Cloud Platform Architect AWS

Giesecke+Devrient in Spain is looking for a Cloud Platform Architect AWS to join their Business Cloud Services team. In this pivotal role, you'll be responsible for making highly secure, scalable digital solutions for central banks and payment providers globally., We are looking for a Cloud Platform Architect AWS to join our Business Cloud Services team, enabling highly secure, scalable cloud-native services for central banks and payment providers worldwide.

You will work in an international Scrum team with colleagues based in Spain, Germany, and India, contributing to the design, deployment, and operation of mission-critical cloud platforms. Key Responsibilities

• Own the product infrastructure and platform roadmap, selecting AWS-native and public cloud technologies to ensure scalability, cost efficiency, and agility
• Define technical specifications for AWS-based, cloud-native systems, with a strong focus on security, performance, reliability, observability, and cost optimization
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps adoption using tools such as Terraform / OpenTofu, Pulumi, Helm, ArgoCD / Flux, and Ansible
• Act as a technical leader and mentor, enabling close collaboration between platform, DevOps, and product engineering teams across AWS environments
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external platform operations and SRE teams on AWS and public cloud topics
• Create and maintain high-quality platform documentation, including ADRs, architecture blueprints, runbooks, standards, and guardrails
• Proactively identify and mitigate public cloud risks related to security, resilience, compliance, operations, and cost

We seek a professional with over 10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering and deep expertise in Kubernetes and AWS platforms. The position offers a hybrid work model with excellent benefits, including a canteen and flexible work hours., * 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or architecture roles.

• 5+ years focused on production-scale Kubernetes and public cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), GitOps, and containerization., Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or architecture roles, with 5+ years focused on production-scale Kubernetes and public cloud platforms (ideally AWS)
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, including architecture, operators, CNI / service mesh, multi-cluster federation, and upgrades at scale
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS as the primary platform, and exposure to other major public cloud providers (such as Azure), including multi-account and multi-region architectures
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), GitOps, containerization (Docker), CI/CD tooling, and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / OpenTelemetry)
• Solid understanding of databases (relational, NoSQL, distributed), networking (VPC, SDN, load balancing, firewalls), and security best practices (RBAC, secrets management, encryption, vulnerability scanning)
• Proven track record defining non-functional requirements and delivering high-availability, performant, and secure systems on public cloud platforms

• Culture and Diversity: Join a people oriented environment with different nationalities and a great team spirit, flat hierarchies (everyone speaks to everyone). Equal Opportunity Employer and LGBT+ friendly.
• Global Collaboration: Enjoy collaborative work in Agile/SCRUM teams and with stakeholders around the globe.
• Open working space with Best-in-class equipment: High-performance PC with huge monitors.
• Innovative Products: Design and develop business processes and IT solutions for innovative products and digital solutions.
• Career Development: Continuous training and coaching, talent program.
• Social Benefits: flexible compensation (transport tickets, childcare vouchers, training, private insurance) and in-house parking.
• Flexible work time and remote work: M-Th 8.30 - 17.30 and Fri 8.30 - 15.30, hybrid model.
• Own Canteen: Take a break with our breakfast and lunch service: Choose between a big range of menus, salad desk and sandwich service. Fruit packages.
• Location: El Prat de Llobregat. Easy communication by public transport (Bus 88 and 110, Metro L10 Riu Vell from Barcelona, PR4 from El Prat) o private transport.

Learn more about G+D

G+D makes the lives of billions of people around the world more secure. We create trust in the digital age with integrated security technologies in three business areas: Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology. We have been a reliable partner for our customers for over 170 years with our innovative solutions for SecurityTech! We are an international technology group and traditional family business with over 14,000 employees in 40 countries. Creating Confidence is our path to success. Trust is the basis of our co-operation within G+D. At Payment Technology, our mission is to be at the start of every transaction and to make it secure and simple. We also create contemporary payment and banking solutions for our digital age. As a one-stop shop, we produce and personalise hundreds of millions of payment cards every year and store their "digital twins" - mobile and digital. Would you like to actively shape the digital transformation with us?