Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PEOPLE FORCE CONSULTING INC is seeking an experienced cloud migration engineer to support a large-scale data center migration to Microsoft Azure for a healthcare payer organization. The role owns Azure landing zone design, infrastructure-as-code delivery, migration execution, cutovers, testing, compliance, and post-go-live stabilization across multiple migration waves.
Responsibilities
- Design and own the Azure Landing Zone: hub-and-spoke network topology, ExpressRoute/VPN connectivity, NSG policy, DNS zones, subscription and management group hierarchy
- Build and maintain the Bicep/ARM module library the authoritative IaC for all migrated workloads. Every infrastructure component is code; no manual provisioning in production
- Define and enforce naming conventions, tagging taxonomy, RBAC model, Azure Policy assignments, and resource lock strategy across all waves
- Lead the technical discovery for each application validate scope, document dependencies (shared SQL instances, integration endpoints, certificate chains, service accounts), and produce the migration design document
- Own the Azure Migrate project: configure replication, monitor replication health, manage test failover cycles, and sign off on replication readiness before each approval block opens
- Author and maintain the technical runbook (playbook) for every application cutover step-by-step execution sequence, rollback triggers, decision points, and owner assignments
- Lead cutover execution on production nights: execute the runbook, manage the technical team, make rollback decisions within the agreed time box, and confirm application health before declaring success
- Validate DNS cutover, SSL/TLS certificate continuity, IP allowlist updates, firewall rule migration, and F5/load balancer reconfiguration as part of every cutover sequence
- Manage shared SQL instance migrations coordinate multi-application joint cutovers, validate data integrity post-migration (row counts, checksums, referential integrity)
- Support the Enterprise Architecture review gate in each approval block produce the technical evidence package (network diagram, Bicep validated, security controls mapped, DR tested)
- Ensure every migrated workload meets BCDR requirements: Azure Backup policy, Azure Site Recovery replication (where applicable), RPO/RTO validation, and DR test evidence
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for the delivery team and the QA Engineer during non-production testing, the approval block, and hypercare
- Provide technical input to the CAB submission package confirm the runbook is approved, Bicep is validated, all pre-cutover checks are complete, and the rollback procedure is tested
- Lead technical retrospectives after each wave capture lessons learned, update the IaC library, refine the approval block evidence template, and communicate changes to the program team
- Mentor junior cloud engineers on Bicep authoring, Azure Migrate configuration, and migration runbook structure
- Manage the relationship with managed service provider, and application vendors where vendor involvement is required for migration
- Execute standardized migration factory processes across multiple application waves
- Build and configure target environments in Azure following approved landing zone and platform standards
- Support re hosted, re platformed, and lightly modernized applications
- Ensure readiness of infrastructure, middleware, and application dependencies prior to migration
- Coordinate provisioning of compute, storage, networking, security, and access for target environments
- Validate environment readiness against migration and security checklists
- Partner with platform, network, security, and IAM teams to resolve blockers
- Ensure target environments meet performance, availability, and compliance requirements
- Coordinate and support application, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Validate connectivity to upstream and downstream dependencies (databases, APIs, batch jobs, vendors)
- Track test defects and coordinate remediation with application and infrastructure teams
- Ensure formal sign off prior to scheduled cutovers
- Execute application cutovers according to approved runbooks and schedules
- Coordinate activities across application, infrastructure, network, security, and business teams
- Support data validation, smoke testing, and functional verification post cutover
- Ensure minimal disruption to business operations during go live events
- Own post go live (hypercare) support windows for migrated applications
- Monitor application behavior and coordinate rapid issue resolution
- Track and document post migration defects and lessons learned
- Support formal transition to steady state operations upon stabilization
- Contribute to migration runbooks, wave plans, and readiness artifacts
- Maintain accurate migration status, risks, and issues
- Provide input to continuous improvement of migration factory processes
- Support audit and compliance documentation as required
Skills
- 15+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications or infrastructure migrations
- 10+ years in cloud/infrastructure engineering, with a minimum of 5 years in Azure specifically (AWS/GCP experience does not substitute)
- Led at least two end-to-end Azure data center migration programs from landing zone design through production cutover and hypercare exit
- Personally executed production cutovers using Azure Migrate, including DNS cutover, replication failover, and post-migration application validation
- Authored Bicep or ARM IaC for multi-application Azure environments not just used existing modules, but written them
- Migrated or managed SQL Server in Azure shared instances, Always On configuration, or database migration using Azure Database Migration Service
- Worked in a regulated environment (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP, or equivalent) understands the difference between 'deployed in Azure' and 'compliant in Azure'
- Experience working in healthcare
Benefits
- Remote / CST work hours
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