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My client is looking for a certified AWS Solutions Architect to come in and help ensure that their AWS Estate is running as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

The role will require you to review high-quality, powerful systems based on your knowledge and experience. The role will involves working on, and maintaining, a high availability cloud system. The team works in an agile environment as the company experiences its sizeable technological expansion.

You will be designing, and developing the automated deployment, maintenance and monitoring of the system.

* Proven experience working in an AWS environment
* Strong understanding of the Well- Architected Framework
* Practical experience building and deploying to cloud solutions (AWS)
* Implementing and maintaining DevOps Best Practices
* Proven experience with Jenkins and Kubernetes
* Communication skills and experience working in an agile environment

The initial contract is for 6 months.

Solutions Architect - North West - up to £75k

We have the opportunity for a Solutions Architect with Contact Centre experience and the architecture of end-to-end solutions including software/application architecture and integration being key.

Having a deep understanding of client experience is vital as well as an application background, understanding of API architecture, (including RAML, SOAP etc).

This company actively look to support their employee's careers and will strive to keep you motivated and give you the opportunity to work with the latest tech, and on challenging projects

Your expertise will be in:

* Real-world architecture experience with practical experience of defining enterprise-wide technical solutions end-to-end. Bonus if this is within contact centres including inbound/outbound
* Experience of migrating from traditional on-premise architecture to Cloud-based solutions (ideally AWS)
* Java / Java Enterprise
* AWS Solutions Architect Associate qualification (Nice to have not a must)

Benefits:

* Healthcare &Life Assurance
* 10% Pension
* Annual bonus
* Gym Memberships
* Flexible hours between 8am & 10am starts, dress code quite relaxed
* Kids clubs (free) during school holidays, tennis courts, football pitches, rose garden
* Free parking on-site and a Starbucks

If this sounds like the role for you, please don't hesitate to apply l.hunter@jeffersonfrank.com

Senior Solutions Architect | Coventry | £70,000 - £80,000 (Base) + Package

I am engaged with a global organisation in the logistics and retail space who are looking for an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to be based out of their HQ in Coventry.

Reporting into their Head of Architecture, your role will be hybrid, encompassing a range of responsibilities including people management, architectural strategy, stakeholder management and E2E design.

Working as an integral part of their IT function, you will be expected to champion the methodologies and technologies used to drive new approaches, opportunities, and insight.

Long story short... you won't just apply out-of-the-box models. Rather, you will have a working knowledge of how they work, when they work and why they work. Moreover, you wil be expected to be a huge influence on IT strategy, architecture, technology and application roadmaps.

Fundamentally, your role will see you get involved in a variety of key areas (I can expand on this if you choose to apply) but some of the key things they are looking for from you are listed below:

* Cloud Technologies - First and foremost, experience architecting Cloud-based solutions would be ideal, ideally with either Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
* Stakeholder Management - Due to the strategic element within this role, you must have experience working with senior stakeholders (up to c-level).
* Architecture Patterns - You should have experience working with modern architecture patterns including Domain-Driven Design, Microservices, APIs, Service Mesh and Event-Streaming.
* Leadership - You must have proven leadership experience as this role will involve managing a small team of Architects within the business.
* Methods & Processes - Finally, should come from a background incorporating modern software engineering and delivery practices, so experience of the following would be ideal: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP, DevOps, CI/CD etc.

So if you like the sound of the above and your CV has some of the aforementioned key skills then why not apply? To do so, please contact me via the following methods:

* Contact Number: 0191 338 7540
* Email: l.haghighat@frgconsulting.com
* LinkedIn: 'Liam Haghighat'

Anything discussed will remain 100% confidential. Moreover, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, all interviews and on-boarding will be executed remotely.

Job Description

Our prestigious clients are currently looking for a proven Technical Senior Architect required to help the company to remain aligned with national partner's high side, including their "cloud" architectures.

They have been taking huge steps forward in the AWS Partner programme, having entered into multiple enterprise-level projects alongside AWS themselves, as well as boasting a vast client list including ambitious start-ups, well established medium-sized companies and enterprise level corporations.

Role & Responsibilities

* Engage in all aspects of both the client engagement lifecycle, and the technical delivery lifecycle, supporting projects from end-to-end.

* Collaborate with other teams of engineers, developers and architects across various projects and stages in the project lifecycle. Technical Requirements

* Extensive AWS infrastructure experience across design, implementation and support.

* Experience across a vast range of AWS services - EC2, RDS, S3, ElastiCache, etc.

* Serverless tools and services - Lambda, API GW, SNS, SQS, Dynamo DB, etc.

* Able to create high quality, reusable IaC scripts - Terraform, Cloudformation

* AWS Certifications highly desired but not essential

Skills & Qualifications

* Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) and/or relevant tech experience

* Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English

* Experience of Software, Systems or Data Design

* Knowledge of a modern programming language (Python, JavaScript, Go, .Net, Java, etc.)

* Passion for technology and for learning

Benefits

* Remote working
* Career progression
* Competitive Day Rate.

We are currently working with an exciting Consulting Partner that is looking for a skilled AWS Architect to lead on a large scale AWS migration using the latest AWS product releases.

You will drive technical workshops with an range of different teams, be well versed with the Well Architected pillars and have previous commercial and hands-on implementation experience.

We are looking for someone that can wear multiple hats from a road map, design, implement, up skill and document perspective.

Experience needed:

* Demonstrable experience of on scale AWS migration and knowledge of latest releases
* Demonstrable experience in cloud architecture and design following the Well Architected framework
* 5 + year's experience in Cloud technologies, DevOps methodology
* Hands on experience in building applications and migrating legacy applications
* Solid experience in architecting/deploying/operating solutions on AWS
* Building reusable assets to accelerate migration
* Understanding of PaaS solution like Pivotal Cloud Foundry
* Very strong experience with security controls, a security speciality certification would be highly desirable

Other:

* Confident communicator - Able to liaise with key stakeholders at all levels
* Positive can-do attitude and team player

Jefferson Frank are searching for a Lead Security Architect to work with a Telco enterprise based in Surrey. This position is available on a 6 month contract basis and is remote for the foreseeable future. However there is a mind to return to the office once the business feels appropriate, due to this local candidates are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

-Develop Security Architecture and Enterprise Solutions

-Define Enterprise Security strategy and roadmaps

-Security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risks

-Maintain security architecture artefacts (e.g., models, templates, standards and procedures)

-Exp leading a team

Skills

-Advanced skills and exp working as a Lead Security Architect

-CISSP, CISM

-AWS Certifications are highly desired (AWS Security Speciality, Network Security, Solutions Architect)

-Exp working in a multicloud environment

If this profile sounds like you JFI want to hear from you. Please apply for a confidential call with one of our consultants

We are currently working with an exciting AWS Consulting Partner that is looking for a skilled AWS Solutions Architect to join their client architecture and delivery team.

You will drive technical workshops with prospective and current customers, be well versed with the Well Architected pillars, very skilled with high/low-level design and have previous commercial and hands-on implementation experience.

We are looking for someone that can wear multiple hats from a design, road map, implement, support and secure perspective.

Experience needed:

* Demonstrable experience in cloud architecture and design following the Well Architected framework
* 5 + year's experience in AWS Cloud technology and solid understanding of DevOps
* Hands on experience in building out greenfield AWS environments
* Solid experience in architecting/deploying/operating solutions on AWS
* Strong experience and understanding with security controls in AWS
* Strong client facing skills and any previous partner experience is highly

Other:

* Confident communicator - Able to liaise with key stakeholders at all levels
* Positive can-do attitude and team player

We're looking for a talented Lead Software Architect to lead our Remote Cloud team. This is your chance to radically change the game and get in with an up and coming client. Our AWS Award winning client is looking for seniors to lead software architects who are able to lead and mentor junior engineers while still being hands on developers. You'll get to take features from concept to delivery using cutting-edge web technologies like Node.js, Python, Lambda and AWS. And you'll have the opportunity to shape our future technology choices as well.

Skills & Qualifications

* 7+ years of hands on software development experience
* Proficiency with object oriented languages such as Node.js, Python, etc
* 3+ years of leadership experience: leading and mentoring mid-junior engineers
* Advance AWS cloud knowledge: using services such as Lambda

Responsibilities

* Architect and Develop platforms, software systems, database designs and more
* Utilize innovative technologies within AWS
* Design and deliver scalable software systems
* Lead and mentor software development team

Benefits

* Chance to gain valuable experience with innovative technology
* Insurance (Vision/Health/Dental)
* Chance for technological growth and career progression

I am working closely with an exciting and expanding SAAS provider that is growing rapidly in the UK and internationally.

I am seeking a highly experienced and detail orientated Cloud Solutions Architect to solve a technical process problem at present and offer expert advice and guidance in a number of other cloud related areas - focusing on AWS.

Current environment:

* AWS hosted using c.100 Windows servers and Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise cluster
* Developed in Microsoft Visual Studio C#, ASP.net
* Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using Cloud Formation (AWS)
* Operating 24x7 with high availability requirements
* Replicated in Development, Test and Production AWS accounts into which we have multiple deployment pipelines

The role:

To support senior members of a development team, Senior DBA and technical management to design, document and implement a low level change control process that will:

* Require, enable and automate appropriate notification of database schema changes to interested parties
* Include reviews and approval stages via the pull request approvals mechanism
* Deploy changes into a series of test and production environments as testing completes
* Be fully aware of dependencies between database and software components so that components are deployed in the correct sequence and not in advance of database schema changes.

Deliverables:

* Database Change Management Design Document
* Database Change Management Process
* Updated deployment pipelines, DevOps and other configuration changes to establish the process
* Evidence of testing of the work delivered

Other:

* Positive and strong communicator, able to liaise effectively with key stakeholders, team player
* Relevant AWS certifications



To be considered, please e-mail your CV over to j.moffat@jeffersonfrank.com

Sr. Cloud Platform Architect/Lead - 200K + Bonus - 100% remote

Looking for a Sr. Cloud Platform Architect/Lead:

* Cloud Architecture: experience building out a multi-cloud architecture at an enterprise level
* DevOps/Automation
* Microservices: GKE, Kubernetes, Docker
* GCP certifications and experience