Technical Lead - AWS Migration & Modernization

Drive the future of cloud transformation as a hands-on leader in AWS migration and modernization. This is the Technical Lead - AWS Migration & Modernization role at EPAM in the Netherlands, offered in a hybrid working mode. You’ll architect and execute complex migrations, automate infrastructure and set the technical bar for AWS readiness. Your expertise will shape both the technical and project management sides of migration, ensuring seamless transitions and modernized solutions for enterprise clients.

Responsibilities Direct discovery, wave planning, continuous replication and cutover of legacy environments to AWS using AWS MGN, DMS and automated validation tooling

Write production-grade Terraform/CDK, Python and Bash scripts to automate pre-flight checks, server configuration and cutover tasks to keep cutover windows minimal

Enforce the 6 pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework across security guardrails (SCPs, IAM, KMS), network routing and cost efficiency

Author minute-by-minute execution runbooks, direct the migration bridge during maintenance windows and ensure safe rollback mechanisms exist for every workload

Run the migration engine: map dependencies across teams, break waves into prioritized backlogs, unblock technical issues and keep delivery on schedule

Guide application teams to assess workloads (using the 7 Rs) and help them move toward containers (ECS/EKS), managed data (RDS/Aurora) or serverless

Work directly with Info Sec and Network teams to automate compliance, IAM least privilege and direct-connect/hybrid connectivity before workloads ever touch production

Lead through code reviews, pair programming on automation scripts and establishing practical migration patterns the wider team can reuse

Choose migration tooling, pipeline frameworks and design patterns and decide where to rehost or modernize

Own the technical readiness review and have authority to halt or reschedule a cutover if standards are not met Define production AWS readiness standards and reject substandard or unmaintainable infrastructure

Requirements

Proven track record running real-world migrations using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), DMS and discovery tools

Strong day-to-day fluency in Terraform (or CDK/Cloud Formation) alongside Python or Bash for scripting API integrations

Practical experience implementing Control Tower, SCPs, centralized VPC architectures and hybrid cloud connectivity

Comfortable running cross-functional work streams, setting wave cadences, managing blockers and running high-stakes live cutovers without panic

Strong understanding of moving monoliths into containerized (ECS/EKS) or managed cloud-native alternatives

Strong understanding of integration concepts, platforms and patterns during complex migrations