Amazon Web Services (AWS) Middle East
Sr. Cloud Application Architect, MENAT Professional Services Delivery
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 09/12/2026
Job overview
Date posted
25/10/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
09/12/2026
Job description
Mainframe workloads, legacy applications and on-premises estates are the starting point for many of the customers this architect works with in AWS Professional Services (ProServe) across MENAT. Although the posting is titled Sr. Cloud Application Architect, the body describes the position as a Sr. Delivery Consultant, hired through AWS EMEA SARL's Saudi Arabia Branch. Requirements gathering and assessment of current infrastructure lead into migration strategies and the design of complex, scalable and secure AWS solutions. Implementation is yours to lead, with best practices, performance optimisation and risk management built in from the start. Serverless, containers on Kubernetes or Docker, and cloud native CI/CD with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab or Code Deploy (AWS) feature heavily. Some engagements also involve deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron or TPU hardware. Customers and AWS Partner Network (APN) teams treat you as a trusted advisor, and colleagues benefit from your mentoring, training and reusable artifacts. Expect to bring 5+ years in enterprise application modernisation and migration, plus experience leading highly available, fault-tolerant deployments and software teams in a DevOps model. Database, ETL and mainframe depth, along with hands-on AWS experience, are preferred.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Design and implement complex, scalable and secure AWS solutions tailored to customer needs
- Gather requirements and assess current infrastructure with customer stakeholders
- Propose effective migration strategies to AWS
- Lead implementation in line with AWS best practices
- Optimise solution performance and manage risks throughout delivery
- Troubleshoot technical issues and provide guidance across the project lifecycle
- Advise customers as a trusted advisor on industry trends and emerging technologies
- Work with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) on enterprise cloud initiatives
- Mentor and train colleagues to share knowledge across the organisation
- Create reusable artifacts that speed up future engagements
Experience & skills
- Bring 5+ years of experience with enterprise application modernisation and migration technologies such as Mainframe, Serverless, Containers or Cloud Operations
- Demonstrate experience across the full software development life cycle or in applying software engineering best practices in large-scale systems
- Show experience leading highly available, fault-tolerant enterprise and web-scale software deployments
- Offer a record of leading large-scale technical programs, including business case development and successful completion
- Have experience leading software development organisations in a DevOps model
- Possess experience with Kubernetes, Docker or containers, or with virtualisation and network protocols such as DNS, DHCP and TCP
- Know Microsoft Windows Server, or REST API based services and Big Data architecture
- Build cloud native CI/CD workflows using tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Code Deploy (AWS) or GitLab
- Deploy LLMs in production on AI acceleration hardware, or apply machine learning, data mining, statistics or NLP experience
- Carry 10+ years of database experience across SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka or Kinesis (preferred)
- Model data, build data warehouses and develop ETL pipelines (preferred)
- Draw on 7+ years of mainframe and legacy systems experience (preferred)
- Operate solutions built on AWS using container and serverless technologies (preferred)