Senior AWS Solution Architect (Modernisation)

Cloud Bridge

South Africa

On-site

ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

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计划

Job summary

Cloud Bridge is seeking a Senior AWS Solution Architect to lead modernisation of legacy apps and databases as clients migrate to AWS. You will design cloud-native architectures, serverless solutions, and modernisation strategies, combining hands-on work with customer consulting and practice development.

You will mentor engineers, shape offerings, and drive packaged modernisation engagements while ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-optimised solutions.

Qualifications

Must have customer-facing solution architecture or technical consulting experience.
Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Engage with customers to understand legacy environments and define modernisation strategies.
Design scalable, secure AWS architectures with a focus on database migration and serverless adoption.
Lead migrations using AWS DMS, SCT, and Babelfish for Aurora; implement RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache.
Architect serverless and event-driven patterns using Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and EventBridge.
Automate deployments with Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK; integrate changes into CI/CD pipelines.
Mentor junior architects and engineers; help shape modernisation frameworks and offerings.

Skills

AWS architecture

Consulting experience

Leadership & mentoring

Solution design & roadmaps

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

Step Functions

GitHub Actions

CodePipeline

DMS

SCT

Babelfish for Aurora

IAM

KMS

Secrets Manager

CloudWatch

X‑Ray

Prometheus

Job description

At Cloud Bridge, we are one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic AWS partners, transforming how businesses leverage AWS cloud services. We specialise in cloud consultancy, managed services, cloud governance, FinOps, and AI/ML to help organisations unlock the full potential of AWS.

Recognised as AWS's Rising Star Partner of the Year for 2023 in EMEA and 2022 in the UK&I, we’re expanding globally with new offices in Australia, South Africa, Singapore and Dubai, a strong presence in the Philippines, and our HQ in the UK.

We’ve managed hundreds of cloud migrations, architectural projects, cost optimisations, and support services for a diverse range of customers, from start‑ups to public sector organisations.

As an AWS Premier Partner, we enhance IT experiences for clients across various sectors. If you're ready to make a difference and join an exciting journey with Cloud Bridge and AWS, we want to hear from you.

As a Senior AWS Solution Architect (Modernisation), you’ll work with customers to modernise legacy applications and databases as they migrate to AWS. You will be a technical authority in designing and delivering cloud‑native architectures, serverless solutions, application and database modernisation strategies. This role combines hands‑on technical work, customer consulting, and practice development, helping us define and scale modernisation offerings.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Engagement & Solution Design

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.

Database Modernisation & Migration

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.

Cloud-Native & Serverless Adoption

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.

Infrastructure as Code & DevOps

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.

Practice & Team Development

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.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

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, ventBridge.
DevOps & CI/CD – GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, database schema versioning (Flyway/Liquibase).
AI‑Powered development experience
Security & Compliance – IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Backup, GDPR considerations.
Performance Tuning & Optimisation – Query tuning, indexing, caching, connection pooling.

Consulting & Leadership Skills

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.

Desirable Skills (Nice-to-Have)