Job Description
AI-Native and Digital Transformation consultancy require a Lead Cloud Architect (AWS Lakehouse) to join their data migration project for their iGaming & Sports Betting end customer.
Contract details:
* Start Date: Ideally ASAP but by no later than Monday 29th June 2026.
* Determination: Outside IR35.
* Base: Hybrid - approximately 2 to 3 days per week on site in Warrington, Cheshire.
* Day Rate: £800 per day.
* Duration: 3 months initially with "extension highly likely".
Responsibilities:
* Conduct current state assessment — architecture, data flows, and technical debt.
* Identify and articulate blockers, both technical and organisational.
* Define and own the target architecture through to delivery.
* Act as the senior technical voice throughout the engagement.
* Bridge the domain knowledge and AWS skills gap within the client team.
* Challenge existing approaches where necessary and build confidence in the path forward.
Criteria:
* Be immediately available or have a maximum of a 1 week notice period.
* Excellent communicator with gravitas to influence and build trust with senior stakeholders and technical teams.
* A background in hands-on technical development and engineering roles.
* iGaming and Sports Betting industry experience. Understanding of regulated environments.
* AWS data platform: S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, EKS experience.
* Lakehouse architecture and migration delivery at scale experience.
* Experience with AI tools and processes to enable operational efficiency.