Cloud Bridge

Senior AWS Solution Architect – Modernisation

Cloud Bridge

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: South Africa

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDynamoDBMicroservicesMySQLNoSQLOraclePostgresPrometheusRaySQLTerraform

About the role

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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
Benefits
  • 25 Days Paid Time-off
  • Birthday Leave
  • Company Bonus Scheme
  • Flexible Working
  • Early Friday Finish (Monthly)
  • Company Laptop and Peripherals
  • Company Sabbatical Scheme
  • Personalised Training & Development Plan
  • Annual Wellness Allowance
  • Company Events
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Wellbeing support
  • Mental Health Champions
  • Calm app subscription
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWS Database ServicesRDSAuroraDynamoDBElastiCacheAWS DMSSCTTerraformCloudFormationAWS Lambda
Soft Skills
customer-facing solution architecturetechnical consultingcommunication of technical conceptsleading technical teamsmentoring engineersdefining modernisation roadmapsbusiness case developmentfostering high-performance culture