Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UST is a technology company that delivers technology-driven solutions and digital transformation services. UST is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead lift-and-shift migrations of on-premises servers, applications, storage, and file transfer processes to AWS, while designing cloud infrastructure, containerizing legacy workloads, and coordinating secure cutovers. The role also involves validating post-migration performance, cost, and security and documenting operational procedures.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute lift-and-shift migration of on-premises servers, applications, and workloads to AWS
- Design and implement content delivery using Amazon CloudFront and storage architecture using Amazon S3
- Stand up and manage secure file transfer workflows using AWS Transfer Family (SFTP/FTPS/FTP)
- Containerize legacy applications with Docker to prepare them for cloud-hosted environments
- Assess on-prem workloads and dependencies to build migration runbooks, wave plans, and cutover strategies
- Configure supporting AWS infrastructure — networking, compute, security groups, and IAM — for migrated workloads
- Validate post-migration performance, cost, and security posture, and remediate issues found during cutover
- Document migration architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures for the environment
Skills
- (Must Have) Amazon CloudFront
- Hands-on experience designing and configuring CloudFront distributions for web content and application delivery
- Experience with origin configuration, caching behaviors, and invalidations
- Understands signed URLs/cookies and integration with WAF for edge security Amazon S3
- Experience designing S3 bucket architecture, storage classes, and lifecycle policies
- Understands S3 security — bucket policies, IAM access, encryption at rest, and versioning
- Experience migrating on-prem file storage and data to S3 AWS Transfer Family
- Hands-on experience standing up and managing AWS Transfer Family endpoints (SFTP/FTPS/FTP)
- Experience integrating Transfer Family with S3 or EFS as backend storage
- Understands user/identity management and access controls for managed file transfer Docker
- Hands-on experience containerizing applications with Docker, including writing and optimizing Dockerfiles
- Comfortable running and troubleshooting containerized workloads in a cloud environment Lift & Shift Migration Experience
- Has led or been a core contributor to at least one on-premises to AWS migration project
- Experience with migration assessment, wave planning, and cutover execution
- Comfortable working with legacy infrastructure and minimizing risk during transition
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
- Familiarity with AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), AWS DMS, or AWS DataSync
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or Terraform)
- Exposure to hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN)
Benefits
- For full-time, regular employees: a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year
- For full-time, regular employees: 6 days of paid sick leave each year, pro-rated for new hires throughout the year
- For full-time, regular employees: 10 paid holidays
- For full-time, regular employees: paid bereavement leave
- For full-time, regular employees: paid jury duty leave
- For full-time, regular employees: eligibility to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- For full-time, regular employees and their dependents residing in the US: medical, dental, and vision insurance
- For full-time, regular employees: Company-paid basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits
- For full-time, regular employees: the option to purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits
- For full-time, regular employees: participation in a Health Savings Account (HSA)
- For full-time, regular employees: participation in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines
- All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws
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