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PwC · 4 hours ago

Cloud Platform Delivery Lead – AWS: Senior Manager

IL-Chicago

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$124K/yr - $280K/yr

7+ years exp

PwC is a leading advisory services firm focused on integration and platform architecture. The Cloud Platform Delivery Lead will design and implement integration solutions and platform architectures for clients, ensuring efficient data flow and optimized technology infrastructure.

AccountingBusiness DevelopmentConsultingFinanceFinancial ServicesTax Consulting

No H1B

Responsibilities

Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story

Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities

Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback

Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations

Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant

Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels

Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness

Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements

Qualification

AWS architectureCloud migrationKubernetesInfrastructure as codeContinuous integrationPythonGoCloud securityCoachingTechnical leadershipCommunication

Required

7 years of experience

Bachelor's degree or in lieu of a degree, demonstrating three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Analytics, Business Analytics

Demonstrates extensive ability to provide end-to-end delivery leadership and technical direction for AWS-based platforms and cloud migration initiatives, including managing delivery across multiple parallel AWS workstreams (e.g., six to seven concurrent workstreams)

Demonstrates the ability to make informed technical decisions, identify delivery risks, evaluate trade-offs, and implement mitigation plans in collaboration with engineering teams and stakeholders

Demonstrates extensive ability to lead large-scale cloud migration and modernization initiatives within AWS environments, including defining and applying migration patterns such as rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring

Demonstrates the ability to manage migration sequencing, dependency planning, cutover strategies, and operational readiness to support stable production outcomes

Demonstrates extensive knowledge of AWS architecture and hands-on technical execution across services such as virtual networking, identity and access management, container orchestration, compute services, serverless functions, relational databases, load balancing, domain name services, and observability tooling

Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, and validate architecture decisions through hands-on technical contribution and technical review

Demonstrates extensive ability to architect, operate, and evolve Kubernetes-based container platforms using Amazon EKS, including cluster design, networking, ingress and traffic management, autoscaling strategies, security controls, and multi-account or multi-environment isolation models

Demonstrates extensive ability to design, build, and evolve internal developer platforms that integrate continuous integration and delivery pipelines, infrastructure as code, container platforms, security controls, and service ownership models

Demonstrates the ability to implement workflow orchestration solutions that support provisioning, deployment, and operational automation

Demonstrates extensive ability to design, build, and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, including reusable workflows and GitOps-based deployment patterns using tools such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD or Flux

Demonstrates the ability to define standardized, self-service development workflows that reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and enhance developer productivity

Demonstrates extensive ability to develop and govern infrastructure as code solutions using tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform, including the creation and maintenance of reusable modules

Demonstrates the ability to enforce infrastructure standards, embed security and compliance controls, and review code changes to ensure quality, correctness, and adherence to governance requirements

Demonstrates extensive ability to contribute as a hands-on engineer by developing proof-of-concept solutions, reference implementations, platform automation, and integration components using programming languages such as Python and Go

Demonstrates the ability to apply engineering best practices, including unit testing, maintainable code design, and disciplined source control practices

Demonstrates extensive knowledge of cloud security, networking, and reliability practices within AWS environments, including identity and access management, network segmentation, secrets management, encryption mechanisms, resilience patterns, and operational best practices

Demonstrates the ability to design secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions aligned to security, compliance, and operational requirements

Demonstrates extensive ability to lead and mentor engineering team members by providing technical guidance, coaching, and ongoing feedback

Demonstrates the ability to establish and uphold engineering standards, conduct architecture and code reviews, and support continuous improvement in technical practices across teams through leadership by example