Hybrid Senior Platform Architect, AWS

at Skaylink

• Job title: Senior Platform Architect, AWS
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Leipzig, Germany

About the role

• Senior Platform Architect creating scalable AWS solutions for Skaylink, ensuring automation and continuous improvement. Collaborating on projects with top European companies while optimizing cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• You design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available platform architectures on AWS, and define standards, reference architectures, and best practices.
• You develop and operate core platform services such as networking, IAM, compute, storage, container, and serverless.
• You drive automation consistently and develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) as well as self-service frameworks.
• You design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, integrate security, compliance, and quality checks, and implement modern deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, Rolling).
• You develop automation tools and platform components in Python, build APIs, CLI tools, and reusable libraries, and use AWS SDKs (boto3) efficiently.
• You ensure the platform's reliability, scalability, and performance, and implement monitoring, observability, and automated incident and recovery processes.

Requirements

• You have several years of experience in architecting, developing, and optimizing AWS platforms.
• You have solid knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, automation, and DevOps practices.
• You are confident in building and operating platform services as well as CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• You have strong programming skills in Python and experience with AWS SDKs, APIs, and automation frameworks.
• You understand monitoring, observability, and cloud operations as integral parts of a stable platform.
• Ideally, you have experience with container technologies, serverless architectures, and relevant AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect – Professional).
• Very good German and English skills, both written and spoken.

Benefits

• Purpose – Apply your expertise (in projects at reputable companies such as BMW Group, Henkel, and KWS)
• Flexibility – Find your balance (e.g., workation, flexible vacation options)
• Development – Settle in and grow (e.g., Skaylink Campus, development discussions, regular employee surveys)
• Rest – Recharge (e.g., 30 days vacation, days off on Dec 24 and 31, sabbatical)
• Mobility – Get from A to B (e.g., BusinessBike, subsidy for the Deutschland-Ticket)
• Equipment – The choice is yours (Apple/Windows, company mobile phone)
• Support – Feel comfortable (e.g., employee referral program, corporate benefits, work glasses, 5 paid child-sick days per year)
• Events – Get together and celebrate (e.g., summer and Christmas parties, team events, cross-company tech talks)
• Togetherness – We are Skaylink!