AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Info Way Solutions; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job description

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead enterprise-scale desktop migration and modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, EUC/VDI architecture, persistent and non-persistent desktops, FSLogix, profile management, Windows image engineering, Terraform, CI/CD, and automation.

This person will be responsible for architecture, discovery, migration planning, desktop design, image engineering, infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, and technical leadership throughout the migration lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, assessment, sizing, dependency mapping, and migration planning.
• Analyze existing EUC/VDI environments and develop AWS WorkSpaces migration strategies.
• Design migration waves, pilot deployments, production cutovers, rollback procedures, and transition plans.
• Work directly with client stakeholders and technical teams.
• Define migration roadmaps aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Identify migration risks, dependencies, and remediation strategies.
• Design and deploy AWS WorkSpaces Personal (Persistent) environments.
• Design and deploy AWS WorkSpaces Pools (Non-Persistent) environments.
• Develop desktop pools based on workload personas and business requirements.
• Define capacity planning, scaling, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Optimize WorkSpaces performance, cost, security, and user experience.
• Design networking, identity, authentication, and access requirements for WorkSpaces.
• FSLogix
• User Profile Disks
• Profile Containers
• Amazon FSx
• App Layering technologies

Optimize:

• User profiles
• Data management
• Desktop performance and user experience

4. Image Engineering & Lifecycle Management

• Establish and maintain enterprise Golden Image strategies.
• Build and optimize Windows 10/11 Enterprise images.
• Automate image creation, testing, validation, and deployment.
• Implement image versioning and lifecycle management.
• Perform application integration and compatibility testing.
• Optimize Windows images for AWS WorkSpaces.
• Develop standardized image management processes.
• Support application packaging and deployment.

5. Terraform & Infrastructure as Code

Develop and maintain enterprise-grade Terraform modules for:

• AWS WorkSpaces
• VPC
• IAM
• Networking
• Security infrastructure
• Supporting AWS services

Responsibilities include:

• Infrastructure provisioning through Terraform.
• Reusable and modular Terraform development.
• State management and environment separation.
• Automated infrastructure testing and validation.
• Integration with enterprise CI/CD and release management.
• Implementing GitOps-based infrastructure deployment.

CloudFormation experience is preferred.

6. CI/CD & Automation

Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using:

• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins
• Git

Responsibilities include:

• Automating WorkSpaces image build and deployment pipelines.
• Implementing GitOps methodologies.
• Automating compliance validation and testing.
• Implementing release approvals and deployment controls.
• Integrating IaC with enterprise release management.