AWS Cloud Migration Architect — DC Exit Leader

Ethereum Technologies LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies LLC in Chicago seeks an AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design, planning and execution of the Data Center Exit program, migrating on‑prem infrastructure to AWS while ensuring performance, cost efficiency, and compliance.

You'll partner with application owners, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud architectures, driving governance, IaC adoption, and migration wave planning across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering.
• 12+ years in infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture.
• 8+ years hands-on AWS Cloud architecture (VPC, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, CF/TF, monitoring).
• Proven experience leading large-scale data center migration or exit programs.
• Strong networking, security, automation (CI/CD, IaC), and hybrid cloud knowledge.
• Experience with migration tools (CloudEndure, Migration Hub, App Discovery).

Responsibilities

• Lead Migration Portfolio Assessment (MPA) and Migration Readiness Assessment (CAF) across governance, security, and operations.
• Define 7R dispositions, build dependency maps, and create migration wave plans with TCO and risk analysis.
• Design scalable, secure AWS cloud solutions to replace on‑prem data center infrastructure.
• Develop target-state architecture, migration blueprints, and reference architectures aligned with AWS best practices.
• Select appropriate AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, IAM).
• Lead migration assessments, dependency mapping, and wave planning.
• Collaborate with migration teams to execute lift‑and‑shift, re‑platforming, or re‑architecting strategies.
• Oversee workload migration validation, performance tuning, and post‑migration optimization.
• Implement cloud governance, compliance, and cost‑management practices.
• Ensure security controls meet enterprise and regulatory standards.
• Define tagging standards, automation templates, and operational guardrails.
• Mentor teams on cloud-native practices, automation, and DevOps adoption.
• Provide executive reporting on progress, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Skills

AWS Architecture

VPC Design

IAM

EC2

RDS

S3

Terraform/CloudFormation

Monitoring (CloudWatch)

Security

Governance

DevOps / IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

CloudWatch

Config

Job description

Ethereum Technologies LLC in Chicago seeks an AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design, planning and execution of the Data Center Exit program, migrating on‑prem infrastructure to AWS while ensuring performance, cost efficiency, and compliance.

You'll partner with application owners, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud architectures, driving governance, IaC adoption, and migration wave planning across the enterprise.