Skills

Leadership Stakeholder Management Sales Architecture Cloud Architecture AWS Agile AWS Cloud

Job Specifications

AWS Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)
Location:Remote
Day Rate: £750 (Inside IR35)
Contract Length: 6 months
Start: ASAPOverview:
We are a global organisation delivering health and employment services to millions annually. In the UK, we employ approximately 5,000 people across programmes that create meaningful social impact.
As part of our continued digital transformation, we are investing in AI-enabled customer experience and next-generation contact centre platforms. We are seeking an AWS Solution Architect with strong bid and pre-sales capability to help shape, position and win complex transformation programmes.
This role combines technical architecture leadership with commercial and customer-facing influence.The Role
You will play a key role across both pre-sales/bid phases and early-stage solution design. This is not purely a delivery architect position. You will support RFP responses, shape solution strategy, and articulate the value of Amazon Connect and AI-led transformation to senior stakeholders.
You will act as a technical ambassador, bridging commercial objectives, customer needs and scalable AWS architecture.Key Responsibilities:

Bid & Pre-Sales

Lead technical architecture input into RFPs, tenders and competitive bids
Define high-level solution designs during pre-contract phases
Develop compelling technical narratives aligned to customer challenges
Support commercial teams in proposal defence sessions and client presentations
Produce architecture artefacts and technical documentation for bid submissions
Lead proof-of-concepts and demonstrations to validate feasibility and value
Contribute to solution costing, assumptions and technical risk assessments
Architecture & Solution Design

Architect scalable Amazon Connect solutions leveraging AWS AI and data services
Drive capability modelling sessions with business, vendor and technology stakeholders
Define reusable patterns, standards and blueprints
Translate business requirements and customer journeys into roadmap architectures
Ensure alignment with security, compliance and data privacy frameworks
Stakeholder Engagement

Act as a trusted advisor to senior customer and internal stakeholders
Present technical strategy to both technical and non-technical audiences
Support thought leadership and innovation across AI and TXM programmes
Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams in a Matrix environment
Essential Experience:

Proven experience supporting bids, tenders and pre-sales engagements for complex technology programmes
Strong hands-on implementation experience with Amazon Connect
Experience with Verint or comparable workflow/contact centre technologies
Deep understanding of AWS cloud architecture, AI services and modern data platforms
Ability to articulate technical value to commercial and executive audiences
Experience leading workshops, discovery sessions and solution shaping engagements
Strong stakeholder management across business, commercial and technology teams
Agile mindset with ability to operate in fast-paced bid environments
Desirable:

Experience within public sector or regulated industries
Exposure to global delivery models
Background in customer experience transformation or conversational AI
Experience across Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery models
What Success Looks Like:

Winning new programmes through strong technical propositioning
Designing AI-enabled Amazon Connect architectures aligned to business outcomes
Building trusted relationships with stakeholders across commercial and delivery teams

About the Company

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