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
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
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
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
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

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
Technical Expertise in 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)
Security & Compliance – IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Backup, GDPR considerations
Performance Tuning & Optimisation – Query tuning, indexing, caching, connection pooling

Senior AWS Solution Architect – Modernisation

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