Job Title
Senior AWS Cloud Migration Architect (EKS, GitOps & CI/CD)
Overview / Summary
We are 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 spans 30+ applications across migration approaches including Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EKS, and EC2/Cloud VM environments delivered over multiple sprints.
This is a hands-on technical role responsible for AWS service configuration, Azure DevOps pipeline development, GitOps-driven deployments to EKS, and collaboration with application teams, infrastructure teams, and DBAs to deliver production-ready environments.
Key Responsibilities
< data-end="908" data-start="877">AWS Platform Configuration
- Configure and tune AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments across Dev, Test, and Prod environments
- Stand up and operate Amazon EKS clusters for containerized workloads, including node groups, autoscaling, ingress controllers, and namespace strategy
- Provision and harden EC2/Cloud VM environments, including AMI selection, instance sizing, OS configuration, and patching strategy
- Partner with DBA teams on Amazon RDS setup for SQL Server and PostgreSQL
- Design VPC networking, security groups, IAM roles/policies, KMS keys, and Secrets Manager integrations following least-privilege principles
- Build infrastructure-as-code using Terraform (preferred) or CloudFormation
< data-end="1603" data-start="1584">CI/CD & GitOps
- Design and build Azure DevOps build and release pipelines for multiple migration patterns
- Implement GitOps deployments using ArgoCD or Flux for EKS workloads
- Establish deployment promotion strategies across Dev, Test, and Prod environments with approvals and rollback mechanisms
- Standardize YAML pipeline templates for consistent application onboarding
- Integrate static analysis, container scanning, SAST/DAST hooks, and artifact provenance into pipelines
< data-end="2103" data-start="2071">Observability & Reliability
- Configure CloudWatch logs, metrics, alarms, and dashboards
- Define SLOs, alerting thresholds, and incident response runbooks for production cutovers
< data-end="2286" data-start="2257">Documentation & Hand-off
- Produce architecture decision records (ADRs), runbooks, and operational procedures
- Maintain versioned infrastructure-as-code repositories as the source of truth
< data-end="2471" data-start="2453">Collaboration
- Work closely with application development teams, AWS Infrastructure Team, DBA Team, and Tech Leads
- Pair with developers to troubleshoot cloud-specific issues including container OOMs, RDS connectivity, IAM denials, and cold starts
Required Qualifications
- 5 6+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production workloads on AWS
- Deep knowledge of Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager
- 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience, including production EKS environments
- Experience with Helm, kubectl, ingress controllers, HPA, and Kubernetes troubleshooting
- Production experience with ArgoCD or Flux, including GitOps drift resolution and multi-environment promotion
- Strong experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML), including build pipelines, multi-stage releases, variable groups, service connections, and hosted/self-hosted agents
- Equivalent CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins is acceptable if Azure DevOps can be learned quickly
- Strong Docker experience including multi-stage builds, image hardening, and Amazon ECR
- Production infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform or CloudFormation/CDK
- Experience working with DBA teams on Amazon RDS for SQL Server and PostgreSQL
- Linux administration experience across RHEL, Amazon Linux, or Ubuntu
- Shell scripting experience using Bash
- Experience using Git with branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to create runbooks, architecture diagrams, and PR documentation
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certifications
- CKA or CKAD certifications
- Experience migrating .NET and Java applications from on-premises to AWS
- Experience operating COTS products in containerized or cloud environments
- Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or App Mesh
- Experience with API gateways
- Exposure to HashiCorp Vault, secrets rotation, and certificate management
- Familiarity with DataDog, New Relic, or Splunk
- Experience with blue/green and canary deployment patterns
What Makes HTC A Great Place To Build Your Future
HTC Global Services wants you to join our team. Come build new things with us and advance your career. At HTC Global, you ll collaborate with experts, work alongside clients, and be part of high-performing teams driving success together. You ll have long-term opportunities to grow your career and develop skills in the latest emerging technologies.
At HTC Global Services, our employees have access to a comprehensive benefits package. Benefits can include Group Health (Medical, Dental, and Vision), Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, 401(k) matching, Group Life and Disability insurance, Professional Development opportunities, Wellness programs, and a variety of other perks.
Our success as a company is built on inclusion and diversity. HTC Global Services is committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment, where every employee is treated with dignity and respect. We celebrate differences and believe that diverse cultures, perspectives, and skills drive innovation and success. HTC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a proud National Minority Supplier. We seek to empower each individual, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, included, and respected.
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