AWS Migration Engineer

Cloud Kinetics; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Kinetics is seeking a Migration Lead to plan and oversee AWS migrations across environments. You will coordinate cutover readiness, ensure runbook adherence, and lead cross-functional teams including infrastructure, applications, and vendor partners.

The role emphasizes strong AWS architecture knowledge, incident response during migrations, and clear progress reporting to project leadership. A collaborative, structured approach is required.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of AWS solutions architecture and security design.
• Ability to troubleshoot AWS issues across environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; can lead migration efforts.

Responsibilities

• Plan and validate migration cutover readiness and go-live.
• Act as the single command-and-control point during migration window.
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, applications, AWS, and third-party vendors.

Skills

AWS design

AWS networking

Firewalls

Migration leadership

AWS troubleshooting

Communication

Job description

Key Skills

• Expected to have strong Understanding of AWS Solutions and design, AWS Networking (

firewalls)

• Extensive experience in troubleshooting AWS issues.
• Good Communication Skills and ability to lead the Migrations.

Responsibilities

Migration Planning & Readiness

• Prepare and validate migration cutover plans before the migration window.

Command & Control During Cutover

• Act as the single command-and-control point throughout the migration window.
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, application, AWS, and third-party

vendor teams.

• Monitor adherence to the migration runbook.

Dependency & Risk Management

• Track technical and business dependencies during cutover.
• Ensure cross-team handoffs occur as planned.

Incident & Escalation Management

• Own coordination of incident response during migration.
• Maintain clear visibility of open issues until resolution

Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Provide migration progress updates to project leadership.
• Track migration milestones and completion status.

Continuous Improvement

• Capture lessons learned after the migration window.
• Update migration playbooks, runbooks, and standard operating procedures like

migration summary.

Governance

• Verify completion of mandatory checkpoints.
• Confirm documentation and sign-offs are completed before migration closure.