The Role
Job Title: AWS Migration Architect
Location: Remote
Job Type: Contractor
Experience: 10+ Years in IT Infrastructure, Cloud Architecture, and Migration Programs
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced AWS Migration Architect to lead the cloud migration strategy, workload assessment, and modernization of a large-scale on-premises IT landscape to AWS and Azure. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud architecture, AWS/Azure migration frameworks, and assessment methodologies, along with strong collaboration and leadership skills to engage with business and technical stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
· Discovery & Assessment: Lead a comprehensive discovery and assessment exercise to capture detailed data about all existing on-prem workloads.
· Underlying hardware and software dependencies
· Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to validate workload documentation and fill knowledge gaps.
· Workload Classification: Retire, Remediate, Modernize, Transform – Candidates for re-platforming or complete re-architecture
· Work closely with stakeholders to finalize classification
· Cloud Destination Planning: Recommend suitable AWS and Azure service architectures and deployment models for each workload.
· Define detailed cloud consumption forecasts to support and Budget estimation and optimization
· Phased migration roadmaps and sequencing strategies
· Migration Strategy and Execution Planning: Create high-level and detailed migration plans with timelines and resource allocations.
· Define landing zones and design migration waves based on business impact and criticality.
· Align migration strategy with AWS’s best practices (e.g., AWS Migration Acceleration Program - MAP).
· Innovation and Tooling: Leverage Generative AI (GenAI) tools to accelerate discovery, especially for undocumented applications and codebases.
· Recommend automation tools and practices for efficient workload discovery and migration.
· Required Skills & Qualifications
· 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and cloud solutions, with 5+ years focused on cloud migration (AWS preferred).
· Proven track record of delivering large-scale workload assessments and cloud migrations.
· Expertise in AWS architecture and migration frameworks (MAP, AWS CAF).
· Deep understanding of re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and retiring workloads.
· Familiarity with GenAI tools and code analysis platforms for application discovery.
· Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
· AWS Certifications preferred: AWS Solutions Architect – Professional or equivalent.
· Azure Architect
Desirable Skills
· Experience with tools like AWS Migration Hub, Application Discovery Service, and third-party CMDBs.
· Familiarity with multi-cloud environments (GCP) for comparative planning.
· ITIL, TOGAF, or SAFe certifications are a plus.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Declaration
Brillio is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, colour, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
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Primary Skills
- AWS Networking, AWS Kenesis, AWS Elastic Cache, AWS PaaS Services, AWS EKS, AWS Cognito, Solution Architecture - AWS, AWS Redshift
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The Company
What We Do
Brillio is the leader in global digital business transformation, applying technology with a human touch. We help businesses define internal and external transformation objectives, and translate those objectives into actionable market strategies using proprietary technologies. With 2600+ experts and 13 offices worldwide, Brillio is the ideal partner for enterprises that want to quickly increase their core business productivity, and achieve a competitive edge, with the latest digital solutions.
