Senior AWS Cloud Architect & Technical Lead

Project overview

For a long-term project with our client in Bern (with a remote component), we are looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Architect & Technical Lead.

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Utilization: 100%

Industry: Other

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Vivek Kandiah

• Responsible for the provision, further development, and reliable operation of a cloud developer platform
• Design the technical system architecture as well as AWS and hybrid cloud architectures and define communication and integration paths
• Coordinate system and software architecture with enterprise and solution architects
• Document the system architecture and define technical specifications and framework conditions for technologies, architecture, and integration patterns
• Develop AWS-specific solution proposals and decision-making bases based on functional and non-functional requirements
• Investigate solution alternatives, verify their feasibility, and monitor innovations from public cloud providers
• Communicate and represent cloud designs and cloud architectures, and ensure their compliance with applicable regulations
• Develop and enforce quality standards for architectures, and plan and conduct audits and design reviews
• Take over technical team leadership and coordinate the reliable delivery of features and enablers, as well as the currency, transparency, and prioritization of the backlog
• Sound technical education and comprehensive knowledge in IT
• Comprehensive knowledge of AWS Cloud Services and sound experience with the AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Experience in cloud-native system architecture and in technical leadership of a team
• Sound knowledge and experience with cloud-native architectures, hybrid cloud architectures, resilient architectures for public cloud use cases, and event-driven microservices and serverless paradigms
• Experience with bidirectional interactions between private cloud and public cloud, as well as with the provision and further development of hybrid cloud platforms in a public administration or a company of comparable size and complexity with more than 500 employees
• Sound experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, both cloud provider-specific and cloud provider-independent
• Experience with DevSecOps principles and the implementation of multi-stage CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with agile methodologies such as SAFe, including the operation and further development of at least 20 products in a large SAFe Agile Release Train with at least 10 teams
• Sound knowledge in API Management, Messaging, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Monitoring, Networking (TCP/IP and DNS), Security by Design, High Availability, and pricing models in the cloud
• Proof of relevant hybrid cloud, cloud-native, Terraform, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and SAFe experience through one or more references from the last 5 years
• Valid certification as AWS Certified Security – Specialty and HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate
• Very good communication skills at a technical and management level
• Strong team spirit as well as a proactive, independent, and solution-oriented approach to work
• Strong analytical and observational skills, as well as the ability to think holistically and combine interrelationships
• Fluent German language skills, both written and spoken
• Duration: January 2027 to December 2029 with option for extension
• Workload: 100%
• Location: Bern with remote component
• per week

Project details

• Start: 2027-01-01
• Duration: 36 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Bern, Schweiz, CH
• Languages: German