Senior AWS EC2 Cloud Migration Engineer | VMware to AWS
Apexon
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Job summary
Apexon is seeking aSenior AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to lead VMware-to-Amazon EC2 migrations using AWS MGN or CloudEndure, covering discovery, assessment, planning, cutover, and validation within a Migration Factory environment.
You will assess VMware environments, define migration waves, install replication agents, monitor health, and coordinate cutovers while ensuring security, networking, storage, and DR readiness across AWS.
Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering large-scale VMware-to-Amazon EC2 migrations involving hundreds to thousands of VMs.
- Hands-on AWS MGN and/or CloudEndure Migration experience.
- Experience across discovery, assessment, migration planning, replication, testing, cutover, rollback, validation, and hypercare.
- Experience within a structured Migration Factory model.
- Strong VMware expertise including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server, HA, DRS, snapshots, datastores, virtual networking, and resource clusters.
- Strong AWS experience with EC2, VPC, IAM, Route 53, ELB/ALB/NLB, Migration Hub, EBS, EFS, FSx, S3; and AWS tools like Systems Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Backup, KMS; Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPN; Organizations and RAM.
- Troubleshooting across VMware, AWS, networking, storage, OS, and apps.
- Experience creating runbooks, cutover plans, rollback procedures, architecture diagrams, and operational docs.
- Strong stakeholder coordination, change management, risk management, and production cutover capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Assess VMware environments, inventories, dependencies, workloads, OS, storage, and networking.
- Define migration waves based on business criticality, dependencies, maintenance windows, and RTOs.
- Create runbooks, implementation plans, cutover strategies, rollback procedures, and risk plans.
- Execute VMware-to-Amazon EC2 migrations using AWS MGN or CloudEndure Migration.
- Install replication agents, configure staging areas, replication, launch templates, security groups, storage, and networking.
- Conduct pilot migrations and production waves under Migration Factory governance.
- Monitor replication health and resolve agent, sync, connectivity, boot, driver, launch, and performance issues.
- Design and support AWS infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, backup, and hybrid connectivity.
- Coordinate shutdowns, data sync, DNS updates, cutover, and stakeholder communication; manage rollbacks as needed.
- Validate OS, network, storage, apps, services, performance, security, monitoring, and backups post-migration.
- Support UAT, sign-off, hypercare, DR testing, and operational readiness; maintain architecture diagrams and dashboards.
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Job description
Apexon is a digital-first technology services firm specializing in accelerating business transformation and delivering human-centric digital experiences. We have been meeting customers wherever they are in the digital lifecycle and helping them outperform their competition through speed and innovation. Apexon brings together distinct core competencies – in AI, analytics, app development, cloud, commerce, CX, data, DevOps, IoT, mobile, quality engineering and UX, and our deep expertise in BFSI, healthcare, and life sciences – to help businesses capitalize on the unlimited opportunities digital offers. Our reputation is built on a comprehensive suite of engineering services, a dedication to solving clients’ toughest technology problems, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital, Apexon now has a global presence of 15 offices and 10 delivery centers across four continents.
We are seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Migration Engineer with proven experience migrating hundreds to thousands of VMware virtual machines from on-premises data centres to Amazon EC2 using AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) and/or CloudEndure Migration. The role covers the full migration lifecycle, including discovery, assessment, wave planning, execution, cutover, validation, troubleshooting, hypercare, and optimisation within a structured Migration Factory model.
Assess VMware environments, infrastructure inventories, application dependencies, workload readiness, operating systems, storage, and networking.
Define migration waves based on business criticality, dependencies, maintenance windows, and recovery objectives.
Create migration runbooks, implementation plans, cutover strategies, rollback procedures, and risk-mitigation plans.
Execute VMware-to-Amazon EC2 migrations using AWS MGN or CloudEndure Migration.
Install replication agents and configure staging areas, replication settings, launch templates, security groups, storage, and networking.
Conduct pilot migrations and execute production migration waves under Migration Factory governance.
Monitor replication health and resolve agent, synchronisation, connectivity, boot, driver, launch, and performance issues.
Design and support AWS infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, backup, and hybrid connectivity services.
Coordinate application shutdown, data synchronisation, DNS updates, cutover, stakeholder communication, and rollback activities.
Validate operating systems, network connectivity, storage mappings, applications, services, performance, security, monitoring, and backups after migration.
Support UAT, business sign-off, hypercare, disaster recovery testing, and operational readiness.
Maintain architecture diagrams, migration dashboards, RAID logs, progress reports, procedures, and knowledge articles.
Participate in architecture reviews and CAB meetings while improving Migration Factory processes and automation.
Proven experience delivering large-scale VMware-to-Amazon EC2 migrations involving hundreds to thousands of virtual machines.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) and/or CloudEndure Migration.
Experience across discovery, assessment, migration planning, replication, testing, cutover, rollback, validation, and hypercare.
Experience working within a structured Migration Factory model.
Strong VMware expertise, including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server, HA, DRS, snapshots, datastores, virtual networking, and resource clusters.
Strong AWS experience with:
- Amazon EC2, VPC, IAM, Route 53, ELB/ALB/NLB, and Migration Hub
- Amazon EBS, EFS, FSx, and S3
- AWS Systems Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Backup, and KMS
- AWS Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, and VPN
- AWS Organizations and Resource Access Manager
Strong troubleshooting skills across VMware, AWS, networking, storage, operating systems, and applications.
Experience creating runbooks, cutover plans, rollback procedures, architecture diagrams, and operational documentation.
Strong stakeholder coordination, change-management, risk-management, and production-cutover capabilities.
Experience with AWS Migration Evaluator.
Migration Factory automation and reporting experience.
Disaster recovery planning and testing experience.
Post-migration performance, resilience, security, operational, and cost optimisation experience.
Did you know that Apexon has been Certified by Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, in each of the four regions in which it operates: USA for the seventh time in 2026, India for the tenth consecutive time in 2026, the UK for the fourth time in 2026, and Mexico for the second time in 2026. Apexon is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and promoting diversity in the workplace. We take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity for all qualified individuals. Apexon strictly prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to gender, race, color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. You can read about our Job Applicant Privacy policy here: Job Applicant Privacy Policy on apexon.com.
Actively contribute to Apexon's commitment to environmental responsibility by following sustainable practices and supporting ESG initiatives.
- Our benefits and rewards program has been thoughtfully designed to recognize your skills and contributions, elevate your learning/upskilling experience, and provide care and support for you and your loved ones.
- As an Apexon Associate, you get continuous skill-based development, opportunities for career advancement, and access to comprehensive health and well-being benefits and assistance
- Group Health Insurance covering family of 4
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