Simon James IT Ltd
Senior AWS Solution Architect - Cambridge
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Senior AWS Solution Architect
Location: Cambridge, UK (Hybrid – 2 days/week onsite)
Type: Contract, 3 months initially - £300-350 per day
About the Role
We are looking for a hands-on Solution Architect to drive the design and delivery of distributed microservices and event-driven systems on AWS. In this role, you will bridge technical and business teams to shape architecture standards, enforce cloud-native best practices, and deliver resilient, production-grade solutions.
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Key Responsibilities
- Define end-to-end system architectures, design principles, and technical roadmaps.
- Lead microservices decomposition using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and establish clean API standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
- Design asynchronous messaging and event-streaming pipelines utilizing Apache Kafka, SQS/SNS, and EventBridge.
- Architect robust AWS cloud infrastructure (EKS, Lambda, RDS, VPC) using Terraform or AWS CDK.
- Partner with engineering leads and stakeholders to align technical strategy and provide architectural governance.
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What We’re Looking For
- 3+ years in a dedicated Architecture role with deep hands-on expertise in core AWS services.
- Proven experience designing event-driven systems with Apache Kafka.
- Strong execution of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
- Production mastery of Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
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