AWS Senior Cloud Architect

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Responsibilities

• ▹Design reliable cloud architectures in partnership with customers, SRE teams and internal stakeholders
• ▹Champion automation, build reusable IaC templates and utility tools
• ▹Design secure cloud networks
• ▹Drive customer success as a bridge between business requirements and technical implementation
• ▹Operate platforms at scale, combining hands-on engineering depth with architectural leadership
• ▹Help the team adopt emerging AI capabilities as a growth area

Requirements

• ▹Extensive experience designing and operating enterprise-scale cloud platforms
• ▹Deep AWS expertise with working knowledge of Azure and/or GCP
• ▹Strong understanding of multi-region, highly available and disaster recovery architectures
• ▹Experience with cloud migrations, modernization programs and AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews
• ▹Knowledge of AWS Organizations, Control Tower, multi-account strategies and landing zones
• ▹Strong knowledge of cloud networking, TCP/IP, routing, DNS, VPNs and hybrid connectivity
• ▹Expertise with AWS networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudFront, PrivateLink, Load Balancers)
• ▹Experience designing hybrid and multi-cloud network architectures
• ▹Understanding of network security, zero-trust principles and microsegmentation
• ▹Hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments
• ▹Expertise with EKS and at least one additional platform (AKS, GKE or OpenShift)
• ▹Experience with cluster lifecycle management, multitenancy, service mesh, networking and workload identity
• ▹Strong GitOps experience (ArgoCD/Flux), Helm and Kustomize
• ▹Advanced Terraform skills, experience building reusable IaC modules
• ▹Strong CI/CD, GitOps and automation experience
• ▹Ability to create operational tooling, self-service platforms and policy-as-code solutions
• ▹Strong software engineering background with proficiency in Python or similar languages
• ▹Experience with DevOps and SRE practices: observability, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, toil reduction
• ▹Ability to participate in critical incident response and drive operational improvements
• ▹Strong understanding of AWS security services, IAM, encryption and compliance frameworks (GDPR, ISO 27001, CIS)
• ▹Experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, TCO analysis and budgeting
• ▹Fluent English required; German is a plus

Nice to have

• ▹Interest in applying AI and Generative AI to cloud operations and automation
• ▹Familiarity with services such as Amazon Bedrock or SageMaker
• ▹Professional-level AWS certifications (or equivalent experience); Kubernetes certification is a plus
• ▹Terraform, CKA/CKAD/CKS, networking or security certifications

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Remote work possibility within Hungary

About the company

Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions is a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group, providing a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services with more than 5,300 employees. It serves large corporate clients in Germany and other European countries and is hiring IT professionals across its four Hungarian sites (Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs, Szeged). According to Randstad's 2025 representative survey, it is Hungary's most attractive employer.