Senior Cloud Migration Architect (Contract

Senior Cloud Migration Architect

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Migration Architect to join our development team and lead AWS platform configuration and CI/CD automation for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration.

This program spans 30+ applications using migration patterns including Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EKS, and EC2, delivered across multiple sprints.

This is a hands-on role for someone who can build, troubleshoot, and mentor while delivering production-ready environments sprint by sprint.

Contract:

State of Michigan (SOM) Duration: 6 months with possible extension

• Configure and manage Elastic Beanstalk environments across Dev, Test, and Prod
• Stand up and operate EKS clusters including node groups, autoscaling, ingress, and name spaces
• Provision and harden EC2 environments including AMIs, sizing, and patching strategy
• Partner with DBA teams on RDS (SQL Server & PostgreSQL) setup
• Design VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and KMS integrations using least-privilege principles
• Build reusable Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)

• Build Azure Dev Ops pipelines (YAML) for multiple deployment patterns:
• Elastic Beanstalk deployments
• EKS container workflows with ECR + ArgoCD/Flux
• EC2 deployments (AMI or blue/green)
• Implement Git Ops workflows using ArgoCD or Flux
• Define promotion strategies across environments with approvals and rollback paths
• Standardize pipeline templates for team scalability
• Integrate security scanning, SAST/DAST, and artifact validation

• Configure Cloud Watch logs, metrics, alarms, and dashboards
• Define SLOs, alerting, and incident response runbooks

• Produce runbooks, ADRs, and operational documentation
• Maintain versioned IaC repositories
• Work closely with developers, infrastructure, and DBA teams
• Troubleshoot issues across cloud, containers, and networking