Remote Senior Cloud Architect - AWS Migration Specialist

Description:

• Protera is seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Cloud Architect with a focus on AWS Migration to join our growing team.
• The successful candidate will possess expertise in AWS and on-premises workload migration, with a deep understanding of Cloud Adoption Frameworks adapted for AWS environments.
• The role involves dependency mapping to set up migration move groups to AWS.
• As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in helping our customers modernize and optimize their IT infrastructure through seamless and efficient cloud migration.
• Responsibilities include collaborating with clients to understand their existing infrastructure and recommending optimal migration strategies, leveraging AWS's Cloud Adoption Framework for best practices, architecting and implementing large-scale migration solutions, evaluating migration tools, utilizing dependency mapping techniques, assessing workloads for cloud readiness, developing documentation and migration roadmaps, collaborating with cross-functional teams, providing technical guidance and support, staying updated on AWS technologies, acting as a subject matter expert, and leading workshops with customers.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in cloud computing, with at least 6 years specifically focused on AWS architecture and solutions is required.
• Demonstrated experience in leading successful large-scale AWS migration projects, including data center migrations from on-premises to the AWS cloud.
• A deep understanding of AWS's Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and its application in real-world scenarios is essential.
• Strong understanding of core AWS infrastructure services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, and AWS Networking services.
• Proficiency in automation using scripts and other cloud-native services such as Powershell, Bash, Python, or CloudFormation Templates is necessary.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is required.
• Deep hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and configuration management tools, such as AWS CloudFormation and Terraform, is mandatory; Ansible experience is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills are essential, with the ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Certification is required.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary package.
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance is provided.
• There are professional development opportunities available.
• The work environment is collaborative and supportive.
• Employees enjoy unlimited PTO.