Amazon Web Services (AWS) Middle East
Cloud Operations Architect
- Permanent
- Manama, Bahrain
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
- Urgent
Job overview
Date posted
01/05/2025
Location
Manama, Bahrain
Compensation
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Not applicable
Expiration date
15/06/2025
Job description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hiring a Cloud Operations Architect (COA) in Bahrain to serve as a strategic technical advisor and drive operational excellence for customers across the MENA region. The COA plays a key role in helping customers adopt and maximize value from AWS technologies, serving as their advocate and guiding them in areas such as incident management, risk mitigation, solution building, and performance optimization. This is a customer-facing, non-sales role for individuals passionate about driving digital transformation through cloud technologies.
Required skills
cloud architecture
AWS services
compute
storage
networking
CDN
databases
DevOps
big data
analytics
security
distributed systems
troubleshooting
solution architecture
risk management
cloud operations
programming
Java
Python
Kubernetes
Key responsibilities
- Advise customers on solutions, provide technical guidance, and advocate for their needs.
- Ensure AWS environments are operationally healthy while reducing cost and complexity.
- Develop trusting relationships with customers and understand their business needs and challenges.
- Drive technical discussions around incidents, trade-offs, and risk management.
- Consult with developers, architects, and C-suite executives across customer organizations.
- Collaborate with AWS Solutions Architects, Professional Services, Sales, and Business Development teams.
- Proactively identify opportunities for customers to gain additional value from AWS.
- Provide detailed reviews of service events, operational metrics, and pre-launch planning.
- Support customers during workload migrations to the cloud.
Experience & skills
- Experience in roles such as Technical Account Manager, Consultant, Solutions Architect, or Systems Engineer.
- Proficiency in at least two areas: Compute, Storage, Networking, CDN, Databases, DevOps, Big Data, Security, Architecture, or Applications Development.
- Customer-facing experience with the ability to communicate with both technical and executive audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Professional experience with AWS and/or other cloud providers (Azure, GCP).
- Programming or scripting experience in Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, C#, or PHP.
- Knowledge of DevOps tools and practices including CI/CD, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes, and Chef.