AWS Cloud Architect

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to lead the migration of on-prem applications from a hosted environment to AWS Cloud. This role will focus on designing and executing a lift-and-shift migration strategy, ensuring minimal disruption to operations. Following migration, the architect will drive the modernization of applications by adopting cloud-native technologies.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture, migration strategies, security, and automation. This role requires collaboration with engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to ensure a successful transition to the cloud and ongoing optimization.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Cloud Migration (Lift-and-Shift)

• Develop and implement a lift-and-shift migration strategy to move applications and workloads to AWS Cloud.
• Assess existing applications, infrastructure, and dependencies to create migration blueprints.
• Work closely with engineering and operations teams to execute the migration plan with minimal downtime.
• Utilize AWS services such as EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudFormation, and Migration Hub to enable a seamless transition.
• Establish best practices for AWS networking, security, and cost efficiency.
  
  

Post-Migration Modernization

• Identify opportunities to optimize workloads through cloud-native solutions, including serverless computing, containerization (ECS/EKS), and microservices.
• Develop a roadmap for refactoring or re-platforming applications to improve scalability, resilience, and efficiency.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automated monitoring for cloud workloads.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and security teams to adopt modern cloud technologies and best practices.
  
  

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Define and enforce cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and monitoring.
• Work with security teams to conduct risk assessments and implement necessary cloud security controls.
• Ensure compliance with industry-standard security frameworks and operational policies.
  
  

Collaboration & Leadership

• Act as a technical advisor and mentor for engineering teams adopting cloud technologies.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to align cloud strategies with company objectives.
• Provide documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams for long-term AWS management.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 15 years of experience in IT architecture, including 5 years of AWS cloud architecture and migration experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Lambda, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, and AWS Security tools.
• Hands-on experience with lift-and-shift migrations of applications to AWS.
• Expertise in networking, security, and compliance in AWS environments.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, etc.).
• Understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders.
  
  

Skills: infrastructure as code (iac),migration strategies,terraform,aws cloud architecture,ci/cd (jenkins, github actions, aws codepipeline),networking,aws,compliance,migration projects,security,devops,aws services (ec2, vpc, rds, s3, iam, cloudformation, migration hub),containerization (docker, kubernetes, aws ecs/eks),infrastructure,iam,cloud-native technologies