Senior Consultant - AWS Architect

Slalom; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holistic wellbeing

Meaningful allowances

Professional growth

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Senior Consultant - AWS Architect to lead advanced cloud solutions and migrations for ANZ. You will shape architecture, drive delivery, and mentor junior consultants across team-based projects and client engagements.

You will design secure, cost-effective cloud architectures, automate workloads, and advise on best practices for scalable deployments in AWS.

Qualifications

• Expertise across cloud solution architecture and AWS services.
• Experience delivering AWS-based cloud solutions at scale.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Growth mindset and rapid learning of new technologies.
• Relevant AWS certifications (Pro/Associate).

Responsibilities

• Define and influence team culture and environment.
• Lead from the front with project work and client interactions, including mentoring.
• Design, build and automate cloud-based applications and migrations to public clouds.
• Advise on architecture patterns and automated strategies for clients.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

CI/CD

Infra as Code

Security

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Education

AWS Certification (Professional/Associate)

Tools

AWS services

Serverless

Container services

CloudFormation/Terraform

Job description

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organisations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Senior Consultant - AWS Architect

Slalom Cloud Solutions team builds robust systems and empowers customers to confidently navigate their cloud journey by implementing the right technologies to achieve sustainable, real-world outcomes. Our mission is to deliver exceptional cloud solutions by seamlessly integrating strategy, execution, and deep cross-functional expertise. We support organisations in adopting best‑class cloud technologies that drive excellence, efficiency, and innovation. With a strong focus on partnership and a customer‑first approach, we enable businesses across ANZ to unlock the full potential of the cloud and deliver measurable impact through tailored, scalable solutions.

What You’ll Do

• As a member of a growing team, you will help to define and influence the team culture and environment
• As a Senior Consultant, you will lead from the front, working in team-based projects 50% of the time and for the other 50% of the time you would interacting with clients, assisting with pre-sales pursuits and providing mentoring to more junior consultants.
• Design, build and automate cost-effective, resilient, and secure cloud-based applications as well as migrations of existing workloads to public clouds
• Advise clients on the merits of selecting and implementing various architecture patterns within their current infrastructure or implementing new automation strategies

What You Will Bring

• Strong skills across all domains of cloud solution architecture.
• Strong skills across a broad range of other cloud-related technologies:
• AWS database, server‑less, container services.
• AWS identity, security and operational services.
• Config Management, Infra as Code and CI/CD tools.
• Experience architecting and delivering AWS-based cloud solutions.
• Experience delivering cloud solutions in mid-to-large scale environments.
• Ability to create high-quality technical architectures and documentation.
• Clear, collaborative communication style and stakeholder management skills.
• Growth mindset, enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly.
• AWS Professional and/or Associate level certifications.

Our Values

Our culture and values reflect each individual Slalomer. We are dedicated to encouraging workplace diversity and ensuring all our people, from any background can contribute to their full potential. We wish to build a team that echoes the diversity of the communities we serve, and our values are an active part of our every‑day, guiding our decisions.

What keeps us here?

When we moved to Australia in 2020, we had no idea just how important our work/life balance would need to be. We’ve asked our consultants what makes Slalom a great place to work and the most common answer – “the freedom to be ourselves when life gets in the way”. We make a big effort to bring everyone together and allow space when space is needed. We believe in helping each other thrive in work and life and are proud to invest in benefits that include holistic wellbeing, meaningful allowances, and investment in our team’s professional, technical, and personal growth.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Slalom does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.