Principal Architect: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Location: London (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent

Shape and lead transformative AWS initiatives across financial services.

About Capco

Capco is a global leader in technology and business consulting, dedicated to driving digital innovation and transformation in financial services. We’ve partnered with over 100 clients worldwide - from pioneering fintechs to established global institutions - helping them adapt, compete, and scale in a rapidly evolving industry. With more than 30 offices globally, we combine deep expertise in banking, payments, capital markets, insurance, wealth and asset management, and energy with an agile, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture.

Role Overview

You will take a leading role in shaping and delivering transformative Amazon Web Services (AWS) programmes for our clients. You will bring your expertise to bear by supporting clients in designing new and innovative cloud-native platforms and capabilities, adopting cloud computing, and modernising legacy estates. As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, you will define cloud architecture strategies and visions while delivering AWS-based solutions that create real business impact.

Your role will bridge the gap between senior stakeholders and engineering teams, translating architectural vision into practical delivery. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams working at pace, while also contributing to commercial activity and promoting delivery excellence across our Technology & Engineering Practice through mentoring junior talent, thought leadership, and engagement in the wider cloud community. You'll embrace approved AI-enabled tools and automation to accelerate architecture design, improve technical analysis, enhance documentation and delivery quality, while applying responsible AI principles, human judgement and appropriate governance throughout solution delivery.

What You'll Do

• Lead enterprise-scale AWS architecture engagements, defining cloud strategies, target architectures and transformation roadmaps for major financial services organisations.
• Design secure, scalable and resilient cloud-native platforms using AWS services, modern integration patterns and distributed architectures across hybrid technology landscapes.
• Advise senior stakeholders on cloud adoption, migration, modernisation and investment decisions while leading multidisciplinary engineering teams through complex delivery programmes.
• Apply modern engineering practices including DevOps, agile delivery and cloud automation, leveraging approved AI-enabled workflows where appropriate to improve productivity, architectural quality and delivery outcomes while maintaining human oversight and governance.
• Contribute to Capco's Technology & Engineering Practice through mentoring, thought leadership, community engagement and supporting strategic business development opportunities.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience designing enterprise and solution architectures on AWS, supported by relevant AWS professional certifications.
• Proven expertise across cloud strategy, enterprise transformation, distributed architectures, security, DevOps and recognised architecture frameworks including TOGAF, Zachman or Domain-Driven Design.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management experience with the ability to influence senior technology and business leaders across complex transformation programmes.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams and delivering large-scale cloud transformations within Financial Services.
• A curiosity for AI-enabled ways of working and an understanding of how approved AI tools, automation and responsible AI governance can enhance architecture delivery while maintaining appropriate review, auditability and human judgement.
• Senior consulting or practice leadership experience.
• AWS Professional certifications and additional enterprise architecture qualifications.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data and AI platforms, including Generative AI, Agentic AI and AWS-native AI services such as SageMaker and Bedrock, with an understanding of responsible AI implementation and governance.
• Experience designing secure multi-account AWS landing zones with strong security guardrails and governance.
• Experience launching greenfield cloud-native ventures or innovative digital platforms.

Why Join Capco?

• Deliver high-impact technology solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions.
• Work in a collaborative, flat and entrepreneurial consulting culture.
• Access continuous learning, technical training and industry certifications.
• Be part of a team shaping the future of digital financial services.
• Help shape the future of digital transformation across Financial Services and Energy.

Our benefits include:

• Core benefits: discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health and dental insurance, life insurance, and critical illness cover.
• Mental health: access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders.
• Family-friendly: maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement.
• Family care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.
• Holiday flexibility: 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell days.
• Continuous learning: minimum 40 hours of annual training, including workshops, certifications, e-learning, and ongoing business coaching.
• Extra perks: Gympass (Wellhub), travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, and Cycle to Work scheme.

Inclusion at Capco

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward. If you need adjustments at any stage, please let us know. We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration - a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.

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