What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cloud Migration Architect (Contract) position at Stafford Gray?
We are looking for a Senior Cloud Migration Architect to join our development team and lead AWS platform configuration and CI/CD automation for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration.
This program spans 30 applications using migration patterns including Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EKS, and EC2, delivered across multiple sprints.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can build, troubleshoot, and mentor while delivering production-ready environments sprint by sprint.
Contract: State of Michigan (SOM)
Duration: 6 months with possible extension
- Configure and manage Elastic Beanstalk environments across Dev, Test, and Prod
- Stand up and operate EKS clusters including node groups, autoscaling, ingress, and namespaces
- Provision and harden EC2 environments including AMIs, sizing, and patching strategy
- Partner with DBA teams on RDS (SQL Server & PostgreSQL) setup
- Design VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and KMS integrations using least-privilege principles
- Build reusable Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Build Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML) for multiple deployment patterns:
- Elastic Beanstalk deployments
- EKS container workflows with ECR ArgoCD/Flux
- EC2 deployments (AMI or blue/green)
- Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux
- Define promotion strategies across environments with approvals and rollback paths
- Standardize pipeline templates for team scalability
- Integrate security scanning, SAST/DAST, and artifact validation
- Configure CloudWatch logs, metrics, alarms, and dashboards
- Define SLOs, alerting, and incident response runbooks
Documentation & Collaboration
- Produce runbooks, ADRs, and operational documentation
- Maintain versioned IaC repositories
- Work closely with developers, infrastructure, and DBA teams
- Troubleshoot issues across cloud, containers, and networking
- 5–6 years AWS experience (EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.)
- 3 years Kubernetes experience (EKS preferred, Helm, ingress, scaling, troubleshooting)
- Proven experience with ArgoCD or Flux (required)
- Strong Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML) experience
- Solid Docker and ECR experience
- Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation
- Familiarity with RDS databases and working with DBAs
- Strong Linux and bash scripting skills
- Experience with Git workflows and code reviews
- Ability to write clear documentation and collaborate cross-functionally
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Pro or DevOps Pro)
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA or CKAD)
- Experience migrating .NET or Java apps to AWS
- Experience with service mesh, APIs, or COTS systems
- Familiarity with tools like Datadog, Splunk, or New Relic
- Experience with blue/green or canary deployments
$82/hr on 1099 basis.
Salary : $82 - $1,099