AWS Cloud Architect- Managed Services

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to join our team in Sydney this role you will be responsible for designing implementing and optimizing cloud infrastructure solutions using AWS services. The core purpose is to ensure that cloud architecture is secure scalable costefficient and aligned with business needs enabling an organization to innovate modernize and operate reliably in the cloud.

You will work closely with Solution Architects and client architects help shape and contribute to the Technical Design Specification (TDS) articulating architecture rationale integration approaches and key non-functional considerations (e.g. security resiliency scalability and operability) so delivery teams can implement consistently and confidently.

The role maintains architectural control by governing changes administering critical design adjustments and ensuring implementation remains aligned to the target architecture and desired results. You will promote best practices frameworks and reusable components across projects helping define system-level application architecture including high-level design patterns architecture principles and policies engineering guidelines configuration controls and end-to-end build and integration strategies.

The role involves migrating onpremises applications and workloads to AWS using services such as EC2 RDS S3 Lambda and AWS Migration Hub. You will implement infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation ensuring all solutions meet cloud security best practices leveraging AWS IAM KMS CloudTrail and Security Hub. The position requires close collaboration with development teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline CodeBuild and CodeDeploy while continuously optimizing cloud resource usage and cost through tools like AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor. You will also provide technical guidance and mentorship to uplift the teams cloud and DevOps capabilities.

Qualifications :

• Proven experience in a similar role within a large scale project environment apce.
• Experience with cloud architecture design patterns and best practices
• Expertise in AWS cloud services (EC2 S3 VPC RDS etc.)
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform CloudFormation
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and compliance standards
• Scripting/programming skills (Python Bash etc.)
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud architecture and design
• Experience in migrating on-premises workloads to the cloud
• Experience in designing and implementing highly available and fault-tolerant systems
• Experience in cost optimization and resource management
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or equivalent certification

Additional Information :

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint industry and partner training programs special interest groups and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we are dedicated to attracting retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

Weve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process including probity and police checks

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time