Cloud Migration Engineer – Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Evaluate enterprise application portfolios and identify suitable migration strategies utilizing the 7 Rs framework.

• Architect secure, scalable, and highly available AWS GovCloud solutions.

• Create migration plans, dependency mappings, runbooks, cutover procedures, rollback strategies, and validation criteria.

• Utilize AWS migration services such as MGN, DMS, DataSync, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub.

• Transition applications, virtual machines, databases, file systems, and enterprise data to AWS GovCloud.

• Design and implement compute and container platforms utilizing EC2, EKS, and ECS.

• Strategize and carry out storage, database, and data migrations, including synchronization, replication, validation, and cutover.

• Develop hybrid and cloud networking architectures using Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, routing, DNS, and security controls.

• Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code technologies.

• Establish standardized AWS GovCloud environments utilizing the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS and enterprise landing-zone patterns.

• Apply FIPS endpoints and approved cryptographic configurations as necessary.

• Create secure data-transfer methods from on-premises to GovCloud.

• Implement micro-segmentation and security-group architectures in line with Zero Trust principles.

• Coordinate migration waves involving application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, database, and business teams.

• Oversee migration dependencies, technical and business risks, outage windows, resource constraints, and remediation efforts.

• Validate migrated workloads for functionality, performance, security, resilience, observability, and operational readiness.

• Deploy monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, recovery, and operational support capabilities.

• Pursue application modernization opportunities, including containerization, managed services, automation, and cloud-native enhancements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical field.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing AWS cloud architectures, preferably within the AWS GovCloud environment.

• Strong comprehension of enterprise application migration strategies and the 7 Rs migration framework.

• Practical experience with AWS migration tools including MGN, DMS, DataSync, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub.

• Experience in migrating enterprise applications, servers, databases, storage solutions, and data to AWS.

• Extensive experience with EC2, EKS, ECS, storage services, database services, and cloud-native architectures.

• Proficient in designing hybrid cloud networking using Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPNs, routing, DNS, and network-security measures.

• Hands-on expertise in developing infrastructure with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.

• Familiarity with Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS, AWS Organizations, account structures, guardrails, and standardized cloud foundations.

• Knowledge of FIPS endpoints, encryption requirements, and secure data-transfer techniques in government cloud settings.

• Experience in designing micro-segmented network architectures and Zero Trust security-group policies.

• Solid understanding of application dependency analysis, migration-wave planning, cutover management, rollback strategies, and technical risk management.

• Background in cloud monitoring, logging, operational readiness, backup, disaster recovery, and post-migration optimization.

• Familiarity with application modernization, containerization, managed services, and cloud-native architecture patterns.

• Experience in supporting government, defense, regulated, or compliance-oriented environments is preferred.

• Strong skills in architecture, troubleshooting, documentation, governance, stakeholder coordination, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Preferred certifications include: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional; AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional; AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty; AWS Certified Security – Specialty.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary, paid twice a month.

• Comprehensive medical coverage.

• 100% of medical premiums covered by True Zero.

• Company-wide new business incentive programs.

• Contribution Incentives (e.g., white papers, blog posts, internal webinars, etc.).

• 3 weeks of PTO plus 11 Paid Holidays annually.

• 401k Program with a 100% company match on the first 4%.

• Monthly reimbursement for Cell Phone and Home Internet expenses.

• Paternity/Maternity Leave.

• Investment in training and certifications to enhance and broaden your technical skills.