Cloud Migration Lead

5-month Contract | Up to £800 / day Inside IR35 | Hybrid (1–2 Days/Month in London) | Immediate Start

We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Migration Lead to take ownership of a large-scale datacentre to AWS migration programme. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who has delivered production cloud migrations and is comfortable making key technical decisions in a fast-paced environment.

This is not a Project Manager or PMO position. You’ll be leading the technical delivery, working alongside engineering teams to ensure multiple migration workstreams are successfully delivered to AWS.

The Role

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale datacentre to AWS migrations
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams
• Review, improve and extend existing migration automation
• Own migration planning, sequencing, cutover and rollback activities
• Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies and blockers
• Engage with senior stakeholders to drive delivery and decision making

Required Experience

• Proven experience leading production datacentre to AWS migration projects
• Strong knowledge of VMware and on-prem infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible or similar Infrastructure as Code tools
• Experience managing complex production cutovers with minimal disruption
• Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management skills

If you’ve successfully delivered enterprise-scale cloud migration programmes and enjoy leading from the front, please don’t hesitate to apply now!