Cloud Architect (AWS) – ODS

Location: Madrid

Job Description

Cloud Architect (AWS) – ODS

Country: Spain

Open Digital Services is the software development company of Santander Group powering the next generation of banks by creating innovative banking products and implementing them in collaboration with Santander Group Affiliates. Santander Group is one of the world's largest financial institutions and the Eurozone's leader, we're committed to being the best Digital Bank with Branches in the industry.

Our mission at ODS is to design and support an advanced digital and omnichannel platform, ensuring the best customer experience using cutting-edge technology. Openbank, our flagship partner, is where we develop our most advanced concepts first.

Be part of our Best-in-Class team and help us create unique value for our customers!

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE
Open Digital Services is looking for a Cloud Architecture Engineer based out of Madrid, or remotely within Spain.

As a Cloud Architecture Engineer within the Data Management department, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, operating and evolving the AWS cloud infrastructure that supports the ODS Datalake and its cloud-based data ecosystem. You will be responsible for defining scalable, secure and maintainable cloud solutions while ensuring the reliability, availability and operational excellence of production environments.

You will work closely with Data Engineering, Security, Operations and Product teams to translate business and technical requirements into cloud-native solutions. This role combines cloud architecture, platform engineering and operational responsibilities, requiring strong knowledge of AWS services, automation, infrastructure as code and data platform technologies.

To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Designing, implementing and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure supporting data platforms and business-critical workloads.

• Defining cloud architecture patterns, standards and best practices for scalability, security, reliability and cost optimization.

• Managing and supporting AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch and related cloud-native technologies.

• Deploying and maintaining infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles and tools such as CloudFormation and AWS CDK.

• Monitoring platform health, investigating incidents and implementing corrective and preventive actions.

• Managing access controls, permissions and security configurations following AWS best practices.

• Collaborating with Data Engineering teams to support data pipelines, processing environments and production operations.

• Supporting and evolving Data Lake environments, ensuring platform reliability, availability and performance.

• Designing automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.

• Identifying architectural risks, performance bottlenecks and infrastructure improvement opportunities.

• Contributing to documentation, operational procedures, disaster recovery processes and engineering standards.

• Acting as a technical reference for AWS architecture, cloud operations and platform engineering practices across the Data organization.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING
Professional Experience

• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering or Platform Engineering, with hands-on experience designing, implementing and operating AWS-based solutions in production environments. Required

• Strong experience working in AWS environments and supporting cloud-native platforms in production. Required

• Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, observability platforms and production incident management. Required

• Experience working in complex technical environments with Engineering, Architecture, Security and Operations teams. Required

• Experience in banking, fintech or regulated environments. Preferred

• Experience supporting large-scale data platforms, Data Lakes or analytics platforms. Preferred

Language

• Professional English. Required

• Fluent Spanish. Preferred

Hard Skills

• Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM and CloudWatch. Required

• Experience with AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure deployment and management. Required

• Experience troubleshooting, monitoring and supporting production AWS environments. Required

• Strong understanding of security, networking and operational best practices within AWS. Required

• Experience operating and supporting Data Lakes and cloud-based data platforms. Required

• Knowledge of AWS Lake Formation, data governance and access management concepts. Preferred

• Experience with AWS data services such as Glue, Athena, EMR and Redshift. Preferred

• Familiarity with orchestration and workflow services such as Step Functions and EventBridge. Preferred

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures using SQS, SNS and Kinesis. Preferred

• Knowledge of networking services including VPC, Route 53, Security Groups and NACLs. Preferred

• Experience developing automation scripts and operational tooling using Python. Preferred

• Experience with AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) for infrastructure as code and cloud automation. Preferred

• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. Preferred

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on operational excellence. Required

• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and identify pragmatic solutions. Required

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Required

• Strong ownership mindset and proactive approach to platform reliability and continuous improvement. Required

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in dynamic production environments. Required

• Commitment to automation, documentation and engineering best practices. Required

• Ability to influence technical decisions and collaborate effectively across multiple teams. Required

• Curiosity and willingness to stay up to date with new AWS services, cloud technologies and platform engineering practices. Required

WHAT TO DO NEXT

If this sounds like a role you are interested in, then please apply.

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