AWS Cloud Migration Engineer

We are hiring an AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to move our on-premises VMware estate to native Amazon EC2, using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN).

You will join a small core migration team for a 20-week program covering about 100 Windows and Linux VMs. You will run the hands-on work: replication, test launches, cutovers and post-migration tuning. You will work closely with the cloud architect, network and security engineers, and application owners.

Reports to: Migration Project Manager (day to day) and Cloud Architect (technical direction).

Team: Cloud architect, 2 migration engineers, network engineer, security engineer, DBA, and application owners per wave.

Key responsibilities

You will own the technical execution of each migration wave, from discovery data through to a stable workload on EC2.

Discovery and assessment

• Run AWS Application Discovery Service collectors or Export for vCenter to gather inventory and utilization data
• Help map server and application dependencies and group VMs into move groups
• Check guest OS compatibility with MGN and flag unsupported systems
• Right-size VMs to EC2 instance types and EBS volume types using real utilization data

Landing zone and setup

• Work with the architect to build VPCs, subnets and security groups, including the MGN staging subnet
• Initialize MGN and configure replication settings and launch templates
• Validate network paths from source VMs to AWS (TCP 443 and 1500)

Migration execution

• Install and manage MGN replication agents on Windows and Linux VMs
• Monitor replication health, lag and bandwidth; fix stalled or failing replication
• Launch test instances and support application owners through UAT
• Run cutovers to a timed runbook, including DNS and load balancer changes with the network team
• Build post-launch actions: remove VMware Tools, install SSM and CloudWatch agents, apply configuration
• Execute rollbacks when a go/no-go decision requires it, * Support hypercare: troubleshoot performance, connectivity and application issues on EC2
• Set up backups (AWS Backup), monitoring and alerts (CloudWatch), and patching (Systems Manager)
• Tune instance sizes and storage to cut cost without hurting performance
• Clean up staging resources, snapshots and decommissioned source VMs

Documentation and handover

• Write and keep runbooks, wave records and as-built documentation current
• Automate repeatable steps with scripts or infrastructure as code
• Hand over migrated workloads to the operations team with clear support notes

We need someone who has already moved production workloads from VMware to AWS and knows both sides well.

• 4+ years in infrastructure or systems engineering, with 2+ years hands-on with AWS
• Completed at least one VMware-to-AWS migration of 20+ VMs, using AWS MGN or CloudEndure Migration
• Strong VMware vSphere and vCenter knowledge: VM configuration, storage, networking and VMware Tools
• Solid Amazon EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM and security group skills
• Administration of both Windows Server and Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu or similar)
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, subnets, routing, DNS, firewalls, VPN or Direct Connect
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python to automate repeatable tasks
• Experience troubleshooting boot, driver and network issues on migrated servers
• Comfortable working in change windows, including planned weekend cutovers
• Clear written documentation and calm communication with application owners during incidents

Preferred qualifications

These skills are a strong plus but not required.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional, or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV)
• Experience with AWS Transform for VMware, AWS Migration Hub or Application Discovery Service
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK
• AWS Control Tower, Organizations and multi-account landing zones
• AWS Systems Manager, AWS Backup and Amazon CloudWatch in production
• Active Directory in AWS (AWS Managed Microsoft AD or self-managed)
• Database migration with AWS DMS, or SQL Server and Oracle on EC2
• Microsoft licensing on AWS (license-included vs BYOL)
• Work on AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) projects or at an AWS partner

Pay range and compensation package

• Compensation will be offered in line with current market standards and will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, skills, and relevant experience.