AWS Migration Lead - Amsterdam (Hybrid, 80/20)

Doghouse Recruitment; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 holiday days

Pension

Employee share purchase plan

Commuting allowance

Bike lease

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment is assisting an international engineering and IT consultancy in Amsterdam to hire a Migration Architect focused on AWS migrations. You will lead discovery and migration workshops, design the wave plan, and guide client and team to the final cutover.

Expect ~80% leadership and planning with ~20% hands-on work on multi-month projects for major brands, with a hybrid Amsterdam-based role and focus on landing zones, platform engineering and observability.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading several cloud migrations, preferably from on-premises to AWS (discovery, wave planning, cutover);
• Solid understanding of landing zones, platform engineering and hybrid connectivity between on-premises and cloud;
• A strong technical foundation in Terraform or CloudFormation and Python, plus knowledge of storage, rightsizing and observability;
• You’re a true consultant: you build trust with clients and lead a team;
• Strong command of Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and migration workshops with the client.
• Build the wave plan from high level to low level and guide the team through execution.
• Take ownership of the cutover, ensuring a smooth transition for the client.
• Spend approx. 80% on leading, planning and advising; 20% hands-on delivery.
• Collaborate with platform, database and security architects on long-term projects.

Skills

Cloud migration leadership

Consultancy / client engagement

Dutch language

English language

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

AWS MGN

AWS DMS

Landing zones

Hybrid connectivity

Job description

Doghouse Recruitment is assisting an international engineering and IT consultancy in Amsterdam to hire a Migration Architect focused on AWS migrations. You will lead discovery and migration workshops, design the wave plan, and guide client and team to the final cutover.

Expect ~80% leadership and planning with ~20% hands-on work on multi-month projects for major brands, with a hybrid Amsterdam-based role and focus on landing zones, platform engineering and observability.