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At Cloud Bridge, we transform how businesses use AWScloud 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 inEMEA and 2022 in the UK&I, we’re expanding globally with newoffices in Australia, South Africa, Singapore and Dubai, a strongpresence in the Philippines, and our HQ in the UK. We’ve managedhundreds of cloud migrations, architectural projects, costoptimisations, and support services for a diverse range ofcustomers, from start-ups to public sector organisations. As an AWSAdvanced Partner, we enhance IT experiences for clients acrossvarious sectors. If you're ready to make a difference and join anexciting journey with Cloud Bridge and AWS, we want to hear fromyou. As a Senior Solution Architect, you’ll work with customers tomodernise legacy applications and databases as they migrate to AWS.You will be a technical authority in designing and deliveringcloud-native architectures, serverless solutions, application anddatabase modernisation strategies. This role combines hands-ontechnical work, customer consulting, and practice development,helping us define and scale modernisation offerings. KeyResponsibilities Customer Engagement & Solution Design 1.Engage with customers to understand their legacy application anddatabase environments. 2. Define modernisation strategies, focusingon database migration, re-platforming, and serverless adoption. 3.Design AWS architectures that are scalable, secure, andcost-optimised. 4. Act as a trusted advisor, providing technicalleadership to both internal teams and customers. DatabaseModernisation & Migration 1. Lead modernisation efforts for SQLServer, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases. 2. Drivemigrations using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), SchemaConversion Tool (SCT), and Babelfish for Aurora. 3. ImplementAmazon RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache to replace legacydatabases. 4. Optimise database performance through sharding,partitioning, and caching strategies. Cloud-Native & ServerlessAdoption 1. Architect solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway,Step Functions, and EventBridge. 2. Support customers in breakingdown monolithic applications into microservices. 3. Defineevent-driven and asynchronous processing patterns to improvescalability. Infrastructure as Code & DevOps 1. Automatedatabase deployments using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWSCDK. 2. Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines using toolslike Flyway or Liquibase. 3. Define observability and monitoringstrategies using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Prometheus. Practice &Team Development 1. Contribute to the development of modernisationframeworks, methodologies, and best practices. 2. Help shapepackaged offerings, including AWS MAP-funded modernisationengagements. 3. Mentor junior architects and engineers, fostering ahigh-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, andheterogeneous 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 schemaversioning (Flyway/Liquibase). 6. AI-Powered development experienceSecurity & Compliance – IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Backup,GDPR considerations. Performance Tuning & Optimisation – Querytuning, indexing, caching, connection pooling. Consulting &Leadership Skills 1. Proven experience in customer-facing solutionarchitecture or technical consulting. 2. Strong ability tocommunicate complex technical concepts to business and technicalstakeholders. 3. Experience leading technical teams and mentoringengineers. 4. Ability to define modernisation roadmaps and businesscases. Desirable Skills (Nice-to-Have) 1. Experience with Redshift,Neptune, Timestream, or other AWS data services. 2. Knowledge ofmulti-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 SabbaticalScheme 8. Personalised Training & Development Plan 9. AnnualWellness Allowance 10. Company Events 11. Private Health Insurance12. Wellbeing support 13. Mental Health Champions 14. Calm appsubscription #J-18808-Ljbffr

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