We are seeking a seasoned Senior Solution Architect to lead a critical legacy app modernisation program of work for a major enterprise client.
Embedded within the Enterprise PMO Delivery Portfolio, your primary focus will be architecting the next-generation customer-facing digital portal .
You will bridge legacy systems with cutting-edge cloud infrastructure-ensuring the new portal is secure, highly scalable, and delivers exceptional user outcomes.
Key Responsibilities Lead the architectural design and decomposition strategy to modernise monolithic legacy applications into microservices and up-to-date cloud-native architectures.
Define the vision, integration patterns, and target-state architecture for a high-traffic, customer-facing portal focused on security, performance, and seamless user experience.
Serve as the subject matter expert for AWS cloud design, establishing best practices for serverless, containerisation, API gateways, and cloud networking.
Evaluate legacy constraints, formulate technical options (RFIs, RFPs, or PoCs), and define phased, risk-mitigated migration roadmaps.
Collaborate closely with Enterprise Architects, product leads, and third-party vendors to align business vision with technical execution.
Architect for high availability, robust Identity Access Management (IAM), observability, and strict compliance in a regulated environment.




Key Challenges in the Role Architecting a seamless customer portal experience while untangling and integrating complex, tightly coupled legacy backends.
Managing phased migration strategies to ensure zero disruption to live customer transactions and ongoing operations.
Navigating multi-stakeholder expectations across business, security, and IT groups during significant digital change.
What You'll Bring to the Team 7+ years in IT, with 4+ years as a Solution Architect driving major enterprise modernisation initiatives.
Deep, hands-on architectural experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, IAM, DynamoDB/RDS).
Proven track record architecting secure, high-availability web portals, mobile APIs, or digital front-ends.
Experience with modern architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven, API-first design, Strangler Fig pattern).
Exposure to Snowflake, Java applications, identity providers (OAuth/OIDC), and modern observability platforms (Datadog/Dynatrace) is highly regarded.
Background in regulated environments, automated CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, and cost optimisation (FinOps).
Exceptional ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to business stakeholders and guide engineering teams through implementation.
Consultant ****** Reference number: au************* Profession:Information TechnologyArchitecture Company: Motion Recruitment Date posted: 14th Aug, ****

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