Senior AWS Engineering Lead – Architecture & Delivery Leader

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

Job summary

The Recruitment Company is seeking an AWS Senior Engineering Lead to own architecture, guide engineering teams and deliver outcomes across enterprise client programmes in Sydney.

You will shape solutions from architecture through delivery, mentor engineers, engage with senior stakeholders and drive cloud modernisation using Terraform, CDK, Python, Kubernetes and serverless tech. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role with immediate impact.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

AWS architecture

Engineering leadership

Executive stakeholder engagement

Cloud transformation

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Terraform/CDK

Python

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Serverless

Networking

Security

IaC

Job description

The Recruitment Company is seeking an AWS Senior Engineering Lead to own architecture, guide engineering teams and deliver outcomes across enterprise client programmes in Sydney.

You will shape solutions from architecture through delivery, mentor engineers, engage with senior stakeholders and drive cloud modernisation using Terraform, CDK, Python, Kubernetes and serverless tech. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role with immediate impact.