AWS Cloud Migration Lead - Strategic Migrations

R Systems; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

R Systems is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Lead to drive end-to-end migrations across multiple locations including Dallas, Seattle, San Jose, Sacramento and NJ. The role requires hands-on AWS expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate across diverse teams.

The candidate will oversee assessment, wave planning, cutover, rollback, and hypercare while ensuring security and operational excellence. Long-term engagement with opportunities for strategic impact.

Qualifications

• Lead AWS cloud migrations end-to-end including assessment, planning, cutover, rollback and hypercare.
• Hands-on with core AWS services and migration tools across multiple stacks.
• Drive migration of applications across Windows/Linux environments and databases.
• Provide architectural guidance and governance for secure, scalable cloud transitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end AWS cloud migrations, including assessment, wave planning, cutover, rollback, validation, and hypercare.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful migration of apps and data.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers on migration best practices and tooling.
• Ensure security, compliance, and performance of migrated workloads.

Skills

AWS Cloud Migration

Leadership

Cloud Architecture

Project Management

CI/CD

Tools

EC2

VPC

S3

IAM

Route 53

CloudWatch

Terraform

Jenkins

Job description

R Systems is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Lead to drive end-to-end migrations across multiple locations including Dallas, Seattle, San Jose, Sacramento and NJ. The role requires hands-on AWS expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate across diverse teams.

The candidate will oversee assessment, wave planning, cutover, rollback, and hypercare while ensuring security and operational excellence. Long-term engagement with opportunities for strategic impact.