Lead AWS Architect
Salary Circa £60,000
Locations Bristol and Norwich
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead AWS Architect to join our growing and dynamic Data Science & AI platform team. The role will play a key technical leadership role in architecting and advancing our Data Science and AI technology stack, leveraging modern cloud services, and driving CI/CD & automation practices. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Cloud Native Architecture & Design, with a focus on AI and ML services (AWS and/or Azure preferred). A bit about the job: As a Lead Data Science & AI Designer, you will be responsible for shaping our Architecture Patterns and standards across our toolset, aligning with Enterprise architecture, and ensuring Security & Technical compliance of our solutions & tooling to Aviva Standards. You will play an important role in wider collaboration with technology & cloud platforms across the business. You will lead a team of Designers and Architects to support the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling us to act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing foreseeable harm, and support our customers in pursuing their financial objectives. Lead a team of Designers and Architects, defining architectural standards & patterns across the team, enhancing our maturity, and ensuring we keep pace with the ever-evolving technology landscape. You will have a key role in the evaluation and introduction of new, modern cloud-native services. Collaborate with a multitude of teams across the business, focusing on alignment to enterprise architecture for our Data Science & AI capabilities. Maintain the existing architecture patterns across our toolset, ensuring compliance with Aviva standards, while also driving innovative changes and advancements to help unlock new capabilities and modern practices. Support the advancement of AIOps and MLOps principles across our end-to-end architecture. Skills and experience we’re looking for: Proven experience working within the Cloud Architecture / Design space. Leadership experience within a technical / Architecture team setting. Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure Cloud Services. A solid understanding of DevOps, AIOps, and MLOps principles and concepts. Experience in designing & implementing CI/CD patterns leveraging tools such as Azure DevOps and Jenkins. What you’ll get for this role: Salary
Circa £60,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications). Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s). Generous
pension
scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 29 days
holiday
plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days. Make your money go further - Up to 40%
discount on Aviva products , and other retailer discounts. Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our
Matching Share Plan
and share in the success of Aviva with our
Save As You Earn
scheme. Brilliantly
supportive policies
including parental and carer’s leave. Flexible benefits
to suit you, including
sustainability options
such as cycle to work. Make a difference, be part of our
Aviva Communities
and use your 3
paid volunteering days to help others. We take your
wellbeing
seriously with lots of support and tools. Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and
welcome everyone
– we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? We encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part-time and job shares. To find out more about working at Aviva, take a look
here . We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Sahra Abdulla a call on 07775 042 835 or send an email to
sahra.abdulla@aviva.com .
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We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead AWS Architect to join our growing and dynamic Data Science & AI platform team. The role will play a key technical leadership role in architecting and advancing our Data Science and AI technology stack, leveraging modern cloud services, and driving CI/CD & automation practices. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Cloud Native Architecture & Design, with a focus on AI and ML services (AWS and/or Azure preferred). A bit about the job: As a Lead Data Science & AI Designer, you will be responsible for shaping our Architecture Patterns and standards across our toolset, aligning with Enterprise architecture, and ensuring Security & Technical compliance of our solutions & tooling to Aviva Standards. You will play an important role in wider collaboration with technology & cloud platforms across the business. You will lead a team of Designers and Architects to support the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling us to act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing foreseeable harm, and support our customers in pursuing their financial objectives. Lead a team of Designers and Architects, defining architectural standards & patterns across the team, enhancing our maturity, and ensuring we keep pace with the ever-evolving technology landscape. You will have a key role in the evaluation and introduction of new, modern cloud-native services. Collaborate with a multitude of teams across the business, focusing on alignment to enterprise architecture for our Data Science & AI capabilities. Maintain the existing architecture patterns across our toolset, ensuring compliance with Aviva standards, while also driving innovative changes and advancements to help unlock new capabilities and modern practices. Support the advancement of AIOps and MLOps principles across our end-to-end architecture. Skills and experience we’re looking for: Proven experience working within the Cloud Architecture / Design space. Leadership experience within a technical / Architecture team setting. Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure Cloud Services. A solid understanding of DevOps, AIOps, and MLOps principles and concepts. Experience in designing & implementing CI/CD patterns leveraging tools such as Azure DevOps and Jenkins. What you’ll get for this role: Salary
Circa £60,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications). Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s). Generous
pension
scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 29 days
holiday
plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days. Make your money go further - Up to 40%
discount on Aviva products , and other retailer discounts. Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our
Matching Share Plan
and share in the success of Aviva with our
Save As You Earn
scheme. Brilliantly
supportive policies
including parental and carer’s leave. Flexible benefits
to suit you, including
sustainability options
such as cycle to work. Make a difference, be part of our
Aviva Communities
and use your 3
paid volunteering days to help others. We take your
wellbeing
seriously with lots of support and tools. Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and
welcome everyone
– we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? We encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part-time and job shares. To find out more about working at Aviva, take a look
here . We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Sahra Abdulla a call on 07775 042 835 or send an email to
sahra.abdulla@aviva.com .
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Industry:
Insurance
Specialties:
Retirement, Investments, Insurance, Health, Insurtech, Protection, and Wealth
Employees:
10,001+
Annual Revenue:
£18.5B
Founded:
1696
Address:
80 Fenchurch Street, London, GB, EC3M 4AE
Aviva is nothing without our people. Living up to our purpose to be with you today for a better tomorrow applies to those we work with just as much as it does to our customers. We want Aviva to be a place where people can be themselves, and we want our workforce to reflect the customers and communities we serve. This means offering market-leading benefits and challenging ourselves to do more to build a workplace – and society – that works for all.
