Senior AWS Cloud Engineer – Lift & Shift Migration
Listed on 2026-11-01
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IT/Tech
AWS, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer
The Role
We are looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead the migration of our on‑premises workloads to AWS. This role is focused squarely on lift‑and‑shift migration — re‑hosting existing applications, storage, and file transfer processes onto AWS infrastructure with minimal re‑architecture, while establishing the content delivery, storage, and secure transfer patterns the environment will run on going forward.
Role DescriptionWe are looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead the migration of our on‑premises workloads to AWS. This role is focused squarely on lift‑and‑shift migration — re‑hosting existing applications, storage, and file transfer processes onto AWS infrastructure with minimal re‑architecture, while establishing the content delivery, storage, and secure transfer patterns the environment will run on going forward.
What You’ll Do- Plan and execute lift-and-shift migration of on-premises servers, applications, and workloads to AWS
- Design and implement content delivery using Amazon Cloud Front and storage architecture using Amazon S3
- Stand up and manage secure file transfer workflows using AWS Transfer Family (SFTP/FTPS/FTP)
- Containerize legacy applications with Docker to prepare them for cloud-hosted environments
- Assess on-prem workloads and dependencies to build migration runbooks, wave plans, and cutover strategies
- Configure supporting AWS infrastructure — networking, compute, security groups, and IAM — for migrated workloads
- Validate post-migration performance, cost, and security posture, and remediate issues found during cutover
- Document migration architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures for the environment
This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.
What You Need- (Required) Amazon Cloud Front
- Hands‑on experience designing and configuring Cloud Front distributions for web content and application delivery
- Experience with origin configuration, caching behaviors, and in validations
- Understands signed URLs/cookies and integration with WAF for edge security Amazon S3
- Experience designing S3 bucket architecture, storage classes, and lifecycle policies
- Understands S3 security — bucket policies, IAM access, encryption at rest, and versioning
- Experience migrating on-prem file storage and data to S3 AWS Transfer Family
- Hands‑on experience standing up and managing AWS Transfer Family endpoints (SFTP/FTPS/FTP)
- Experience integrating Transfer Family with S3 or EFS as backend storage
- Understands user/identity management and access controls for managed file transfer Docker
- Hands‑on experience containerizing applications with Docker, including writing and optimizing Dockerfiles
- Comfortable running and troubleshooting containerized workloads in a cloud environment Lift & Shift Migration Experience
- Has led or been a core contributor to at least one on-premises to AWS migration project
- Experience with migration assessment, wave planning, and cutover execution
- Comfortable working with legacy infrastructure and minimizing risk during transition
- Preferred Qualifications:
- These skills will strengthen a candidate's profile but are not a hard requirement.
- AWS Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
- AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator – Associate
Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.
Role
Location:
Remote - US
Compensation Range: $7…
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