Senior Data & AI Cloud Architect — Generative AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Sydney

On-site

AUD 200,000 - 280,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Data & AI Cloud Architect to drive strategic data and AI initiatives for ANZ FSI customers. You will lead engagements, architect complex cloud-native platforms, and partner with sales to accelerate AWS platform adoption.

The role requires deep AWS tech expertise, data engineering, and experience shaping executive-level technology strategies across large organizations.

Qualifications

7+ years of technical specialist, design and architecture experience
5+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience
7+ years of consulting, design and implementation of serverless distributed solutions experience
5+ years of software development with object oriented language experience
3+ years of cloud based solution (AWS or equivalent), system, network and operating system experience
7+ years of external or internal customer facing, complex and large scale project management experience
Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years of professional or military experience

Responsibilities

Define and develop overall strategic direction for AWS customers and internal AWS teams designing, building, optimizing, transforming, or otherwise migrating applications, software, and services on the AWS platform.
Partner with AWS Account Manager and ProServe Sales on accelerating innovation, account strategy, and technical execution, aligning to increase business value through cloud adoption, covering people, processes, and technology aspects.
Engage with C-level executives to guide their strategic technology initiatives and support their data transformation journeys.
Participate in deep architectural discussions and design exercises to create world‑class data solutions and products built on AWS, while ensuring solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customer organizations to enable them to become cloud advocates.
Drive the development of outcome-based business-IT solution proposals in collaboration with sales and solution architecture teams.
Act as the AWS executive technical sponsor for strategic customer initiatives, ensuring alignment with AWS's Global Service offerings and the customer's strategic goals.
Ensure that solutions across strategic programs adhere to AWS's enterprise architecture and security best practices and principles, and achieve intended business outcomes.
Mentor and lead internal teams, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the organization.
Capture and share best-practice knowledge, sales, and delivery content amongst the AWS Professional Services community.
Engage with system integrators and strategic Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) across various customer scenarios to enhance solution offerings.
Identify common patterns in customer needs to drive standardization and repeatability in AWS solutions.