Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optomi, in partnership with their client, is seeking an experienced Field Delivery Engineer – AWS Solution Engineering to lead enterprise application modernization and cloud migration initiatives. This role will serve as a hands-on technical advisor, partnering closely with application teams to assess, plan, and execute complex migrations to AWS while ensuring scalability, security, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end migration of enterprise applications to AWS cloud environments
- Conduct application discovery, dependency mapping, and migration readiness assessments
- Develop and execute migration strategies using industry-standard 6R methodologies (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retire, Retain)
- Estimate migration effort and timelines using application sizing methodologies
- Design and implement AWS landing zones, networking, and account structures
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
- Develop automated deployment pipelines and repeatable migration frameworks
- Implement cloud security controls, governance standards, and operational best practices
- Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and application development teams to resolve technical challenges throughout migration efforts
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to project stakeholders while ensuring successful migration delivery
Skills
- Strong cloud engineering experience with AWS platform services
- Demonstrated success leading hands-on enterprise application migrations to AWS
- Deep expertise with AWS services including: EC2, ECS and/or EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
- Strong understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and cloud migration best practices
- Experience with AWS migration services including: AWS Migration Hub, AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
- Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating across distributed teams
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
- Experience modernizing enterprise applications
- Experience designing CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native deployments
- Financial services or highly regulated industry experience
- Previous experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud transformation initiatives
Benefits
- Role is fully remote (may be very occasional travel if needed)
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