Senior AWS Migration Architect

  • Cititec Talent Limited
  • 12/11/2026
Contract Construction

Job Description

Senior AWS Migration Architect | Outside IR35

I'm working on a senior contract opportunity with a major public-sector transformation programme, requiring an experienced AWS Migration Architect to lead a large-scale migration from VMware to AWS.

Key details:

  • 5-month initial contract, with a strong possibility of extension
  • Outside IR35
  • UK-based, predominantly remote with occasional travel
  • Immediate start (1-2 weeks)
  • SC clearance preferred, or eligibility to obtain (BPSS required from day one)

The programme:

  • Migration of approximately 200 Linux VMs from VMware to AWS across 50 VLANs.
  • Modernisation of approximately 30 Legacy Ingres database and OpenROAD applications.
  • Design and delivery of a secure, private AWS serverless architecture.
  • Establishing a repeatable migration and modernisation approach.

Key experience required:

  • Extensive AWS architecture and large-scale migration experience.
  • Strong AWS networking, VPC, Direct Connect and landing zone design.
  • VMware-to-AWS migration experience.
  • Serverless architecture and relational database modernisation.
  • Experience leading technical design, engineering teams and customer stakeholders.

Desirable: Ingres, OpenROAD, Terraform, Ansible and AWS modernisation tooling experience.

I'm keen to speak with senior AWS architects who have led complex migration and modernisation programmes.

Please get in touch for further details.