Cloud Engineer

A large Hospital system is undergoing an enterprise-wide migration from on-prem VMware to AWS and is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to act as the right hand to the Cloud Architect during this transition.

This role is heavily focused on executing and supporting AWS migrations, standing up and supporting cloud environments post-migration, introducing automation and best practices, and helping enable the broader infrastructure team to successfully operate in AWS.

This is not a pure architecture role and not a generalist cloud position. The ideal candidate has real-world experience migrating workloads into AWS and supporting those environments in production.

Support and execute VMware * AWS migrations, including pre-migration prep, cutover support, and post-migration validation

Work closely with the Cloud Architect to build, configure, and support AWS environments

Assist with selection and usage of migration tooling (e.g., AWS MGN or equivalent)

Help establish repeatable AWS patterns for compute, networking, IAM, and monitoring

Develop scripts and automation to support infrastructure provisioning and migration efforts

Introduce and support Infrastructure-as-Code practices (Terraform and/or CloudFormation)

Partner with infrastructure, networking, and PMO teams throughout the migration lifecycle

Support production workloads post-migration, including troubleshooting and optimization

Mentor and enable internal IT teams on AWS operations, troubleshooting, and best practices

Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization, including leadership, in a professional and clear manner

8+ years total IT infrastructure experience

3-5+ years hands-on AWS experience

Direct experience migrating workloads from on-prem (VMware) to AWS

Strong understanding of AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, etc)

Experience supporting AWS environments in production

Scripting/automation experience (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) - open to reviewing similar tools

Exposure to infrastructure automation (Terraform and/or CloudFormation) - open to reviewing similar tools

Comfortable working cross-functionally and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders Experience with AWS migration tools (AWS MGN preferred)

Azure familiarity (secondary)

Monitoring/logging experience in cloud environments

Healthcare or regulated industry experience

Prior experience acting as a technical lead or mentor (no direct reports required)