Senior AWS Cloud Architect — Data, APIs & DevOps

Randstad; Wellington; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to lead AWS platform engineering for spatial and mapping data processing. You will drive CI/CD, DevOps practices, release management, and mentor developers.

The role focuses on modernising data workflows, APIs, and backend services, migrating core systems to a scalable AWS cloud. You will oversee production backend applications, serverless architectures, and secure delivery pipelines, while guiding architectural decisions and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required and 5+ years of experience in cloud/backend roles.
• Proven AWS platform engineering experience with RDS/PostgreSQL, S3, Docker, AppStream.
• Experience leading architecture decisions and mentoring developers.
• Security-by-design and observability practices are expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture decisions and set coding standards.
• Design, build, and support production backend apps and serverless pipelines.
• Develop IaC and automated delivery pipelines and manage releases.
• Modernise data workflows and migrate legacy systems to AWS.
• Apply security-by-design and improve observability and cost optimisation.

Skills

AWS Cloud

PostgreSQL

Python scripting

Docker

AppStream

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

API design

Security by design

Mentoring

React/TypeScript

GIS data

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

AWS CDK (TypeScript)

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL tools

Job description

Randstad is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to lead AWS platform engineering for spatial and mapping data processing. You will drive CI/CD, DevOps practices, release management, and mentor developers.

The role focuses on modernising data workflows, APIs, and backend services, migrating core systems to a scalable AWS cloud. You will oversee production backend applications, serverless architectures, and secure delivery pipelines, while guiding architectural decisions and stakeholder