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Job Title: Data Center Migration Architect
Location:Remote
Experience Level: 10+ years
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Center Migration Architect to lead and execute large-scale data center transformation and migration projects. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in infrastructure architecture, cloud/hybrid designs, identity management (ForgeRock), and middleware integrations, with a strong track record in VIP migrations, firewall/security remediation, and cross-team collaboration.
This role requires both hands-on technical leadership and the ability to coordinate with multiple teams (infrastructure, middleware, infosec, and vendor partners) to ensure seamless migration execution with minimal downtime and maximum business continuity.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute end-to-end data center migration plans, ensuring minimal downtime, data integrity, and business continuity.
- Oversee VIP migration activities (partnering with Cognizant team).
- Design, build, and manage Systems of Record (SOR) environments.
- Collaborate with middleware, security, and cloud teams to remediate dependencies and issues.
- Hands-on in designing, deploying, and managing network and security components, including firewall rules.
- Provide guidance on ForgeRock and other identity management solutions, working closely with infosec teams.
- Support the Vericent team in setting up the commissions environment.
- Architect and implement compute, storage, backup, and hybrid cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
- Lead application dependency mapping, workload move planning, cutover execution, and decommissioning.
- Implement and promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, etc.
- Drive monitoring, observability, and operational readiness.
- Develop architecture documentation, designs, migration runbooks, and recovery processes.
- Serve as technical escalation point during migration lifecycle.
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years in infrastructure engineering and architecture for large enterprises.
- 5+ years leading complex data center migration projects (physical, virtual, hybrid, and cloud workloads).
- Strong knowledge of AWS & Azure hybrid infrastructure design.
- Hands-on experience with ForgeRock and identity/access management.
- Deep expertise in firewalls, DNS, WAN optimization, load balancing, and security architecture.
- Strong understanding of middleware dependencies and integrations.
- Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
- Familiar with CI/CD and automation tools (Git, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef).
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.