Professional Recruitment Australia – Sydney NSW

$150,000 - $165,000 a year

Full time, Permanent

Hybrid

Lead an AWS engineering workstream from landing zone to production as AWS Engineering Lead.

$150k to $165k package

Hybrid Sydney: 3 days in the office, 2 from home

Lead and grow your own engineering team

About the opportunity A global professional services firm is building out the cloud and platform engineering capability of its Sydney engineering practice, delivering cloud platforms, software and AI solutions for clients, with financial services a key sector. This role leads a technical workstream end to end: you'll own the architecture from the landing zone up, set the technical standards your team builds to, and be the person clients and delivery leads turn to when a problem gets hard. It suits a technical lead who wants to keep building while growing the engineers around them.

The role

Lead a technical workstream and a team of engineers, owning architecture and build through to production

Run architecture and code reviews, including AI-generated output, holding a high bar for security and production-readiness

Be a key technical contact for clients, turning complex requirements into practical solutions

Own system performance, security posture and resilience, and act as the escalation point

Build accelerators,



scope new opportunities and help shape how the practice works

What you'll bring

6 to 10 years in AWS engineering, architecture or technical leadership, including leading teams

Multi-account platform architecture with Control Tower, Landing Zone Accelerator, Transit Gateway and Entra ID federation

Strong IaC with AWS CDK and Terraform, and CI/CD pipeline design

Practical experience delivering solutions with Amazon Bedrock and generative AI

Experience supporting or leading enterprise transitions to cloud-native AWS

Financial services domain knowledge, a consulting background and project financial management experience are all highly regarded.

Culture

Open, collaborative engineering community that shares what works

Autonomy to lead in a fast-moving, Agile setting

A clear emphasis on outcomes and quality over volume of output

Mentors and coaches to support your own career path

What's on offer

Permanent role

Supported certification pathway across AWS Professional and Specialty, AI, Anthropic and OpenAI credentials

Exposure to a wide range of clients and technologies, with access to strong training

Hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 from home) and a recognition and rewards platform

📌 Manager - AWS (Sydney)
🏢 Professional Recruitment Australia
📍 Sydney