Senior Cloud Migration Architect (local to MI)

Hybrid in Lansing, MI, US β€’ Posted 7 hours ago β€’ Updated 7 hours ago
Contract Independent
Contract Corp To Corp
Contract W2
6 Months
No Travel Required
Hybrid
$90 - $95/hr
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • AWS
  • Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Docker
  • ArgoCD / Flux (GitOps)
  • Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML)
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD Automation
  • Helm
  • Linux Administration & Bash Scripting
  • Cloud Migration on AWS

Summary

Position Overview

Client is seeking a Senior Cloud Migration Architect to embed with our development team and lead AWS platform configuration and CI/CD automation for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration program.

The program includes 30+ applications across migration approaches such as Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EKS, and EC2/Cloud VM environments delivered over multiple sprints.

This is a hands-on technical role requiring strong expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD automation.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Platform Configuration

  • Configure and optimize AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments across Dev, Test, and Prod
  • Build and manage Amazon EKS clusters including node groups, autoscaling, ingress controllers, and namespace strategies
  • Provision and harden EC2/Cloud VM environments
  • Collaborate with DBA teams on Amazon RDS setup for SQL Server and PostgreSQL
  • Design secure VPC networking, IAM roles/policies, KMS keys, and Secrets Manager integrations
  • Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (preferred) or CloudFormation

CI/CD & GitOps

  • Design and implement Azure DevOps (ADO) build and release pipelines
  • Build GitOps deployment workflows using ArgoCD or Flux
  • Implement deployment strategies including:
    • Blue/Green deployments
    • Rolling deployments
    • Multi-stage promotion pipelines
  • Standardize YAML pipeline templates for application onboarding
  • Integrate security scanning, container scanning, and artifact validation into CI/CD pipelines

Observability & Reliability

  • Configure CloudWatch logs, dashboards, alarms, and metrics
  • Define SLOs, alerting mechanisms, and incident response procedures

Documentation & Collaboration

  • Create architecture decision records (ADRs), operational runbooks, and deployment documentation
  • Maintain version-controlled IaC repositories
  • Work closely with developers, infrastructure teams, DBAs, and technical leads
  • Troubleshoot cloud-native issues including IAM permissions, RDS connectivity, container failures, and networking issues

Required Qualifications

AWS & Cloud Experience

  • 5–6+ years hands-on experience building and operating production workloads on AWS
  • Strong expertise with:
    • Elastic Beanstalk
    • Amazon EKS
    • EC2
    • RDS
    • VPC
    • IAM
    • S3
    • CloudWatch
    • Secrets Manager

Kubernetes & Containerization

  • 3+ years hands-on Kubernetes experience in production EKS environments
  • Experience with:
    • Helm
    • kubectl
    • ALB/NGINX ingress
    • HPA
    • Pod/service/network troubleshooting
  • Strong Docker experience:
    • Multi-stage builds
    • Image hardening
    • Amazon ECR

GitOps & CI/CD

  • Strong production experience with ArgoCD or Flux (mandatory)
  • Strong Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML) experience
  • Experience with:
    • Multi-stage pipelines
    • Variable groups
    • Service connections
    • Self-hosted/Microsoft-hosted agents
  • Equivalent experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI is acceptable

Infrastructure & Scripting

  • Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (preferred) or CloudFormation/CDK
  • Linux administration experience (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu)
  • Bash/shell scripting expertise
  • Git source control and branching strategies

Database & Communication

  • Experience collaborating with DBA teams on RDS (SQL Server/PostgreSQL)
  • Knowledge of connection strings, secrets rotation, and migration cutovers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • CKA / CKAD Certifications
  • Experience migrating .NET and Java applications to AWS
  • Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, App Mesh)
  • Exposure to HashiCorp Vault and certificate management
  • Familiarity with DataDog, Splunk, or New Relic
  • Experience with canary and blue/green deployment strategies

Required Skills Summary

  • AWS Infrastructure & Services
  • Kubernetes / EKS
  • Docker & ECR
  • ArgoCD / Flux
  • Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • Terraform / CloudFormation
  • Linux Administration
  • Bash Scripting
  • RDS / SQL Server / PostgreSQL
  • Git & CI/CD Automation
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  • Dice Id: 91129759
  • Position Id: 8969524
  • Posted 7 hours ago
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