Cloud Migration Architect AWS Outposts

The Lead / Cloud Migration Architect serves as the technical authority and Pod Lead for large‑scale enterprise migrations from on‑premises environments to AWS Outposts. The role is accountable for defining migration strategies, designing hybrid cloud architectures, modernizing applications and infrastructure, and driving end‑to‑end execution across multiple migration workstreams. This position requires deep expertise in AWS, hybrid connectivity, infrastructure modernization, application refactoring, and enterprise‑grade migration governance.

The architect will collaborate closely with application owners, infrastructure teams, security, networking, DevOps, and operations to ensure migrations are secure, scalable, compliant, and low‑risk, while maintaining architectural standards and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end migration strategies for moving enterprise applications from on‑premises data centers to AWS Outposts and hybrid AWS environments.

• Develop target state architectures covering compute, storage, networking, IAM, observability, and operational models.

• Lead migration pods, providing technical direction, prioritization, and issue resolution across application, infrastructure, and DevOps teams.

• Conduct application portfolio assessments, cloud readiness evaluations, and dependency mapping.

• Architect hybrid connectivity solutions including Direct Connect, VPN, Transit Gateway, VPC design, and Outposts networking.

• Modernize legacy infrastructure components (compute, storage, middleware, databases) to cloud‑aligned architectures.

• Define HA/DR strategies, backup/restore models, and operational runbooks for hybrid deployments.

• Oversee containerization, virtualization modernization, and infrastructure automation.

• Lead modernization of enterprise applications including:

  • Java 8 → Java 17/21 upgrades

  • Spring Boot modernization and framework uplift

  • Dependency remediation, library upgrades, and security patching

  • Refactoring monoliths to microservices where applicable

• Ensure applications meet cloud‑readiness standards for deployment on AWS Outposts.

• Guide teams on API modernization, configuration externalization, and performance optimization.

• Define migration waves, cutover plans, rollback strategies, and validation frameworks.

• Oversee data migration, schema conversion, and integration testing.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, IAM, encryption, and audit requirements.

• Drive technical risk mitigation, issue triage, and escalation management.

• Integrate applications into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or AWS CodePipeline.

• Implement IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

• Automate build, test, deployment, and environment provisioning workflows.

• Establish observability standards using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or equivalent.

• Partner with security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards.

• Work with operations teams to define monitoring, alerting, and operational handoff processes.

• Lead architecture reviews, design workshops, and technical deep dives with stakeholders.

• Provide mentorship and technical leadership to engineers across pods.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years in cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or enterprise modernization roles.

• 5+ years hands‑on experience with AWS, including hybrid cloud and Outposts.

• Strong expertise in networking (VPC, routing, firewalls, DNS, load balancing).

• Deep experience with application modernization: Java, Spring Boot, microservices, API design.

• Proficiency in CI/CD, DevOps, IaC, automation, and container platforms (EKS, ECS, Docker).

• Strong understanding of security, IAM, encryption, compliance, and governance frameworks.

• Proven leadership experience managing migration pods or multi‑team technical programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent certifications.

• Experience with large‑scale enterprise migration programs (AWS MAP, hybrid cloud transformations).

• Background in database modernization (Postgres, SQL Server, MongoDB, RDS, Aurora).

• Experience with service mesh, API gateways, and event‑driven architectures.

• Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Bacholers Degree in Computer Science or equivalent in related field.