Tech Lead - AWS Cloud Migration

CodeFirstGirls; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free learning courses

Job summary

CodeFirstGirls is seeking a Tech Lead to drive the AWS Migration for client applications. Remote, UK with occasional travel to London or Manchester.

You will provide technical leadership across refactoring legacy apps, guiding design and ensuring architectural alignment within a broad programme. The role emphasizes collaboration with client teams and suppliers while leveraging Java frameworks and microservices.

Qualifications

• AWS migration leadership: proven delivery of application migrations to AWS.
• Experience working in complex, multi-supplier environments.
• Knowledge of integration design or overseeing integration components.
• Hands-on or familiar with Java frameworks and core libraries.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and related tooling.
• Experience in UK public sector cloud/digital transformation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Direct the technical design, development, and cloud migration of key applications.
• Oversee architectural decisions to ensure alignment with standards.
• Review artefacts, codebases, and documentation for quality.
• Guide refactoring of legacy debt into scalable cloud components.
• Collaborate with client teams and external suppliers across a large programme.

Skills

AWS Migration Leadership

Multi-Supplier Collaboration

Integration Expertise

Java Frameworks

Modern Microservices

Public Sector Context

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

This is a free training course followed by the potential for a role with one of our clients.

Title: Tech Lead - AWS Migration

Job location: Remote, UK (1 day per fortnight in London or Manchester)

Description:

These job roles are linked directly to free education, and upon completion of our course, you will be equipped to start your new role.

THE ROLE:
Our clients are looking for Tech Lead for their AWS Cloud Migration to join their team.

ABOUT YOU & THE ROLE

As an Tech Lead on the AWS Cloud Migration, you will provide technical leadership across the refactoring of legacy applications for a Tech Debt programme. Embedded alongside client teams and a broader programme network, you will guide technical design, ensure architectural alignment, and assure the quality of key deliverables to enable a seamless transition to AWS.

• AWS Migration Leadership: Proven experience leading technical delivery for application migrations to AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Multi-Supplier Collaboration: Strong track record of working effectively in complex, multi-supplier project environments.
• Integration Expertise: Demonstrated experience with integration design or overseeing integration-focused components.
• Java Frameworks (Nice to Have): Hands-on experience or familiarity with Java frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate, Struts, JSF) and core libraries (e.g., Apache Commons, Guava).
• Modern Microservices (Nice to Have): Familiarity with microservices architecture and related tooling (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Swagger/OpenAPI).
• Public Sector Context (Nice to Have): Prior experience delivering digital transformation or cloud projects within the UK public sector.
  
  

SOME THINGS YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Technical Leadership: Directing the technical design, development, and cloud migration of key applications.
• Architectural Alignment: Overseeing technical decisions to guarantee alignment with enterprise architecture direction and standards.
• Quality Assurance: Reviewing and assuring the quality of critical technical artefacts, codebases, and architectural documentation.
• Refactoring Strategy: Guiding the architectural breakdown and refactoring of legacy technical debt into modern, scalable cloud components.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering directly with client teams, specialists, and external suppliers across a large-scale programme environment.

100% FREE LEARNING LINKED TO JOB ROLES

All of our courses are 100% free for all students. There are no secret or hidden fees, no payment upon completion, and no debt. We work with our partner companies to ensure this education is free for all learners.

Benefits - vary per client, but are competitive.