AWS Chapter Lead

Introduction
Shape the Future of Cloud, AI and Modernisation at National Scale
IBM Consulting Australia is seeking a dynamic AWS Chapter Lead to drive our cloud architecture, engineering excellence, AI‑enabled transformation and practitioner capability uplift across the region. This is a leadership role for a proven AWS practitioner who thrives at the intersection of technical leadership, people development, client delivery excellence, and growth.
As the AWS Chapter Lead, you will guide large‑scale cloud modernisation programs, shape architectural best practices, lead AWS tribes and communities of practice, and empower teams to deeply adopt AI across delivery lifecycles — from application migration and modernisation to software engineering.

About the Role:

As an AWS Chapter Lead, you will be accountable for capability leadership, performance discipline and delivery governance, talent uplift and innovation and while supporting growth of our AWS consulting practice. You will work across multiple client accounts, major transformation programs and internal strategic initiatives, ensuring IBM delivers high‑quality, modern and AI‑driven outcomes across industries.
Your role and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Origination, Bid Management & Growth Leadership
   Lead or support deal origination, shaping IBM and AWS aligned value propositions, solution architectures and differentiated offerings.
   Drive bid leadership, contributing to proposal strategy, solution governance, estimation, and client presentations.
   Collaborate with IBM industry and account teams to identify opportunities forAWS‑based transformation, and AI‑driven modernisation to unlock business value.
   Build strong working partnership with AWS to drive growth together
2. AWS Capability Leadership & Chapter/Tribe Management:
   Lead and scale AWS capability, competency development and practitioner proficiency across architecture, engineering and Fin Ops.
   Build and coach high‑performing AWS Architecture and Engineering Tribes, fostering deep expertise in cloud-native design, platform engineering, migration and modernisation.
   Define the learning strategy for AWS certifications, hands‑on labs, community events, and internal knowledge accelerators.

AI Advocacy & Engineering Transformation:

Act as the champion for AI adoption across all cloud transformation work.

Embed AI into:

application migration & modernisation patterns
architectural assessment frameworks
software engineering and Dev Sec Ops workflows
Drive adoption of generative and agentic AI, code acceleration, and automation in delivery teams.
4.

People Management & Talent Development:

Manage a team of AWS practitioners, providing coaching, mentoring, performance management and career development.
Role‑model IBM’s leadership behaviours, cultivating a growth mindset culture built on collaboration, curiosity and continuous improvement.
Lead workforce planning, succession planning and recruitment aligned to practice growth.
5. Delivery Excellence, Quality & Governance
Provide architectural leadership and delivery oversight on complex AWS programs including migration, modernisation, data transformation and platform engineering.
Ensure adherence to IBM and industry best‑practice frameworks for architecture, delivery assurance, risk management, and cloud governance.
Conduct solution reviews, delivery health checks and technical assurance activities when needed.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Technical Expertise
Deep technical knowledge and hands‑on experience with AWS native services, cloud‑native architectures, landing zones, networking,security and IAM.
Demonstrated experience leading large‑scale migration and application modernisation programs (replatforming, refactoring,containerisation, serverless, API modernisation).
Strong expertise in cloud DevOps, automation, IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform), CI/CD, observability and AI‑accelerated engineering.
Consulting, Industry & Leadership Experience
Proven track record leading client‑facing engagements, owning deliverables and managing executive stakeholders.
Experience leading complex delivery programs with strong governance discipline and multi‑vendor coordination.
Ability to guide clients through cloud strategy, business case creation, discovery, design and execution phases.
Demonstrated industry experience in one or more sectors such as banking & finance, public sector, energy and utility etc.

Mindset & Behaviour:

Growth mindset with strong ownership, curiosity, and continuous learning.
Demonstrated ability to role‑model AI enabled modern ways of working including agile delivery, transparent communication and
collaborative leadership.
Passion for developing people, shaping culture and elevating technical excellence.

Other Requirements:

Australian citizen and eligible to work on secure projects.
Willing to travel mostly interstate as/when required.

• Preferred technical and professional experience
• Familiarity with Angular.js: Knowledge of Angular.js is beneficial for designing cloud-native solutions and providing technical guidance on related AWS Services.
• Understanding of API and Microservices: Experience with API and Microservices-based architecture implementation is advantageous for leading the implementation of architecture for omnichannel systems of engagement.
• Proficiency in Multiple Cloud-Native Technologies: Expertise in multiple cloud-native technologies, such as Node.js, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, or Netflix OSS, is desirable for designing cloud-native solutions.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT:

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS:

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Job Title

AWS Chapter Lead:

Job ID
106017
City / Township / Village
CANBERRA, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY
State / Province
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Country
Australia
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Area of work
Consulting
Employment type
Regular
Position type
Professional
Travel required
Some travel may be required based on business demand
Company
(0008) IBM Australia Limited
Shift
General (daytime)
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
No
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