AWS Architect
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Contract
- £600 - £625 per day
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior AWS Architect with 14+ years of enterprise technology experience and proven expertise in leading complex on-prem to AWS migration programs. The ideal candidate will architect scalable, secure, cost-optimized target environments on AWS, guide containerization & modernization initiatives, and drive migration strategies such as rehost (lift & shift), replatforming, refactoring, and application consolidation.
This role requires a blend of deep hands-on AWS knowledge, architectural leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to articulate business value through AWS-native capabilities.
Role Type: Contract Inside IR35
Duration: 4-6 weeks
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Expertise
*14+ years of enterprise IT experience with extensive AWS cloud architecture expertise.
*Strong hands-on skills across AWS compute, networking (VPC, TGW), IAM, storage, container platforms, and automation tools.
*Deep experience with:
*EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, Route53
*Designing secure IAM/KMS strategies
*Architecting multi-account environments using Control Tower / Organizations
*Expert-level understanding of migration tooling (CloudEndure, DMS, SMS) and modernization frameworks.
Migration & Modernization Expertise
*Proven experience leading end-to-end large-scale migration programs.
*Strong understanding of application architectures (monolith, microservices, distributed systems).
*Skilled in designing containerization & orchestration strategies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS).
Leadership & Communication
*Ability to influence senior stakeholders and articulate architecture decisions.
*Strong problem-solving, documentation, and presentation skills.
*Experience collaborating across security, compliance, DevOps, infrastructure, and application teams.
Preferred Qualifications
*AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
*AWS DevOps Engineer / Security Specialty certifications
*Experience with FinOps, cost modelling, and optimization frameworks
*Experience in multi-cloud environments (nice-to-have)
This role requires a blend of deep hands-on AWS knowledge, architectural leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to articulate business value through AWS-native capabilities.
Role Type: Contract Inside IR35
Duration: 4-6 weeks
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Expertise
*14+ years of enterprise IT experience with extensive AWS cloud architecture expertise.
*Strong hands-on skills across AWS compute, networking (VPC, TGW), IAM, storage, container platforms, and automation tools.
*Deep experience with:
*EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, Route53
*Designing secure IAM/KMS strategies
*Architecting multi-account environments using Control Tower / Organizations
*Expert-level understanding of migration tooling (CloudEndure, DMS, SMS) and modernization frameworks.
Migration & Modernization Expertise
*Proven experience leading end-to-end large-scale migration programs.
*Strong understanding of application architectures (monolith, microservices, distributed systems).
*Skilled in designing containerization & orchestration strategies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS).
Leadership & Communication
*Ability to influence senior stakeholders and articulate architecture decisions.
*Strong problem-solving, documentation, and presentation skills.
*Experience collaborating across security, compliance, DevOps, infrastructure, and application teams.
Preferred Qualifications
*AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
*AWS DevOps Engineer / Security Specialty certifications
*Experience with FinOps, cost modelling, and optimization frameworks
*Experience in multi-cloud environments (nice-to-have)
Job number 3356210
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