Senior Solutions Architect – AWS Migration & Modernisation

About the role

6 months (Extension highly likely)

Lead a major Azure-to-AWS transformation within a highly regulated financial services environment.

Compensation

Up to £550 per day (OUTSIDE IR35)

Location

Fully Remote in the UK

We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to own the end-to-end architecture and delivery of a large-scale cloud migration and modernisation programme. This is a customer-facing role requiring strong technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and deep AWS migration expertise.

What You'll Do

• Lead architecture for a complex Azure-to-AWS migration programme
• Drive application and infrastructure modernisation initiatives
• Guide senior stakeholders on cloud transformation strategy
• Produce high‑ and low‑level designs, migration plans, and technical governance
• Act as the senior technical authority throughout delivery

Key Requirements

Proven experience leading Azure-to-AWS migrations across:

• Infrastructure (Windows Servers, Windows Containers)
• Databases (SQL Server)
• Legacy .NET application estates

Strong hands‑on experience with:

• AWS MAP (Migration Acceleration Programme)
• Amazon EKS
• Windows‑to‑Linux modernisation
• SQL Server to PostgreSQL migrations
• AWS RDS PostgreSQL

Ability to define migration strategies, target architectures, and modernisation roadmaps.

Excellent customer-facing communication and executive stakeholder presentation skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience within Mortgage, Banking, or Financial Services
• Understanding of regulatory, security, and data governance requirements in highly regulated environments

If you've successfully delivered enterprise-scale AWS migration and modernisation programmes and enjoy working directly with customers, we'd love to hear from you.

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