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Senior AWS Solution Architect – Modernisation
Location
South Africa
Posted
116 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior AWS Solution Architect – Modernisation
Cloud Bridge
• 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
Job 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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