Senior AWS Migration Lead — Enterprise Java Architect

Morson Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group seeks an experienced AWS Technical Lead to drive the migration of a customer services platform to AWS from on-premises, including architecture definition, governance, security and high availability. You will lead cross-team collaboration with UK leadership, partners and operations to deliver phased migration and cutover.

The role requires eight+ years in software engineering, strong Java (Java 17+ preferred) and four+ years AWS expertise, plus proven leadership across distributed

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of software engineering experience.
• Four+ years of AWS architecture experience.
• Proven track record leading large AWS migrations.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Define the programme’s technical scope, target AWS architecture, migration strategy and delivery roadmap.
• Lead architecture and design reviews, validating technology decisions and maintaining clear technical records.
• Assess technical debt, migration complexity, risks and dependencies, and agree mitigation plans.
• Guide multidisciplinary onshore and offshore teams through implementation, testing, deployment, migration cutover and handover.
• Establish engineering, secure development, documentation and code-review standards.
• Drive cloud-native modernization with DevSecOps, automation and IaC.
• Coordinate architecture, development, infrastructure, security and operations workstreams, including third-party deliverables.
• Facilitate technical workshops and communicate recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Validate security, compliance, DR and operational readiness before production releases.
• Support knowledge transfer and sustainable cloud operating model.

Skills

Java

AWS architecture

Leadership

English

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Morson Group seeks an experienced AWS Technical Lead to drive the migration of a customer services platform to AWS from on-premises, including architecture definition, governance, security and high availability. You will lead cross-team collaboration with UK leadership, partners and operations to deliver phased migration and cutover.

The role requires eight+ years in software engineering, strong Java (Java 17+ preferred) and four+ years AWS expertise, plus proven leadership across distributed