At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead large-scale cloud migration projects and design innovative solutions.
- Company: Join a leading firm in banking and financial services, driving cloud transformation.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, remote work flexibility, and impactful project involvement.
- Other info: Opportunity for significant career growth and influence in strategic technology decisions.
- Why this job: Shape the future of cloud architecture in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in AWS, cloud migration, and application modernisation.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We are seeking an experienced Principal Cloud Migration Architect to lead the architecture and technical design of a large-scale application migration programme. This is a senior, hands-on architecture role requiring extensive experience of cloud transformation, application modernisation and container-based platforms within complex enterprise environments.
You will be responsible for defining the target architecture, producing high- and low-level solution designs, guiding engineering teams through implementation and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, commercially viable and aligned to business objectives. This role is suited to an experienced architect who combines deep technical expertise with strong commercial awareness, particularly around AWS cloud services and cost optimisation.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the architectural design of a large-scale application migration programme.
- Develop migration strategies for complex enterprise applications, including the transformation of legacy applications into modern microservice-based architectures.
- Produce High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) to support implementation.
- Define target-state cloud architectures using AWS-native services and container platforms.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the migration lifecycle, from discovery and assessment through to implementation and transition.
- Work closely with engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, security and platform teams to ensure successful delivery.
- Ensure architecture aligns with enterprise standards, governance, security and operational requirements.
- Evaluate application dependencies, integration patterns and migration approaches.
- Support solution assurance, design reviews and technical governance activities.
- Contribute to cloud cost modelling, optimisation and commercial decision-making throughout the programme.
- Engage with senior business and technical stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
- Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise application migration programmes.
- Demonstrable experience migrating monolithic applications to modern microservice-based architectures.
- Strong AWS architecture and cloud migration expertise.
- Extensive experience designing and implementing containerised solutions using:
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon ECS
- Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles and modern application design.
- Experience producing comprehensive High-Level and Low-Level Solution Design documentation.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and technical leadership skills.
- Experience working within Agile and DevSecOps delivery environments.
- AWS Cloud Services
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon ECS
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Microservices Architecture
- Containerisation
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation desirable)
- API and Integration Architecture
- Cloud Networking
- Identity and Access Management
- Security by Design
The successful candidate will demonstrate experience in:
- AWS cloud cost modelling
- Cloud commercial analysis
- FinOps principles and cost optimisation
- Balancing technical design with commercial considerations
- Supporting investment and migration business cases
- Experience with AWS Kiro or other AI-assisted software engineering and cloud development tooling.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent).
- Experience within regulated industries such as Government, Defence, Financial Services or Critical National Infrastructure.
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
- Experience working within multi-supplier delivery environments.
- Strategic thinker with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communicator, capable of engaging both technical and executive stakeholders.
- Collaborative leader who can influence cross-functional teams.
- Commercially aware with a pragmatic approach to solution design.
- Comfortable working in complex, fast-paced transformation programmes.
Candidates are likely to have held positions such as:
- Principal Cloud Migration Architect
- Principal AWS Solutions Architect
- Lead Cloud Architect
- Cloud Transformation Architect
- Enterprise Cloud Architect
- Principal Platform Architect
- Senior Solution Architect (Cloud & Modernisation)
This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in a major cloud transformation programme in the banking / Financial services sector, shaping the future architecture of a complex enterprise estate. You will work at the forefront of cloud modernisation, helping deliver scalable, secure and cost-effective AWS solutions while influencing strategic technology decisions across the organisation.
Principal Cloud Migration Architect (AWS) in City of London employer: identifi Global Resources
As a Principal Cloud Migration Architect at our company, you will be part of a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to driving cloud transformation in the banking and financial services sector. We offer a collaborative work culture that values your expertise and encourages professional growth through challenging projects and continuous learning opportunities. With competitive contract rates and the flexibility of remote work, you can achieve a fulfilling work-life balance while making a significant impact on our cloud architecture initiatives.
