AWS Infrastructure Migration Engineer

VSO Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

VSO Inc. in Herndon, VA seeks an experienced AWS Infrastructure Migration Engineer to move complex workloads across AWS environments with strict security and connectivity constraints.

You will design repeatable migration procedures, align dev/test/prod configurations, and coordinate with platform and security teams in a high-assurance, on-site setting. Activation of control measures and rigorous testing will be key.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of AWS cloud migration or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS migrations and repeatable deployment practices.
• Ability to design safe cutover and rollback approaches for restricted environments.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience in highly controlled environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute migrations between AWS environments with different security and connectivity constraints.
• Align development, testing, and production configurations.
• Develop repeatable deployment, artifact handling, cutover, and rollback procedures.
• Validate migrated workloads and coordinate controlled changes with platform and security teams.

Skills

AWS migrations

Cloud infra

Documentation & coordination

Security awareness

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Description

Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle?

Virtual Service Operations (VSO) is seeking an experienced AWS Infrastructure Migration Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Move complex cloud workloads into some of the most demanding operating environments. You will make migrations safer and more repeatable through thoughtful architecture, disciplined testing, and carefully engineered cutovers. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute migrations between AWS environments with different security and connectivity constraints.
• Align development, testing, and production configurations.
• Develop repeatable deployment, artifact handling, cutover, and rollback procedures.
• Validate migrated workloads and coordinate controlled changes with platform and security teams

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of AWS cloud migration or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS migrations and repeatable deployment practices.
• Ability to design safe cutover and rollback approaches for restricted environments.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience across AWS commercial, GovCloud, or other restricted partitions.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and blue/green migrations.
• Relevant AWS professional or specialty certifications; Security+ or CISSP where applicable.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance; must be eligible for applicable SCI read-on/indoctrination and additional program-specific access approvals.
• Must reside within commuting distance of one of the following 4 approved secure work locations: Herndon, VA; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; or Denver, CO.
• Regular on-site work in an approved secure facility and occasional work at authorized customer facilities may be required. This is not a remote position.
• Full-time position, on-site
• Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status

What is Important to Us:

• You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
• You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
• Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
• You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
• You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.

What we offer you:

As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

More About VSO

VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers