Cloud Migration Technical Architect

Job Description: Cloud Migration Technical Architect (Grade 6)

Job Summary:

The Cloud Migration Technical Architect leads the end-to-end planning, architecture, governance, and technical execution of enterprise cloud migration programmes across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The architect will develop migration strategies, design target-state architectures, lead technical delivery teams, and ensure successful migration of applications, infrastructure, and platforms with minimal business disruption.

In addition, the role operates within a managed services environment, providing advanced (L4)technical support for complex escalations, ensuring continuous service availability, and driving operational excellence across multi-technology domains including cloud, networking, security, and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Migration Strategy

·       Assess current on-premises environments and application portfolios.

·       Develop cloud adoption and migration strategies.

·       Perform application discovery and dependency mapping.

·       Define migration waves and migration roadmaps.

·       Recommend appropriate migration approaches (Rehost, Replat form, Refactor, Repurchase,Retire, Retain).

2. Architecture Design

• Design landing zones and cloud foundations.
• Develop hybrid cloud architectures.
• Design networking, security, identity, backup, DR and governance.
• Produce High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD).
• Establish architecture standards and reusable reference architectures.

3. Migration Delivery

• Lead migration planning and execution.
• Review migration runbooks.
• Coordinate migration windows.
• Oversee cutover and rollback planning.
• Resolve technical issues during migration.

4. Technical Leadership

• Lead technical workshops with customers.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads.
• Conduct architecture reviews.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
• Support complex troubleshooting.

5. Governance &Risk

• Identify migration risks.
• Define mitigation strategies.
• Review technical quality.
• Ensure security and compliance requirements are met.
• Participate in Change Advisory Board(CAB).

6. Customer Engagement

• Present migration strategies to executives.
• Conduct discovery workshops.
• Provide technical assurance.
• Support pre-sales and solution development.

Qualifications and Certifications :

·      Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

·      Mandatory Certifications

-        Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

-         Amazon Web Services AWS Certified Solutions Architect– Professional

-         The Open Group TOGAF Certified

-         ITIL 4 Foundation

Preferred

-         VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV)

-         Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

-         Azure Administrator Associate

-         AWS SysOps Administrator

-         CISSP (preferred)

-         Terraform Associate

·       Additional cloud-native and container certifications are advantageous.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure
• AWS
• Google Cloud (desirable)
• Hands-on GCC exposure is mandatory.

Infrastructure

Strong knowledge of:

• VMware
• Hyper-V
• Windows Server
• Linux
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Entra ID
• DNS
• DHCP
• Storage
• SAN
• Backup
• Disaster Recovery

Networking

Experience with

• VPN
• ExpressRoute
• AWS Direct Connect
• Firewalls
• Load Balancers
• DNS
• Routing
• Network segmentation

Migration Tools

Experience with several of:

• Azure Migrate
• Azure Site Recovery
• AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
• AWS Migration Hub
• VMware HCX
• Azure Database Migration Service
• Cloud Endure
• Carbonite Migrate
• Azure Landing Zone Accelerator

Automation

Experience with

• PowerShell
• Python
• Terraform
• Bicep
• ARM Templates
• Ansible

Experience:

• 10+ years Infrastructure Architecture
• 5+ years Cloud Architecture
• 5+ years leading enterprise cloud migrations
• Experience migrating 500+ server environments
• Experience leading migration teams
• Experience with regulated industries preferred

Technical Competencies:

The successful candidate should demonstrate experience in:

• Cloud Readiness Assessments
• Application Dependency Mapping
• Cloud Adoption Frameworks
• Landing Zone Design
• Migration Factory Planning
• Migration Wave Planning
• Cost Optimisation
• Security Architecture
• Identity Integration
• Disaster Recovery
• Hybrid Cloud Architecture
• Cloud Governance
• Infrastructure as Code
• Automation
• Executive Stakeholder Management

Skills

Azure AI, Certifications, Dependency Management, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), AWS, Migration Strategy, building landing pages, Information Technology, migration strategy definition, Refactoring, Computer Science, VMware Certified Professional, Architecture Design, Retirement Planning, Itil Foundation, Application Portfolio Management