Cloud Migration Architect - AWS

VDart Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc. is seeking a Cloud Migration Architect in New York to lead complex application migrations to AWS. You will assess on-premises environments, design target architectures, and define migration roadmaps for multiple applications, acting as a centralized technical resource across teams.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, strong SDLC governance, and ability to drive end-to-end migration programs in a hybrid delivery environment.

Qualifications

• We are seeking a Cloud Migration Architect with hands-on AWS migration experience.
• Extensive knowledge of on-premises and cloud architectures and SDLC governance.
• Ability to design and drive large-scale migration roadmaps across multiple applications.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing on-premises infrastructure and architectures.
• Design scalable, secure AWS target architectures aligned with requirements.
• Develop migration roadmaps and execution plans for diverse portfolios.
• Lead end-to-end migration activities from discovery to optimization.
• Collaborate with owners, infrastructure teams, architects, and stakeholders.
• Provide architecture guidance and leadership throughout migration lifecycle.
• Evaluate dependencies, performance, security, and operational readiness.
• Support modernization including rehosting, replatforming, refactoring.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, governance, and best practices.
• Act as centralized contact for migration-related requests.
• Identify risks and contingency plans; document runbooks and handovers.

Skills

AWS Cloud Architecture

Migration Planning

SDLC Release Mgmt

Stakeholder Mgmt

Application Migration

Infrastructure Migration

AWS Services

Security & Compliance

Disaster Recovery

Architecture Diagrams

Runbooks

DevOps / IaC

Agile Delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Job description

Title: Cloud Migration Architect

Location: New York

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Migrations Senior Consultant with strong expertise in application migration cloud architecture and the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC The ideal candidate will be responsible for assessing existing onpremises environments designing target AWS architectures defining migration strategies and leading endtoend migration initiatives This role will act as a centralized technical resource supporting multiple applications stakeholders and migration requests across the organization

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze existing onpremises application infrastructure and platform architectures
• Design scalable secure and costeffective AWS target architectures aligned with business and technical requirements
• Develop migration roadmaps strategies and execution plans for diverse application portfolios
• Lead endtoend migration activities including discovery assessment planning execution validation and optimization
• Collaborate with application owners infrastructure teams architects and business stakeholders to ensure successful migrations
• Provide architecture guidance and technical leadership throughout the migration lifecycle
• Evaluate application dependencies performance requirements security considerations and operational readiness
• Support modernization initiatives where appropriate including rehosting replatforming and refactoring strategies
• Ensure adherence to SDLC processes governance standards and architectural best practices
• Act as a centralized point of contact for migrationrelated support requests across multiple applications
• Identify risks mitigation strategies and contingency plans during migration programs
• Document architecture designs migration procedures and operational handover materials

Required Skills

• Strong experience in cloud migration and transformation programs
• Deep understanding of onpremises infrastructure application architectures networking and data center environments
• Handson expertise in AWS architecture design and cloud services
• Strong knowledge of migration frameworks tools and best practices
• Experience with application database and infrastructure migration methodologies
• Solid understanding of SDLC release management and change management processes
• Knowledge of security compliance disaster recovery and highavailability architectures
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple migration projects and support requests simultaneously
• Experience creating architecture diagrams technical documentation and migration runbooks

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
• Experience with enterprisescale cloud migration programs
• Familiarity with automation Infrastructure as Code IaC and DevOps practices
• Experience working in Agile and hybrid delivery environments
• Strong analytical and problemsolving capabilities

Education

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Engineering or a related field

Skills

Mandatory Skills :

AWS Cloud Architecture, Migration Planning