AWS Clouds Migration Engineer

NETS Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NETS Group is seeking a seasoned Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer in Singapore to lead on-premises to AWS migrations for servers, applications, and databases. You will design landing zones, implement Terraform templates, and drive optimization post-migration.

The role requires 5+ years in cloud engineering, hands-on migration experience, and strong knowledge of AWS MGN, AWS DMS, SCT, and networking concepts. You will collaborate with DBAs, security, and project teams to ensure smooth production

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience in on-prem to AWS migration projects.
• Strong expertise in AWS MGN (Application Migration Service) and AWS DMS/SCT.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute on-prem to AWS migrations for servers, applications, and databases.
• Use AWS MGN for lift-and-shift (rehost) server migrations.
• Use AWS DMS and SCT for database migrations, including heterogeneous migrations.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Migration expertise

Networking basics

Python scripting

Tools

Terraform

AWS MGN

AWS DMS

SCT

Job description

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Company: Network For Electronic Transfers (S)

The NETS Group is a leading payments services group, enabling digital payments for merchants, consumers and banks across the entire payments value chain.

The Group operates Singapore’s national debit scheme enabling customers of DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and UOB to make payments using their ATM cards or mobile devices at more than 130,000 acceptance points in the country as well as online payments.

About NETS:

The NETS Group is a leading payments services group, enabling digital payments for merchants, consumers, and banks across the entire payments value chain. We are guided by our purpose statement “Connecting Communities, Empowering Lives” to make an impact to the communities we serve. NETS operates Singapore’s national debit scheme and enables payments at more than 130,000 acceptance points in the country. It also provides innovative and diverse digital payment solutions, which include NETS contactless payment, digital payments overseas as well as NETS QR payment, online and in-app payment. NETS is also the issuer of NETS FlashPay, NETS Motoring Card and NETS Prepaid Card.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute on-prem to AWS migrations for servers, applications, and databases.
• Use AWS MGN for lift-and-shift (rehost) server migrations.
• Use AWS DMS and SCT for database migrations, including heterogeneous migrations (e.g., Oracle/SQL Server to Aurora/RDS).
• Perform application and dependency discovery, migration assessments, and wave planning.
• Define migration strategies: rehost, re-platform, or refactor where applicable.
• Develop and execute migration runbooks, including cutover, validation, and rollback plans.
• Perform migration rehearsals and ensure successful production cutover with minimal business impact.

2. Cloud Environment Setup

• Design and implement AWS landing zones for migrated workloads.
• Set up new projects/environments in AWS aligned with best practices (networking, security, governance).
• Configure VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and connectivity (VPN/Direct Connect).
• Establish IAM roles, policies, and security controls following least privilege principles.

3. Automation & Infrastructure

• Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Create reusable templates and standard configurations for migration and new workloads.

4. Migration Validation & Optimization

• Validate migrated workloads for performance, data integrity, and functionality.
• Monitor and manage replication lag, data consistency, and application behaviour post-migration.
• Optimize cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency after migration.
• Work closely with application teams, DBAs, security, and project stakeholders throughout migration lifecycle.
• Maintain clear documentation: architecture diagrams, migration plans, SOPs, and runbooks.

Provide knowledge transfer to operations teams for post-migration support.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience in on-prem to AWS migration projects.
• Strong expertise in:
  • AWS MGN (Application Migration Service)
  • AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
• Solid knowledge of AWS services: EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53.
• Strong understanding of networking (subnets, routing, VPN, DX).
• Experience with Terraform.
• Scripting knowledge (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) Pte Ltd.