Senior Solutions Architect – AWS Migration & Modernisation Cloud Bridge Opportunities · · in Manchester

Up to £550 per day (OUTSIDE IR35) Fully Remote in the UK 6 months (Extension highly likely)

Lead a major Azure-to-AWS transformation within a highly regulated financial services environment. We're looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to own the end-to-end architecture and delivery of a large-scale cloud migration and modernisation programme. This is a customer-facing role requiring strong technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and deep AWS migration expertise.

What You'll Do

• Lead architecture for a complex Azure-to-AWS migration programme
• Drive application and infrastructure modernisation initiatives
• Guide senior stakeholders on cloud transformation strategy
• Produce high and low-level designs, migration plans, and technical governance
• Act as the senior technical authority throughout delivery

Key Requirements

• Proven experience leading Azure to AWS migrations across:
• Infrastructure (Windows Servers, Windows Containers)
• Databases (SQL Server)
• Legacy .NET application estates
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• AWS MAP (Migration Acceleration Programme)
• Amazon EKS
• Windows-to-Linux modernisation
• SQL Server to PostgreSQL migrations
• AWS RDS PostgreSQL
• Ability to define migration strategies, target architectures, and modernisation roadmaps.
• Excellent customer-facing communication and executive stakeholder presentation skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience within Mortgage, Banking, or Financial Services
• Understanding of regulatory, security, and data governance requirements in highly regulated environments

If you've successfully delivered enterprise-scale AWS migration and modernisation programmes and enjoy working directly with customers, we'd love to hear from you.