CoE (AWS) Architect

Aqilea; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Aqilea is seeking an experienced Senior AWS Cloud Platform Architect to lead design, governance, automation, and optimization of enterprise cloud environments in Malmö, Sweden. The role emphasizes AWS expertise, platform engineering, and security across multi-account setups.

The successful candidate will design landing zones, define standards, and drive automation while mentoring engineers and aligning with FinOps. English language required for collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• 9+ years in IT.
• Minimum 5 years hands-on AWS experience.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of governance, security, and compliance.
• IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Kubernetes (EKS) experience.
• Good CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AWS landing zones and multi-account strategies.
• Define cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Implement identity, network, and security controls across AWS environments.
• Drive IaC adoption and automation initiatives.
• Architect highly available, scalable, and secure cloud solutions.
• Review designs for AWS alignment.
• Implement monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery standards.
• Support cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams to mature cloud.
• Mentor engineers with architectural guidance.
• Evaluate emerging AWS services and adoption strategies.

Skills

AWS cloud

Cloud architecture

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes (EKS)

CI/CD

DevOps

Governance

Security & compliance

Multi-account strategy

FinOps

AWS Organizations

Control Tower

IAM

EC2

S3

VPC

Route 53

Lambda

API Gateway

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

Security Hub

GuardDuty

Systems Manager

GitHub Actions/Jenkins

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes (EKS)

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

About The Assignment

We are looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Platform Architect with 9+ years of IT experience to lead the design, governance, automation, and optimization of enterprise cloud environments. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS architecture, cloud security, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and platform engineering practices.

Role: CoE (AWS) Architect

Job Ref Id: JD-1326

Competence level: Senior

Start date: 2026-11-02

End date: 2027-11-30

Extension option: Yes

Scope: 50%

Location: Malmö

Remote work: No

Language: English

Application deadline: 2026-11-30

Number of consultants: 1

Security clearance: No

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AWS landing zones and multi-account strategies.
• Define cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Establish identity, network, and security controls across AWS environments.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption and automation initiatives.
• Architect highly available, scalable, and secure cloud solutions.
• Review application and infrastructure designs for AWS alignment.
• Implement monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery standards.
• Support cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
• Partner with security and engineering teams to drive cloud maturity.
• Mentor engineers and provide architectural guidance across projects.
• Evaluate emerging AWS services and recommend adoption strategies.

Requirements

Mandatory

• 9+ years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud platform.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, security, and compliance.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes (EKS).
• Good understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• AWS Organizations
• AWS Control Tower
• IAM
• EC2
• S3
• RDS
• VPC
• Route 53
• EKS
• Lambda
• API Gateway
• CloudWatch
• CloudTrail
• Security Hub
• GuardDuty
• Systems Manager
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• GitHub Actions / Jenkins

Nice-to-have

• AWS Professional-level certifications preferred.