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The ideal candidate will be responsible for assessing existing infrastructure, planning and executing migrations, building AWS environments, automating deployment processes, and ensuring successful post-migration stabilization. This is a remote role.\nKey Responsibilities\nAssessment & Discovery\nAssess existing VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi, vCenter, clusters, networking, storage, and associated dependencies.\nPerform infrastructure and application discovery to identify migration candidates and readiness.\nAnalyze application and workload characteristics and recommend appropriate migration strategies, including Rehost, Replatform, and Modernization approaches.\nDocument application dependencies, migration waves, migration schedules, and cutover plans.\nMigration Planning & Execution\nPlan, coordinate, and execute migrations of VMware virtual machines and workloads to AWS.\nImplement, configure, and manage AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and associated migration tools.\nExecute pilot migrations and support migration factory operations at scale.\nDevelop migration runbooks, rollback procedures, validation plans, and operational checklists.\nCollaborate with infrastructure, application, database, network, and security teams to coordinate migration activities.\nPerform migration cutovers and post-migration tasks while minimizing business disruption and downtime.\nAWS Infrastructure Deployment\nDesign, build, and configure AWS cloud infrastructure components, including:Amazon VPC\nAmazon EC2\nAWS IAM\nSecurity Groups\nRoute Tables\nElastic Load Balancers\nAmazon S3\nAmazon CloudWatch\nAWS Systems Manager\n\nSupport AWS landing zone validation and ensure network connectivity readiness.\nAutomation & Optimization\nAutomate migration, provisioning, and infrastructure deployment activities using:Terraform\nAWS CloudFormation\nPowerShell\nPython\nVMware PowerCLI\n\nDevelop automation workflows and scripts to improve migration efficiency and consistency.\nOptimize AWS environments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.\nValidation & Stabilization\nPerform migration validation activities, including:Functional Testing\nPerformance Testing\nConnectivity Testing\nDisaster Recovery (DR) Validation\n\nTroubleshoot and resolve post-migration issues during hypercare and stabilization periods.\nSupport operational handoff and knowledge transfer activities to operations and support teams.\nGovernance & Documentation\nMaintain migration schedules, status reports, dashboards, and risk registers.\nParticipate in Change Advisory Board (CAB) reviews and change management processes.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and operational runbooks.\nEnsure adherence to organizational governance, security, and compliance requirements throughout migration activities.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.\n5+ years of experience supporting VMware infrastructure environments.\n3+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing AWS cloud solutions.\nProven experience leading or executing VMware-to-AWS migration projects.\nStrong understanding of cloud migration methodologies, assessment frameworks, and migration best practices.\nExperience using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and migration tooling.\nHands-on expertise with AWS networking, security, identity management, and compute services.\nStrong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, and VMware PowerCLI.\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.\nExcellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.\nStrong communication and stakeholder management abilities.\nMandatory Technical Skills\nVMware Technologies\nVMware vSphere\nESXi\nVMware vCenter\nVMware Cluster Management\nDRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)\nHigh Availability (HA)\nVMware Networking & Storage\nVMware PowerCLI\nAWS Technologies\nAmazon EC2\nAmazon VPC\nAWS IAM\nSecurity Groups\nAmazon Route 53\nAWS Application Migration Service (MGN)\nAmazon S3\nAmazon CloudWatch\nAWS Systems Manager\nAutomation & Infrastructure as Code\nTerraform\nAWS CloudFormation\nPython\nPowerShell\nAutomation Frameworks and Scripting\nPreferred Qualifications\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification.\nAWS Certified SysOps Administrator or AWS Advanced Networking certification.\nExperience with large-scale enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.\nExperience with hybrid cloud environments and landing zone implementations.\nFamiliarity with ITIL processes, change management, and CAB governance.\nExperience supporting Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity initiatives.\nThe salary range for this role is between $ 137,000 and $161,000 depending on skills and qualifications of the candidate. 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