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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform Architect - Aws - **Company:** Merck - **Location:** Madrid, Spain - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Cloud Computing Security, Domain Name System (DNS), Federated Identity Management, Identity and Access Management, Image Management, Network Security, Routing, Systems Architecture, Policy as Code, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Containerization, Kubernetes, Virtual Agents - **Published:** September 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/senior-platform-architect-aws-en-madrid-ID-372995063 ## About the Role practical experience with agentic AI for research, design, code, test, automate or operate systems and understanding of agent capabilities understanding of agentic application architectures (models, agents, tools, orchestration, memory, guardrails, evaluation) with Bedrock or comparable platforms ability to communicate architectural concepts to engineers, product teams, security, and senior stakeholders ownership from direction through implementation and operation, balancing UX, resilience, cost, risk, and fast-moving tech landscape clear communicator stakeholder management ownership mindset AWS networking VPC, Transit Gateway, DNS, private connectivity IAM, identity federation, workload identity ## Description OverviewIn this role you shape the target AWS-based platform for a global science and technology organisation.You translate complex business and engineering needs into secure, scalable, developer-friendly capabilities that move teams from experimentation to production.You set patterns across networking, security, identity, and agentic technologies to enable autonomy with trust and control.You lead architecture for multi-account environments, container platforms, and agentic AI tooling, delivering reusable, self-serve solutions.You partner with engineers, security specialists, data scientists and product leaders to improve reliability, security, and cost efficiency at scale.ResponsabilidadesDefine target architecture and evolution roadmap for the Global UPTIMIZE AWS PlatformEstablish guardrails, engineering standards, and reusable patterns for secure, scalable platform capabilitiesLead architecture across AWS networking, identity federation, multi-account environments, container platforms, and security observabilityDesign agent identity, access, delegation, workload isolation, auditability, and runtime controls for agentic softwarePartner with platform, software, security, data science, AI engineering, and product teams to translate intent into working capabilitiesImprove platform through user feedback and measure success in reliability, developer experience, security posture, adoption, delivery speed, and costDrive automation, policy-as-code, templates and self-service capabilities to make secure, scalable paths easyRequisitos principalesextensive cloud and systems architecture experience with hands-on AWS production platformsdeep AWS networking expertise (VPC, Transit Gateway, routing, private connectivity, DNS, network security)strong cloud security, IAM, identity federation, workload identity, least-privilege across multi-account environmentsdesign and operation of container platforms (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes) including lifecycle, networking, scheduling, image management and securitypractical experience with agentic AI for research, design, code, test, automate or operate systems and understanding of agent capabilitiesunderstanding of agentic application architectures (models, agents, tools, orchestration, memory, guardrails, evaluation) with Bedrock or comparable platformsability to communicate architectural concepts to engineers, product teams, security, and senior stakeholdersownership from direction through implementation and operation, balancing UX, resilience, cost, risk, and fast-moving tech landscapeclear communicatorstakeholder managementownership mindsetAWS networkingVPC, Transit Gateway, DNS, private connectivityIAM, identity federation, workload identity ## Related Videos - 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