Senior Director of AWS Cloud Engineering
Location : Wroclaw (Hybrid 10% travel expected) must be based in Poland
Package : Highly Competitive
Role : Permanent / UoP
I am recruiting for a global leader in Medical Device & Health Information Management Systems. As a Senior Director of AWS Cloud Engineering, you will lead the cloud strategy, architecture, and operations with a strong focus on scalability, security, compliance, and performance. You will drive application adoption and optimization of AWS services, ensuring platforms meet the unique demands of healthcare applications, regulatory requirements, and mission-critical workloads.
The ideal candidate is both visionary and execution-focused—comfortable defining long-term strategy, building high-performance engineering teams, and partnering with business and product leaders to deliver secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Own the enterprise AWS cloud strategy, architecture, and operational roadmap.
- Partner with product, engineering, and security leaders to ensure cloud platforms meet healthcare, regulatory, and business needs.
- Drive cloud innovation and adoption of AWS capabilities to improve agility, cost efficiency, and scalability.
Cloud Architecture & Operations
Oversee design and deployment of secure, highly available, and compliant AWS-based infrastructure.Ensure infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automation best practices (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK) are embedded across the organization.Establish robust disaster recovery, high availability, and performance optimization frameworks.Optimize cloud spend through effective cost governance and resource utilization strategies.Healthcare & Regulatory Compliance
Ensure all AWS environments meet or exceed HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other applicable compliance frameworks.Lead security and privacy-by-design practices across cloud engineering initiatives.Collaborate with compliance and legal teams on regulatory audits, certifications, and attestations.Team Leadership & Development
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing cloud engineering team.Promote a culture of innovation, learning, and operational excellence.Drive professional growth opportunities for engineers in AWS specialization areas.Continuous Improvement
Strategically retire technical debt.Stay updated on emerging technologies and assess their applicability to enhance offerings.Establish processes for evaluating and adopting new tools, frameworks, and methodologies.Your Skills and Expertise
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.10+ years in infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.Proven track record leading enterprise-scale AWS architecture, migration, and optimization efforts.Experience delivering mission-critical workloads in regulated industries; healthcare experience strongly preferred.Strong background in AWS services, including EC2, ECS / EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS / Aurora, DynamoDB, CloudFront, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and IAM.Familiarity with hybrid cloud / on-prem integrations and data platforms.Deep knowledge of IaC, CI / CD, DevOps tooling, and cloud-native design patterns.Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7) and security requirements.Experience in container orchestration (EKS, ECS, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.Strong financial governance skills for AWS cost optimization.Work Location
Hybrid, Wroclaw, Poland
Travel : May include up to 10%