Senior AWS Architecture Lead — Enterprise Cloud Delivery

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

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.