Strategic AWS GovCloud Cloud Migration Architect

Socket.dev

United States

Remote

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical coverage

401k with company match

Paid holidays

Cell phone/home internet reimbursement

Job summary

True Zero Technologies is seeking a Cloud Migration Engineer/Architect to assess portfolios, define migration strategies for workloads, and design secure, scalable AWS GovCloud architectures. You will plan and execute migrations, automate infrastructure deployment, coordinate waves, minimize downtime, and manage risk throughout the migration lifecycle.

The role emphasizes secure data transfer, compliance, and modernization initiatives, including containerization and cloud-native patterns, with a

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, Information Systems or related field.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing AWS cloud architectures, preferably within AWS GovCloud.
Strong understanding of enterprise application migration strategies and the 7 Rs migration framework.
Hands-on experience with AWS migration tooling such as MGN, DMS, DataSync, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub.
Experience migrating enterprise applications, servers, databases, storage platforms, and data to AWS.
Strong experience with EC2, EKS, ECS, storage services, database services, and cloud-native architectures.
Experience designing hybrid cloud networking with Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPNs, DNS, and security controls.
Hands-on experience developing infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Experience with Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS, AWS Organizations, guardrails, and standardized cloud foundations.
Understanding of FIPS endpoints, encryption requirements, and secure data-transfer patterns within government cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Assess enterprise application portfolios and determine the appropriate migration approach for each workload using the 7 Rs: rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retire, retain, relocate.
Design secure, scalable, highly available AWS GovCloud architectures that meet application, mission, security, and operational requirements.
Develop migration plans, dependency mappings, runbooks, cutover procedures, rollback strategies, and validation criteria.
Use AWS migration services including AWS MG N, DMS, DataSync, Application Discovery Service, and Migration Hub.
Migrate applications, VMs, databases, file systems, and enterprise data to AWS GovCloud with minimal downtime.
Plan and execute storage, database, and data migrations, including data synchronization, replication, validation, and cutover activities.
Design hybrid and cloud networking architectures using AWS Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, DNS, and security controls.
Develop infrastructure using Terraform and other approved IaC technologies.
Implement standardized AWS GovCloud environments using Landing Zone Accelerator and enterprise landing-zone patterns.
Design secure data-transfer patterns and micro-segmentation aligned with Zero Trust principles.
Coordinate migration waves across multiple teams and manage dependencies, risk, and remediation actions.
Validate migrated workloads for functionality, performance, security, and operational readiness before production acceptance.
Implement monitoring, logging, backup, recovery, and operational support for migrated environments.
Identify and execute modernization opportunities, including containerization, managed services, automation, and cloud-native improvements.