AWS Senior Cloud Architect

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Responsibilities

• ▹Partner closely with customers, SRE teams, and internal stakeholders to design reliable cloud architectures that accelerate delivery pipelines and simplify operations
• ▹Champion automation, build reusable IaC templates and utility tools, design secure cloud networks, and drive customer success
• ▹Combine hands-on engineering depth with architectural leadership to operate platforms at scale, while helping the team adopt emerging AI capabilities

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 including VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudFront, PrivateLink, and 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 and 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 including observability, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and 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

Nice to have

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

Soft skills

About the company

Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions is a Hungarian subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group with more than 5,300 employees, providing a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services to large corporate customers in Germany and other European countries. Ranked Hungary's most attractive employer in 2025 by Randstad's survey, the company received HIPA's Best in Educational Cooperation award in 2019 and has been recognized as one of the most ethical multinational companies. It continues to grow its four Hungarian sites in Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged.