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As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

Job Description

We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:

Company-provided healthcare
A competitive annual leave allowance
Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
Generous pension provisions
Income protection
Health and wellness benefits
Volunteering days
Enhanced parental leave
Life insurance

Your Role:

The Digital Platforms team is responsible for delivering and operating the firm’s digital ecosystem across web, client servicing, and internal tools. The team owns the end-to-end platform architecture spanning experience platforms, applications, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.

The Principal Architect is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and leading cloud architecture across Digital Platforms. This role combines hands-on solution design with domain-level architectural leadership, ensuring consistent, scalable, and secure solutions across web, servicing, and tools.

The role works closely with the firm’s central Cloud and DevSecOps teams, who manage the AWS platform and pipelines, to ensure alignment and effective implementation of cloud patterns. Acting as a technical authority, the role influences architectural decisions across teams and delivers high-impact, complex initiatives aligned to enterprise strategy.

What you will be doing:

Own and define the cloud architecture strategy for Digital Platforms across web, servicing, and internal tools, aligned to enterprise cloud direction
Lead the architecture and delivery of complex AWS-based solutions, covering applications, integrations, and infrastructure
Design end-to-end architectures integrating AEM, edge/CDN platforms (e.g., Fastly), APIs, and backend cloud services
Establish and govern cloud standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns across Digital Platforms
Define and enforce non-functional requirements including security, performance, scalability, resilience, and cost optimisation
Partner with central Cloud and DevSecOps teams to align on AWS platform capabilities, pipelines, security controls, and operating models
Translate business requirements and product roadmaps into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions
Provide architectural oversight and assurance across multiple teams, ensuring adherence to standards and design principles
Mentor architects and senior engineers, contributing to the development of architectural capability and best practices across the domain.

What you will bring:

Extensive experience in technology with strong focus on cloud architecture and engineering
Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud solutions in AWS
Experience working across digital platforms, including web ecosystems and application integration landscapes
Demonstrated ability to operate as a Principal-level individual contributor, influencing across teams without direct authority
Experience working within centralised cloud platform and DevSecOps operating models
Deep expertise in AWS services including compute, networking, storage, IAM, and cloud-native architectures
Understanding of modern architecture patterns (microservices, API-first, event-driven, distributed systems)
Knowledge of web platform architectures, including AEM and edge delivery through CDNs such as Fastly
Understanding of DevOps practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automation
Grasp of security, compliance, and data protection considerations in cloud environments
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect) desirable
Problem-solving skills with the ability to operate independently on complex challenges
Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts into clear business outcomes
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across distributed teams
Recognised technical leader and trusted advisor within their domain
Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across product, engineering, and platform teams

Disability Confident Scheme :

Applicants who opt in to the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the ‘minimum criteria’ for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates who make an application. By opting-in to this scheme, applicants will be disclosing that they have a disability solely for the purpose of the Disability Confident Scheme.

The Disability Confident Scheme only guarantees an interview – it does not automatically mean that applicants interviewed will gain employment with Invesco at that time.

To apply through the Disability Confident Scheme, you’ll need to firstly ensure you have applied for the role via our external careers page. Following this, you’ll need to email us at [EMEA-TalentAcquisition@invesco.com](mailto:EMEA-TalentAcquisition@invesco.com) confirming your wish to opt-in, alongside your contact details and the title of the role you wish to apply for.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in the role's advertised office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! We want all of our candidates to shine during the application and selection process, so if you need any adjustments to be made, please send an e-mail to emea-talentacquisition@invesco.com. Please include your name, the job you are interested in, and the type of adjustment you need (for example; breaks during your interview, remote interviews, additional time for assessments or other required adjustments)

We promote a working environment that welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams, celebrates difference and encourages everyone to be themselves at work.

Our commitment to the community and environmental, social and governance investing:

We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about. We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. We serve our clients in this space as a trusted partner both on specific responsible investment product strategies as well as part of our commitment to deliver a superior investment experience.

Recruitment Agencies:

Invesco has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Invesco will not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact hiring managers directly.

Regulatory:

This position may fall in-scope of one or multiple regimes/directives.

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