AWS Senior Engineering Lead - Senior Manager

The Recruitment Company; Sydney; On-site; AUD 154,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12% superannuation

Job summary

The Recruitment Company is seeking a seasoned AWS Engineering Lead in Sydney to own architecture, guide engineering teams, and deliver complex cloud solutions for enterprise clients. You will shape architecture from design through delivery, mentor engineers, and work with senior stakeholders to drive outcomes.

This role demands deep AWS experience, strong leadership, and a track record of successful large-scale transformations.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of engineering experience with AWS architecture and delivery.
• Strong software engineering/DevOps/platform/cloud architecture foundation.
• Experience leading senior engineers and multiple workstreams.
• Deep understanding of AWS architecture, infra automation, networking, security, cloud-native delivery.
• Knowledge of Terraform/CDK, Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and modern AWS services.
• Track record of complex enterprise transformation and successful delivery.
• Excellent consulting, commercial awareness and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Comfort challenging technical decisions and guiding hands-on engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex AWS platform engineering and cloud modernisation programmes.
• Set technical direction across enterprise AWS architecture and multi-account environments.
• Oversee solutions involving AWS Control Tower, networking, security, IaC and cloud-native platforms.
• Guide engineering teams across Terraform, AWS CDK, Python, Kubernetes and serverless technologies.
• Work with senior client stakeholders to shape technical solutions and delivery approaches.
• Take accountability for architecture decisions, engineering quality, risk and delivery outcomes.
• Support technical solution development, mentoring and engineering capability growth.
• Contribute to cloud innovation and AI-related AWS services initiatives.

Skills

AWS architecture

Leadership

Terraform

CDK

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Networking

Security

Cloud-native

Enterprise transformation

Stakeholder engagement

Hands-on engineering

Job description

AWS Senior Engineering Lead - Senior Manager

Own the architecture. Lead the teams. Deliver the outcome.

A leading global consulting organisation is expanding its senior AWS Engineering leadership capability to support several major enterprise client programmes.

We're looking for an experienced AWS Engineering Leader who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to guide engineering teams, influence senior stakeholders and take accountability for complex cloud delivery.

This is an opportunity for someone who can operate at an architectural and strategic level without losing touch with the engineering that makes a solution work.

The opportunity

You'll take a senior technical leadership role across enterprise AWS engineering initiatives, helping shape solutions from initial architecture through to delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading complex AWS platform engineering and cloud modernisation programmes.
• Setting technical direction across enterprise AWS architecture and multi-account environments.
• Overseeing solutions involving AWS Control Tower, networking, security, IaC and cloud-native platforms.
• Guiding engineering teams across Terraform, AWS CDK, Python, Kubernetes and serverless technologies.
• Working with senior client stakeholders to shape technical solutions and delivery approaches.
• Taking accountability for architecture decisions, engineering quality, risk and delivery outcomes.
• Supporting technical solution development, mentoring and engineering capability growth.
• Contributing to cloud innovation and opportunities involving generative AI and emerging AWS services.

What you’ll bring

• Approximately 10-15 years of relevant technical engineering experience, including substantial AWS architecture and delivery.
• A strong software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering or cloud architecture foundation.
• Experience leading senior engineers and multiple technical workstreams.
• Deep understanding of AWS architecture, infrastructure automation, networking, security and cloud-native delivery.
• Working knowledge of Terraform/CDK, Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes and modern AWS services.
• A track record of complex enterprise transformation and successful technical delivery.
• Strong consulting, commercial awareness and executive stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to challenge technical decisions, guide architecture and remain credible with hands-on engineers.

What makes this interesting?

• Senior technical ownership across significant enterprise AWS programmes.
• An opportunity to shape architecture and engineering delivery, not simply oversee operations.
• Work with highly capable engineering and architecture teams.
• Exposure to innovative cloud-native and AI-related initiatives.
• Permanent package of $154,000-$224,825 including 12% superannuation, depending on experience.

Location: Sydney CBD and client sites, generally a minimum of three days onsite weekly and potentially five depending on client requirements.

Eligibility: Australian citizenship or permanent residency essential. Exceptional communication, consulting and stakeholder leadership skills required.