Senior Migration & Modernization Solutions Architect

Amazon; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Migration & Modernization Specialist Solutions Architect in Chicago to help customers migrate critical workloads to AWS. You will lead data center exit and modernization programs, designing migration strategies and engaging senior stakeholders to influence decisions.

You will apply deep expertise in storage, VMware migrations, and infrastructure modernization, contributing to best practices, architectures, and field enablement across AWS teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in technology domain areas (e.g. software, cloud, systems, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 3+ years design/implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• 6+ years IT development or implementation/consulting in software or Internet industries.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer infrastructure challenges into migration strategies for storage, applications, and infrastructure.
• Define, design, and execute large-scale migration architectures to accelerate AWS adoption.
• Engage with senior engineers, architects, infrastructure leaders, and executives to influence migration decisions.
• Advise on migration trade-offs, risks, and long-term optimization strategies.

Skills

Cloud computing

Migration expertise

Infrastructure design

VMware

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Job description

Amazon seeks a Senior Migration & Modernization Specialist Solutions Architect in Chicago to help customers migrate critical workloads to AWS. You will lead data center exit and modernization programs, designing migration strategies and engaging senior stakeholders to influence decisions.

You will apply deep expertise in storage, VMware migrations, and infrastructure modernization, contributing to best practices, architectures, and field enablement across AWS teams.