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# AWS Application Modernisation Architect

- **Company:** Addington
- **Location:** UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Migration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Spring-boot, Cloudformation, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Sql Tuning, Devsecops, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/aws-application-modernisation-architect/47703037

## About the Role

support. Establish and govern CI/CD, DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code using Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Terraform and/or CloudFormation. Drive observability, security, resilience, performance and production-readiness standards. Lead architecture workshops, technical governance and design reviews with customer stakeholders. Mentor engineering teams and coordinate architects, developers, DevOps and database specialists across distributed workstreams. Support complex technical issues, proof-of-concepts, performance optimisation and production transition.Essential Experience 12+ years in enterprise technology, architecture or software engineering leadership. Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture and application modernisation. Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices and distributed systems. Strong hands-on DynamoDB and Aurora PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL experience, including DBA, SQL tuning and data migration. Experience with Docker, CI/CD, Jenkins/GitHub Actions and
Terraform/CloudFormation. Proven experience leading technical teams and engaging with senior customer stakeholders. Strong communication, architecture governance, problem-solving and mentoring skills.Desirable AWS professional-level certification(s). Experience delivering large-scale enterprise cloud transformation programmes. Agile delivery and geographically distributed engineering teams. Experience in high-volume sectors such as logistics, retail, financial services or manufacturing.



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