Cloud Migration Engineer – Architect

Job Description: • Assess enterprise application portfolios and determine appropriate migration approaches using the 7 Rs framework • Design secure, scalable, highly available AWS GovCloud architectures • Develop migration plans, dependency mappings, runbooks, cutover procedures, rollback strategies, and validation criteria • Use AWS migration services including MGN, DMS, DataSync, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub • Migrate applications, virtual machines, databases, file systems, and enterprise data to AWS GovCloud • Design and deploy compute and container platforms using EC2, EKS, and ECS • Plan and execute storage, database, and data migrations, including synchronization, replication, validation, and cutover • Design hybrid and cloud networking architectures using Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, routing, DNS, and security controls • Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code technologies • Implement standardized AWS GovCloud environments using Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS and enterprise landing-zone patterns • Use FIPS endpoints and approved cryptographic configurations where required • Design secure on-premises-to-GovCloud data-transfer approaches • Implement micro-segmentation and security-group architectures aligned with Zero Trust principles • Coordinate migration waves across application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, database, and business teams • Manage migration dependencies, technical and business risks, outage windows, resource constraints, and remediation • Validate migrated workloads for functionality, performance, security, resilience, observability, and operational readiness • Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, recovery, and operational support capabilities • Execute application modernization opportunities including containerization, managed services, automation, and cloud-native improvements Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing AWS cloud architectures, preferably within AWS GovCloud • Strong understanding of enterprise application migration strategies and the 7 Rs migration framework • Hands-on experience with AWS migration tooling including MGN, DMS, DataSync, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub • Experience migrating enterprise applications, servers, databases, storage platforms, and data to AWS • Strong experience with EC2, EKS, ECS, storage services, database services, and cloud-native architectures • Experience designing hybrid cloud networking with Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPNs, routing, DNS, and network-security controls • Hands-on experience developing infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices • Experience with Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS, AWS Organizations, account structures, guardrails, and standardized cloud foundations • Understanding of FIPS endpoints, encryption requirements, and secure data-transfer patterns in government cloud environments • Experience designing micro-segmented network architectures and Zero Trust security-group policies • Strong understanding of application dependency analysis, migration-wave planning, cutover management, rollback planning, and technical risk management • Experience with 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 supporting government, defense, regulated, or compliance-driven environments is preferred • Strong architecture, troubleshooting, documentation, governance, stakeholder coordination, and cross-functional collaboration skills • Preferred certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional; AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional; AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty; AWS Certified Security – Specialty Benefits: • Competitive salary, paid twice per month • Best in class medical coverage • 100% of medical premiums covered by True Zero • Company wide new business incentive programs • Contribution Incentives (i.e. white papers, blog posts, internal webinars, etc.) • 3 weeks of PTO starting + 11 Paid Holidays Annually • 401k Program with 100% company match on the first 4% • Monthly reimbursement of Cell Phone and Home Internet costs • Paternity/Maternity Leave • Investment in training and certifications to broaden and deepen your technical skills