Migration Architect

Salary: £49,000 - 66,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven track record driving AWS migration waves from design through execution.
• Strong AWS infrastructure experience, including VPC design, EC2, networking, and storage services.
• Strong application experience, including understanding of application dependencies and integration points within AWS environments.
• Hands-on discovery experience is essential.
• Experience working across multiple migration waves in a programme setting.
• Working knowledge of AWS migration tooling, including MGN, DMS, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub.
• AWS certification is desirable, with Solutions Architect Associate or Professional preferred.
• Experience working within large-scale transformation or migration programmes is desirable.
• Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework is desirable.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks and change processes, including RFCs and RAID logs, is desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical detail clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working under pressure across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design of AWS migration solutions, covering both infrastructure and application layers.
• Run discovery exercises using tools such as AWS Application Discovery Service or AWS Migration Hub to assess current-state environments, dependencies, and risks ahead of migration.
• Translate discovery findings into AWS migration designs and wave plans, selecting appropriate migration strategies such as rehost, replatform, and refactor for each workload.
• Design target-state architectures on AWS covering compute, storage, networking, and security.
• Work alongside delivery and project managers to align the technical approach with programme timelines.
• Support execution of migration waves using tools such as AWS MGN, DMS, or Application Migration Service, resolving technical issues as they arise.
• Produce architecture documentation and design artefacts to support governance and sign-off.
• Liaise with security, change, and transition teams to ensure migration designs meet organisational and AWS Well-Architected requirements.

Technologies

• AWS
• Architect
• DMS
• EC2
• Support
• Oracle
• OutSystems
• Security
• Snowflake
• Cloud
• Embedded

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last updated 36 week of 2026