Cloud Architect - Infrastructure (AWS)

Overview

Company name: Keyloop

Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers.

We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars better for our customers, and buying and owning cars better for theirs.

We use cutting-edge technology to link our clients’ systems, departments and sites. We provide an open technology platform that’s shaping the industry for the future. We use data to help clients become more efficient, increase profitability and give more customers an amazing experience. Want to be part of it?

Role Overview:

Cloud Architect within the Cloud Center of Excellence, responsible for shaping organisational AWS adoption, enforcing guardrails, and enabling cross-functional teams. Acts as a trusted advisor to technical leadership, ensuring cloud strategy delivers measurable business value while maintaining compliance, security, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain cloud architecture patterns, reference designs, and organizational guardrails.
• Establish and evolve account baselines and foundational environments to ensure secure, compliant, and cost-efficient provisioning.
• Conduct Well Architected reviews and produce remediation plans with validation evidence.
• Collaborate with FinOps on tagging strategy, cost allocation models, and cost related gating.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing across Security, Infrastructure, Development, and FinOps teams.
• Deliver enablement sessions (workshops, clinics, hands-on training) to drive adoption of approved patterns.
• Support and coordinate cross-functional cloud initiatives, resolving governance and adoption challenges.
• Mentor junior engineers and build a network of cloud champions across departments.
• Communicate cloud vision, progress, and value to executive leadership.
• Monitor cloud health, compliance, and cost optimization; implement automated guardrails and policy enforcement.
• Provide hands-on support for escalated cloud issues and lead incident response when required.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities across governance and operations.
• This role requires alignment with UK business hours to ensure effective collaboration with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skillset

• Familiarity with AWS Account Factory for Terraform (AFT).
• AWS Security Specialty or DevOps Engineer Professional certifications.
• Experience with CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
• Prior CCoE or governance experience at scale and participation in compliance programmes.
• Experience of designing, deploying and managing services in Azure.
• AI driven code and configuration management of cloud resources.

Why join us?

We’re on a journey to become market leaders in our space – and with that comes some incredible opportunities. Collaborate and learn from industry experts from all over the globe. Work with game-changing products and services. Get the training and support you need to try new things, adapt to quick changes and explore different paths. Join Keyloop and progress your career, your way.

An inclusive environment to thrive

We’re committed to fostering an inclusive work environment. One that respects all dimensions of diversity. We promote an inclusive culture within our business, and we celebrate different employees and lifestyles – not just on key days, but every day.

Be rewarded for your efforts

We believe people should be paid based on their performance so our pay and benefits reflect this and are designed to attract the very best talent. We encourage everyone in our organisation to explore opportunities which enable them to grow their career through investment in their development but equally by working in a culture which fosters support and unbridled collaboration.

Keyloop doesn’t require academic qualifications for this position. We select based on experience and potential, not credentials.

We are also an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We value diversity and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply .

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.