Senior AWS Cloud Architect
Sydney
Capability – Cloud /
Full-Time Permanent /
Hybrid
ARQ, Dialog, CatapultBI, ICEMEDIA, Eighty20, Riley and AccessHQ are now all part of NCS Australia.
About us:
We are NCS Australia! We have brought together Australia’s best tech talent, working as one to harness technology and advance our communities, to make the extraordinary happen.
We're proud of our rich history of partnering with our clients to develop end to end digital technology solutions to accelerate their transformation and innovation journey. For over 40+ years our diverse global teams have delivered large-scale, mission-critical, multi-platform projects to governments and enterprises.
About the role:
This role provides direction and specialist knowledge in defining solution architecture, strategic planning, migration analysis and technology modernisation in a cloud context. The role has a direct customer engagement function, demonstrating thought leadership throughout the customer delivery lifecycle via proposals, presentations, workshops, POC’s, delivery and benchmark analysis.
The Senior AWS Cloud Architect advises on contemporary architectural thinking, framing the commercial benefits of NCS’s solution offerings from both a technology and business perspective.
A strong people leader, the Senior AWS Cloud Architect will hold a shared responsibility for driving broader team engagement in continuous process improvement, knowledge sharing, guild contribution, and peer reviews. The role has a geographic regional accountability, but also works across geographies to ensure that NCS’s practices are consistent and repeatable regardless of client location.
Key responsibilities:
- Work with our clients and sales team in a pre-sales advisory capacity
- Lead technology/business discussions advising on current/future state architectural vision, roadmaps, case for change, organisational impact and migration methodology
- Select appropriate design standards, methods and tools, consistent with agreed enterprise and solution architectures and ensure they are applied effectively
- Provide the expertise to bring solution offers to market within our technology competencies
- Collaborate and deliver alongside regional delivery teams from Sales & PreSales, Program and Project Delivery, Technology Capability and Digital Experience
- Obtain the appropriate technical certifications, qualifications and skills to deliver on customer digital solutions
- Support the development of sales collateral, and support sales effort for execution within regions
About you:
- Significant experience across AWS cloud solution architecture
- Experience with common Automation pipeline tools and technology (Terraform, Octopus, GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible etc)
- Demonstrated ability as an Architect, able to combine a deep understanding of business processes, industry best practices and architectural patterns to derive great customer outcomes
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to build and foster relationships across the organisation
- Excellent capability and proven ability to drive engagement and retention within a client facing organisation
- Relevant tertiary qualifications, skills and/or experience in relevant fields
- Ability to identify system, infrastructure and project interdependencies and balance competing demands to ensure project deliverables are achieved
Why join us:
At NCS Australia, you'll be part of a team that values your growth and development. Our comprehensive global learning and development program will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. Plus, you'll be mentored by some of the industry's best, and have access to a worldwide network of career opportunities. Join us now and discover just how far your career can go!
We are in the process of refreshing our employee benefits, so don’t forget to ask our Talent Acquisition Team about what’s on offer.
We take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. Diversity, inclusivity, and being different are not just buzzwords for us - they are integral to our culture. We are dedicated to upholding Equal Employment Opportunity Principles and providing reasonable accommodations to all our applicants. If you require any assistance or modifications to navigate our careers site or complete your application, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at recruitment@au.ncs-i.com.
Other important stuff:
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.
As we navigate through our business integration process, we will continue to issue contracts under our existing entities of ARQ, Dialog, CatapultBI, ICEMEDIA, Eighty20, Riley or AccessHQ.
Agencies: We’ve 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.
