The role involves managing end-to-end application migration activities, from initial discovery and assessment through architecture planning, environment readiness, migration execution, testing, production cutover, and post-migration stabilization. The candidate will ensure that all migrations are delivered in alignment with approved architecture, client governance processes, quality standards, and project timelines.
Lead and manage cross-functional teams comprising cloud, infrastructure, database, DevOps, and migration engineers.
Own end-to-end delivery of multiple application migrations, from discovery and assessment to production cutover and post-migration stabilization.
Conduct technical discovery sessions with application teams to assess application architecture, dependencies, infrastructure, databases, interfaces, and migration constraints.
Develop application migration blueprints covering target architecture, migration strategy, infrastructure requirements, security, DevOps, testing, cutover, and rollback plans.
Collaborate with client application owners, cloud architects, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to gather requirements, resolve dependencies, and obtain necessary approvals.
Ensure compliance with client migration methodologies, governance processes, technical standards, and migration stage gates.
Drive DevOps practices, CI/CD integration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and standardized migration playbooks.
Coordinate application teams across SDLC activities, including configuration changes, COTS installation, testing, release management, and production readiness.
Manage resource allocation, delivery schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
Maintain accurate project status reports and RAID logs using Jira or other designated program management tools.
Lead migration readiness reviews, cutover planning, rollback preparedness, stakeholder communications, and operational handovers.
Provide regular delivery updates, recovery plans, and performance metrics to client stakeholders and program leadership.
12–18+ years of experience in IT, technical delivery management, cloud migration, application modernization, or program management.
Proven experience leading technical teams and managing multiple application migrations concurrently.
Strong understanding of AWS services, cloud architecture, application dependencies, and on-premises-to-cloud migration strategies.
Ability to lead technical discussions, evaluate architecture options, and develop practical application migration blueprints.
Good understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and SDLC processes.
Experience with Agile delivery methodologies, Jira-based tracking, RAID management, governance, and milestone reporting.
Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and escalation management skills.
Experience working with client organizations and geographically distributed delivery teams.
