estate.
  • At least 5 years of experience in AWS and experience in solving complex business issues and regarded as subject matter expert in all areas of AWS.
  • Experience of all IaaS and PaaS areas within AWS technology stack and application to solve business problems.
  • Experience with various DevOps tools and CI/CD tools like Git, BitBucket, Jenkins etc..,
  • Experience in AWS Security services and Network Services.
  • A working foundation in process frameworks like, ITIL, Prince2 and Agile with experience in executing these in a highly automotive and high velocity output and consistently changing operational environment.
  • Good understanding of cyber security concepts and the goals of cyber security and aligning with BAE Systems Digital Intelligence vision and mission.
  • Basic knowledge of our line of products in fighting against Financial Crime, Protect Nations & Citizens and defend against Cyber Threats
  • Good communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Motivating the team to use new tools to improve efficiency and breaking barriers between squads to set new standards.

Desirable

Industry certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, AWS Speciality domains (Security, Advanced Networking) CCSP, TOGAF.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats.

Division overview: Functions

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Functions teams enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software.

As part of Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats.

Division overview: Functions

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Functions teams enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software.

As part of Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.

Company

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

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