Staff Cloud Engineer (Migration)
Location: Bangalore, Hybrid
6 Month Contract to hire
Job Description
We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Cloud Engineer to support enterprise-scale application migrations to the cloud with a primary focus on AWS.
This role focuses on hands-on engineering execution of migration patterns, platform components, and automation frameworks, with a strong emphasis on containerization and modern deployment models to enable scalable, repeatable migrations from on-premises environments to AWS.
You will partner with platform engineering, security, and external vendors to build, deploy, and operate cloud-native infrastructure and application platforms, with a focus on container-first deployment patterns and Kubernetes-based architectures.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and execute standardized migration patterns to AWS, including rehost, replatform, redeploy, refactor.
- Design and operate an application migration factory focused on:
- Automation pipelines
- Runbooks and deployment frameworks
- Cutover orchestration and execution
- Build and implement tooling and automation frameworks to support high-scale migrations.
- Drive adoption of container-first strategies, including VM-to-container migration and Kubernetes (EKS) deployments.
- Define and implement technical deployment models, including:
- VM rehosting and replatforming patterns
- Containerized application deployment models
- Kubernetes-based microservices architectures
- Configure and deploy AWS infrastructure and platform services, including:
- Compute, storage, and networking services such as VPCs, load balancers, and DNS
- Databases and middleware platforms
- Container platforms, container registries, and runtime environments, including EKS
- Build and support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation and containerized application deployment.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) modules and reusable deployment templates.
- Integrate automation and scripting using Python and Bash to streamline provisioning, deployment, and operational workflows.
- Coordinate with AWS specialists and partners to accelerate migration execution.
- Execute data migration, cutover, validation, and post-migration stabilization activities.
- Ensure implementations meet security, compliance, reliability, and cost optimization requirements.
- Align implementations with enterprise guardrails, including IaC, policy-as-code, and standardized pipelines.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10–15+ years of total experience, including 7+ years in cloud engineering or migration roles
- Deep hands-on expertise in AWS architecture and services (core requirement)
- Proven experience with large-scale application migrations to AWS
- Hands-on experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions, including building CI/CD pipelines for cloud and hybrid environments
- Experience managing self-hosted CI/CD runners (GitHub Actions or similar) in both on-premises and cloud environments
- Deep understanding of IAM, cross-account access, and identity federation (AWS IAM Identity Center, SSO)
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, logging, metrics, tracing) to support migration validation and post-migration troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with database and data migration strategies (replication, backup/restore, minimal downtime cutover)
- Experience working within enterprise cloud landing zones and guardrails (SCPs, account structure, security controls)
- Strong troubleshooting skills in hybrid networking, including routing, DNS resolution, and connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments
- Experience designing and managing multi-environment deployments (dev, test, prod) with proper isolation and promotion workflows
- Experience working with enterprise artifact repositories (e.g., JFrog Artifactory) for dependency management, build artifacts, and secure package distribution
- Experience working with cross-functional teams, vendors, and cloud providers
- Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices, including tagging strategies and cost visibility during migration
- Experience with migration tooling, such as AWS Application Migration Service, DMS, or equivalent tools
- Experience with GitOps deployment models, such as ArgoCD, and environment-based deployment strategies
- AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes-related certifications
- Experience working in large-scale transformation programs or Agile delivery models
