Cloud Migration & Cutover Lead (Azure & AWS)

Ibroad Solutions; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 280,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

iBroad Solutions is seeking an experienced Cloud Migration & Cutover Lead to drive end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise cloud migration across Azure and AWS environments. The successful candidate will ensure go-live readiness with minimal business disruption.

The role requires 10+ years in IT infrastructure and migration programs, 3+ years leading cutover and go-live activities, and strong hands-on experience with Azure and AWS migration projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure, Cloud, Migration, or Technology Transformation programs.
• 3+ years of experience leading cutover, migration, transition, or go-live activities.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure and AWS migration projects.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, databases, and enterprise applications.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams, vendors, stakeholders, and project dependencies.
• Strong communication, leadership, risk management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cutover planning, execution, governance, and post-migration stabilization activities.
• Develop migration runbooks, deployment schedules, rollback plans, and go-live strategies.
• Coordinate infrastructure, cloud, application, database, security, and business teams throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Facilitate readiness assessments, risk reviews, dependency management, and Go/No-Go decision meetings.
• Manage deployment sequencing, validation checkpoints, issue resolution, and hypercare support.
• Lead war-room activities during critical migration and production release events.
• Track project milestones, risks, issues, and provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure compliance with change management, release management, and service transition processes.

Skills

Cloud migration leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Migration & Cutover Lead to drive end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise cloud migration and transformation initiatives across Azure and AWS environments. The successful candidate will ensure seamless go-live execution, operational readiness, and successful transition of applications, infrastructure, and services with minimal business disruption.

Key Responsibilities

Lead cutover planning, execution, governance, and post-migration stabilization activities.

Develop migration runbooks, deployment schedules, rollback plans, and go-live strategies.

Coordinate infrastructure, cloud, application, database, security, and business teams throughout the migration lifecycle.

Facilitate readiness assessments, risk reviews, dependency management, and Go/No-Go decision meetings.

Manage deployment sequencing, validation checkpoints, issue resolution, and hypercare support.

Lead war-room activities during critical migration and production release events.

Track project milestones, risks, issues, and provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership.

Ensure compliance with change management, release management, and service transition processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure, Cloud, Migration, or Technology Transformation programs.

3+ years of experience leading cutover, migration, transition, or go-live activities.

Strong hands-on experience with Azure and AWS migration projects.

Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, databases, and enterprise applications.

Proven experience managing cross-functional teams, vendors, stakeholders, and project dependencies.

Strong communication, leadership, risk management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Certifications

PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or ITIL

AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional