Senior Solution Architect - AWS Modernisation

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AtCloud Bridge, we transform how businesses use AWS cloud services. We specialise in Consultancy, Managed Services, Cloud Governance, FinOps, and AI/ML to unlock AWS's full potential.

Recognised as AWS's Rising Star Partner of the Year for 2023 in EMEA and 2022 in the UK&I, we’re expanding globally with new offices in Australia, South Africa, Singapore and Dubai, a strong presence in the Philippines, and our HQ in the UK.

We’ve managed hundreds of cloud migrations, architectural projects, cost optimisations, and support services for a diverse range of customers, from start-ups to public sector organisations.

As an AWS Advanced Partner, we enhance IT experiences for clients across various sectors. If you're ready to make a difference and join an exciting journey with Cloud Bridge and AWS, we want to hear from you.

As a Senior Solution Architect, you’ll work with customers to modernise legacy applications and databases as they migrate to AWS. You will be a technical authority in designing and delivering cloud-native architectures, serverless solutions, application and database modernisation strategies. This role combines hands-on technical work, customer consulting, and practice development, helping us define and scale modernisation offerings.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Engagement & Solution Design

  • Engage with customers to understand their legacy application and database environments.
  • Define modernisation strategies, focusing on database migration, re-platforming, and serverless adoption.
  • Design AWS architectures that are scalable, secure, and cost-optimised.
  • Act as a trusted advisor, providing technical leadership to both internal teams and customers.

Database Modernisation & Migration

  • Lead modernisation efforts for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases.
  • Drive migrations using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Schema Conversion Tool (SCT), and Babelfish for Aurora.
  • Implement Amazon RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache to replace legacy databases.
  • Optimise database performance through sharding, partitioning, and caching strategies.

Cloud-Native & Serverless Adoption

  • Architect solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and EventBridge.
  • Support customers in breaking down monolithic applications into microservices.
  • Define event-driven and asynchronous processing patterns to improve scalability.

Infrastructure as Code & DevOps

  • Automate database deployments using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
  • Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Flyway or Liquibase.
  • Define observability and monitoring strategies using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Prometheus.

Practice & Team Development

  • Contribute to the development of modernisation frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Help shape packaged offerings, including AWS MAP-funded modernisation engagements.
  • Mentor junior architects and engineers, fostering a high-performance technical culture.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

  • AWS Database Services – RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server), Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache.
  • Database Migration – Experience with AWS DMS, SCT, and heterogeneous migrations.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK.
  • Cloud-Native & Serverless – AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, EventBridge.
  • DevOps & CI/CD – GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, database schema versioning (Flyway/Liquibase).
  • AI-Powered development experience
    Security & Compliance – IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Backup, GDPR considerations.
    Performance Tuning & Optimisation – Query tuning, indexing, caching, connection pooling.

Consulting & Leadership Skills

  • Proven experience in customer-facing solution architecture or technical consulting.
  • Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.
  • Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
  • Ability to define modernisation roadmaps and business cases.

Desirable Skills (Nice-to-Have)

  • Experience with Redshift, Neptune, Timestream, or other AWS data services.
  • Knowledge of multi-cloud (GCP/Azure) and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with machine learning & analytics pipelines on AWS.
  • Experience working on AWS MAP-funded modernisation projects.

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