AWS Application Migration Architect

Talent International
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate
Compensation
£ 169K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Audit Trail
Azure
Bash
Cloud Engineering
Software Design Documents
Identity and Access Management
Python
Octopus Deploy
Migration Manager
Prometheus
Data Streaming
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Cloud Platform System
Istio
Grafana
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloudformation
Database Migration
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes
Opsworks
Functional Programming
Cloudwatch
Terraform
Code Restructuring
Legacy Systems

Job description

In this contract, you will lead the architecture assessment of Legacy application estates and design exactly how they will land, run, and operate on a newly established AWS core cloud platform.

  • Legacy Assessments: Conduct deep-dive architectural assessments of Legacy applications, evaluating technology stacks, data flows, interfaces, and operational models.
  • Target Landing Design: Define target account structures, network placements, compute/storage patterns, and IAM configurations using standard AWS landing zone architectures.
  • Migration Strategy: Formulate concrete migration treatments (rehost, replatform, refactor, etc.) and address dependencies, cutover sequences, and rollback strategies.
  • Core AWS and EKS Patterns: Design specific integration patterns for S3, VPC, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail. Define managed Kubernetes/EKS landing patterns where container runtimes are required.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Ensure all designs are fully translated using Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Deliverables: Author high-quality Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), transition-state designs, migration design documents, and operational runbooks.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of dedicated cloud architecture experience, with at least 2+ years of hands-on experience executing complex AWS migrations.
  • Active AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional credential.
  • Extensive knowledge of core AWS services, specifically VPC, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, S3, EC2, RDS, and Lambda.
  • Strong expertise in designing AWS Landing Zones and workload isolation patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with IaC toolsspecifically Terraform or CloudFormationand migration tooling such as AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and Database Migration Service (DMS).
  • Experience drafting assessment packs, as-is/to-be architectures, migration roadmaps, and ADRs.
  • Basic Scripting capabilities in Python or Bash.
  • Exceptional stakeholder communication skills, with a proven ability to bridge technical designs with business requirements.

Highly Desirable (Nice to Have):

  • Prior experience executing large Legacy-to-cloud migrations within highly regulated environments.
  • Experience with Kubernetes/EKS tooling such as Argo CD, Flux, Prometheus, Grafana, or Istio.
  • A broader multi-cloud perspective (Azure or GCP).

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