AWS Cloud Technical Leader

Job Description

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the development, enhancement, and implementation of solutions within AWS environments.
• Guide development teams in the adoption of engineering, security, quality, and performance best practices.
• Act as the technical point of reference for Development, Infrastructure, and Support teams.
• Participate in the definition of technical solutions and support technology-related decision-making regarding applications and cloud platforms.
• Oversee the full application lifecycle, including development, deployment, maintenance, and continuous evolution.
• Ensure effective integration between applications, AWS services, and corporate systems.
• Identify technical risks, technical debt, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Lead technical reviews of solutions, code, infrastructure, and deployments.
• Ensure compliance with security, observability, availability, and performance standards.
• Coordinate the resolution of complex incidents and provide Level 3 (L3) support when required.
• Drive automation, continuous improvement, and the adoption of DevOps practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Maintain and oversee technical documentation related to applications, infrastructure, and processes.

Qualifications

Mandatory Experience

• 5+ years of experience in technical leadership positions within Cloud Engineering or similar roles.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and coordinating cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience developing, deploying, and operating applications in AWS environments.
• Experience working with distributed architectures and highly available production environments.

Mandatory Skills / Technical Knowledge

• AWS Cloud, preferably including: EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, or equivalent services.
• Strong knowledge of distributed application architectures and microservices.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes/EKS platforms.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent tools.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and deployment automation.
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs and distributed services, as well as modern service-based architectures.
• Knowledge of integration patterns, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS networking and security.
• Experience managing environments, releases, and production changes.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
• English: C1 level required, both spoken and written. Ability to lead technical sessions, coordinate international teams, and collaborate with technical stakeholders in English.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Advanced experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with DevOps platforms and infrastructure automation.
• Knowledge of observability, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and vulnerability management.
• AWS certifications, such as Developer, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer Professional, or similar.
• Experience working in regulated environments, banking, or financial markets.
• Knowledge of Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Experience with application modernisation and migrations to AWS.

Additional Information

What do we offer you?

• Long term Employment contract
• Training and career development 
• Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects 

If you are passionate about data, development & tech, we want to meet you!

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