# Principal Cloud Architect

Job Type: Permanent Location: London, with a preference for 3 days in the office. Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here. Closing Date: 26th October Salary and benefits: Up to £105,000, discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more. We’re looking for a Principal Cloud Architect to be the senior technical authority for cloud architecture across RS&AM Engineering, shaping the design and evolution of cloud-native platforms and services on AWS. Combining deep hands-on expertise with technical leadership, the role defines architecture patterns, builds reference implementations, and sets engineering-led standards that enable scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions. In our Engineering & Transformation, you’ll report to the Head of Cloud Platform, translating platform strategy into practical, implementable architectures, leading throu

- **Id**: 2879141
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/phoenix-life-principal-cloud-architect>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-19T09:34:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-19
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T16:27:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 21
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3935
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Asset Management & Funds, Life Insurance & Annuities

## Company

- **Id**: 2283810
- **Name**: Phoenix Life
- **Domain**: phoenixlife.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/phoenixlife-co-uk>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 105000
- **Max usd**: 184000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 26

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 21

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-19T22:19:50Z
- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T18:48:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 58
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.779
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 20
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:12, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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