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 InfoSec 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/CloudFormation) 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 workstreams, 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

We offer

• 26 paid holiday days
• Pension plan scheme
• Disability insurance (WGA Shortfall insurance)
• Long-term disability insurance (WIA Top up insurance)
• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Commuting to work - costs reimbursement
• Laptop + corporate simcard + corporate mobile device (subject to certain eligibility requirements)
• Bike lease
• Employee Assistance Program
• Corporate Programs including Employee Referral Program with rewards
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses