Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

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

Vacancy: Migration Architect AWS | Amsterdam | € up to 150K

For an international engineering and IT consultancy we are looking for a Migration Architect who doesn’t just understand AWS migrations, but has led several of them. The company was founded by engineers, employs tens of thousands of people worldwide and is building a specialised AWS business group in Amsterdam. No secondment: you work outcome-based on projects where the company owns the result.

Tech:

AWS | Terraform/CloudFormation | Python | AWS MGN/DMS | Landing zones | Migration architecture

You’ll join an AWS team of 30+ technically outstanding engineers in the Netherlands. You are the bridge to the client: you lead discovery and migration workshops, build the wave plan from high level to low level, and take both client and team along to the final cutover. Roughly 80% of your time goes to leading, planning and advising; about 20% you get hands‑on. You work alongside platform, database and security architects on projects of at least twelve months for major international brands in retail, consumer goods and financial services.

Requirements

• 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.

Why apply

• A key role in an AWS team that is deliberately investing in client focus: you help shape that culture;
• Consultancy secondment: outcome-based projects, and you stay part of your own team;
• Projects of at least twelve months with major international brands, then on to the next client;
• Lead rather than only build: roughly 80% leading and advising, 20% hands‑on;
• Plenty of learning: in‑house training, certifications and a global knowledge community;
• Permanent contract with 26 holiday days, pension, employee share purchase plan, commuting allowance and bike lease.

Location

Amsterdam (hybrid, 1 or 2 days working in the office a week)

Salary

up to €150.000,- per year