About the role
We’re looking for a senior architect who can sit down with a client’s leadership team, work out where their cloud platform actually needs to go, and then help build it. The work spans industries: resources, transportation, financial services, public sector, healthcare, SaaS. Some of it is migration and modernisation. A growing share of it is putting GenAI into production properly, rather than as a demo that never ships.
This is a hands-on role. We want someone who has followed their own designs through to systems that run.
What you’ll be doing
- Designing AWS target-state architectures and leading migration and modernisation roadmaps
- Building production GenAI solutions: RAG pipelines, knowledge bases, document intelligence, agentic workflows (Bedrock or equivalent)
- Architecting data platforms and event-driven or streaming pipelines at scale
- Standing up CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability so delivery stays repeatable
- Advising executives on cloud and AI strategy, governance, and cost
- Scoping solutions, estimating effort, and keeping delivery on track
- Mentoring engineers and lifting the technical standard across teams
What we’re after
- 10+ years in software or platform engineering, including 5+ in a cloud architecture or lead role
- Deep AWS experience. Strong Azure or GCP with demonstrated AWS capability also works
- Solid grounding in serverless, containers, IAM and security, and IaC
- Genuine production experience with AI or GenAI workloads, not just prototypes
- Data engineering fundamentals: pipelines, lakes and warehouses, streaming
- The ability to hold a credible conversation with both engineers and a C-suite
Nice to have
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, AI Practitioner, or similar)
- Consulting or professional services background
- Work in regulated or safety-critical environments
- IoT or high-volume telemetry platforms
- Technical writing, publications, speaking, or open source
- Experience using AI tooling inside the delivery lifecycle itself
- Multi-cloud or hybrid exposure
Why Blackbook
The work changes. New domain, new problem, every few months. You get real say in the architecture instead of inheriting someone else’s decisions. We back certifications, conferences, and time to keep learning.
Blackbook is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicant needs throughout the recruitment process.
Pay: $95,000.00-$160,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
