Network Infrastructure Architect - Fully Remote

We're looking for someone who understands how modern AWS platforms integrate into a broader enterprise ecosystem. Role: Infrastructure Architect (AWS) Manchester Airport / Hybrid Contract: Permanent At MAG, we're transforming the technology that underpins some of the UK's busiest airports and travel businesses. As the UK's largest airport group, we own Manchester, East Midlands and London Stansted Airport, as well as operating CAVU, our travel technology and ecommerce business. As we continue our cloud and infrastructure transformation, we're looking for an Infrastructure Architect who can help shape the platforms that support both today's operations and tomorrow's innovation. This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-scale technology decisions, work across a complex hybrid estate, and partner with technical and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that are reliable, secure, commercially sound and fit for a regulated environment. We're looking for an AWS-focused Infrastructure Architect to join our Platform Architecture team. You'll help shape the future of MAG's technology landscape by creating infrastructure architectures that connect modern cloud platforms with critical on-premise services supporting our airports and wider business. Whether your journey started in 1st, 2nd or 3rd line support, infrastructure engineering or platform architecture, you'll understand how technology works from the ground up and be comfortable turning business challenges into practical, scalable solutions. Working with product teams, delivery teams and fellow architects, you'll provide technical leadership from concept through to implementation, ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, cost-effective and aligned to MAG's strategic direction. Design and own infrastructure architectures across AWS and MAG's wider hybrid technology estate. Partner with engineering, product, project and operational teams to deliver strategic technology outcomes. Provide architectural leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring designs move successfully into implementation. Balance performance, resilience, governance and commercial considerations when making technology decisions. Work with suppliers and partners to evaluate technologies, services and commercial options. AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or AWS DevOps Engineer. Deep knowledge of AWS architecture and services. Experience working within hybrid environments, integrating cloud platforms with on-premise infrastructure, networks and services. Strong understanding of core infrastructure disciplines including compute, networking, storage, security and resilience. Knowledge of infrastructure automation, DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code. Experience working within environments that require governance, regulatory oversight or compliance controls. Commercial awareness with the ability to balance capability, risk and cost when making architectural decisions. We're building something brilliant at MAG: a diverse team of Journey Makers who share our values and want to make a difference. We're on a mission to be number one in our industry, and that takes talent in all its forms. We're proud to be a Disability Confident employer. We're committed to helping you perform at your best. Our Colleague Communities play a big part in that: Women's Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity), Fly with Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mind Matters (Mental Health), PACT (Parents & Carers), RespectABILITY (Disability & Neurodiversity), and the CAVU Global ID&E Affinity Group.