Senior Solution Architect

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Cloud Bridge Full time

At Cloud Bridge, we transform how businesses use AWS cloud services. We specialise in Consultancy, Managed Services, Cloud Governance, FinOps, and AI/ML to unlock AWS's full potential.

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 Advanced 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 Solution Architect, 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

  1. Engage with customers to understand their legacy application and database environments.
  2. Define modernisation strategies, focusing on database migration, re-platforming, and serverless adoption.
  3. Design AWS architectures that are scalable, secure, and cost-optimised.
  4. Act as a trusted advisor, providing technical leadership to both internal teams and customers.

Database Modernisation & Migration

  1. Lead modernisation efforts for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases.
  2. Drive migrations using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Schema Conversion Tool (SCT), and Babelfish for Aurora.
  3. Implement Amazon RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache to replace legacy databases.
  4. Optimise database performance through sharding, partitioning, and caching strategies.

Cloud-Native & Serverless Adoption

  1. Architect solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and EventBridge.
  2. Support customers in breaking down monolithic applications into microservices.
  3. Define event-driven and asynchronous processing patterns to improve scalability.

Infrastructure as Code & DevOps

  1. Automate database deployments using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
  2. Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Flyway or Liquibase.
  3. Define observability and monitoring strategies using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Prometheus.

Practice & Team Development

  1. Contribute to the development of modernisation frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
  2. Help shape packaged offerings, including AWS MAP-funded modernisation engagements.
  3. Mentor junior architects and engineers, fostering a high-performance technical culture.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

  1. AWS Database Services – RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server), Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache.
  2. Database Migration – Experience with AWS DMS, SCT, and heterogeneous migrations.
  3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK.
  4. Cloud-Native & Serverless – AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, EventBridge.
  5. DevOps & CI/CD – GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, database schema versioning (Flyway/Liquibase).
  6. 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

  1. Proven experience in customer-facing solution architecture or technical consulting.
  2. Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.
  3. Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
  4. Ability to define modernisation roadmaps and business cases.

Desirable Skills (Nice-to-Have)

  1. Experience with Redshift, Neptune, Timestream, or other AWS data services.
  2. Knowledge of multi-cloud (GCP/Azure) and hybrid cloud environments.
  3. Familiarity with machine learning & analytics pipelines on AWS.
  4. Experience working on AWS MAP-funded modernisation projects.

Benefits Overview

  1. 25 Days Paid Time-off
  2. Birthday Leave
  3. Company Bonus Scheme
  4. Flexible Working
  5. Early Friday Finish (Monthly)
  6. Company Laptop and Peripherals
  7. Company Sabbatical Scheme
  8. Personalised Training & Development Plan
  9. Annual Wellness Allowance
  10. Company Events
  11. Private Health Insurance
  12. Wellbeing support
  13. Mental Health Champions
  14. Calm app subscription
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