AWS Engineer – Cloud Architecture, Migration, TerraformCloudFormation & Hybrid Infrastructure

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking a Senior AWS Engineer with 815 years of IT infrastructure and cloud experience including at least 5 years of hands-on AWS architecture and migration experience. The role will focus on designing migrating implementing and supporting secure scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure successful candidate will apply expertise across enterprise data center infrastructure Windows and Linux administration networking infrastructure as code database migrations application workloads scripting and monitoring. This role will contribute to business objectives by enabling reliable cloud adoption improving infrastructure efficiency reducing operational risk and supporting sustainable technology delivery.

Software Requirements

Required

• 815 years of experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering.

• 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS architecture and migration projects.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise data center infrastructure.

• Expertise in Windows and Linux administration.

• Experience supporting or migrating IBM Java and workloads.

• Experience with Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server migrations.

• Strong networking knowledge including:

  • DNS

  • Routing

  • Firewalls

  • Load balancers

  • VPN

  • Direct Connect

• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and/or Terraform.

• Familiarity with scripting using PowerShell Bash or Python.

• Experience with monitoring and observability solutions.

• Ability to work with current supported versions of AWS services operating systems infrastructure tools scripting languages databases and monitoring platforms.

Preferred

• Experience designing hybrid and multi-environment cloud architectures.

• Exposure to AWS migration frameworks landing zones governance models and cloud operating models.

• Experience with automated infrastructure provisioning configuration management and deployment pipelines.

• Familiarity with containerized application workloads and orchestration platforms.

• Experience with infrastructure security resilience disaster recovery backup and business continuity.

• Exposure to cloud cost management resource optimization and sustainable infrastructure practices.

• Relevant AWS cloud infrastructure networking security or automation certifications.

Overall Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure scalable highly available and maintainable AWS infrastructure solutions.

• Lead or contribute to migration initiatives involving enterprise data center infrastructure application workloads and databases.

• Assess existing infrastructure and workloads to define migration approaches dependencies risks sequencing and target-state architecture.

• Support the migration of IBM Java and workloads to appropriate AWS environments.

• Plan and execute Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server migrations while maintaining data integrity availability performance and operational continuity.

• Administer and troubleshoot Windows and Linux environments across enterprise and cloud infrastructure.

• Design and support network connectivity including DNS routing firewalls load balancers VPN and Direct Connect.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and/or Terraform.

• Create scripts using PowerShell Bash or Python to automate infrastructure operations validation deployment and support activities.

• Implement monitoring and observability solutions to track system health performance availability capacity and operational events.

• Collaborate with application database security networking operations and architecture teams to deliver integrated technology solutions.

• Produce technical designs migration plans operational procedures architecture documentation and implementation records.

• Identify and resolve infrastructure connectivity migration performance and availability issues.

• Apply security compliance resilience cost-efficiency and sustainability considerations throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.

• Contribute to strategic objectives by improving cloud adoption operational reliability automation scalability and infrastructure standardization.

Performance Outcomes

• AWS infrastructure and migration solutions meet agreed requirements for security availability scalability performance and maintainability.

• Migration activities are planned and executed with controlled risk accurate dependencies effective validation and minimal disruption.

• Windows Linux application database and network environments remain stable and support business operations.

• Infrastructure changes are repeatable documented auditable and increasingly automated through Infrastructure as Code.

• Monitoring and observability provide timely visibility into service health performance capacity and potential incidents.

• Infrastructure resources are used efficiently with appropriate attention to operational cost energy consumption and sustainable technology practices.

Technical Skills (By Category)

Programming Languages and Scripting

Essential

• PowerShell Bash or Python scripting experience.

• Ability to write scripts for infrastructure provisioning configuration operational checks troubleshooting deployment and automation.

• Ability to read and interpret application configuration deployment and runtime information for and IBM WebSphere workloads.

Preferred

• Experience developing reusable automation modules and operational utilities.

• Familiarity with scripting standards version control testing error handling and secure secrets management.

Databases/Data Management

Essential

• Experience planning and executing Oracle migrations.

• Experience planning and executing Microsoft SQL Server migrations.

• Understanding of database migration dependencies compatibility performance backup recovery validation and cutover processes.

• Ability to support data integrity availability and controlled access during migration and post-migration operations.

Preferred

• Experience with database modernization and cloud-based database deployment models.

• Familiarity with replication migration assessment performance tuning disaster recovery and rollback planning.

• Exposure to database monitoring and automated validation.

Cloud Technologies

Essential

• At least 5 years of hands-on AWS architecture and migration experience.

• Experience designing AWS environments for application hosting networking storage security monitoring and operational support.

• Knowledge of AWS connectivity patterns including VPN and Direct Connect.

• Ability to design solutions that address availability scalability resilience security performance and cost considerations.

• Understanding of hybrid connectivity between enterprise data centers and AWS environments.

Preferred

• Experience with AWS multi-account landing-zone governance backup disaster recovery and centralized monitoring approaches.

• Familiarity with containers serverless services managed services and cloud-native application patterns.

• Experience optimizing cloud resource utilization and supporting sustainable cloud operations.

Frameworks and Libraries

Essential

• Experience supporting IBM WebSphere workloads.

• Experience Java and application workloads.

• Understanding of application hosting runtime configuration service dependencies deployment requirements and troubleshooting.

• Ability to assess workload characteristics and align application requirements with appropriate infrastructure solutions.

Preferred

• Experience modernizing or re-platforming legacy application workloads.

• Familiarity with application integration APIs messaging service discovery and distributed application architectures.

• Exposure to deployment patterns for containerized and cloud-native applications.

Development Tools and Methodologies

Essential

• Experience with CloudFormation and/or Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

• Strong understanding of enterprise data center infrastructure and infrastructure migration methods.

• Experience with monitoring and observability solutions.

• Familiarity with infrastructure design implementation testing change management release processes and operational handover.

• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation architecture diagrams migration plans runbooks and support procedures.

• Experience troubleshooting infrastructure application database network and performance issues.

Preferred

• Experience integrating Infrastructure as Code with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.

• Familiarity with configuration management automated compliance checks policy enforcement and infrastructure testing.

• Exposure to Agile iterative delivery or structured infrastructure project methodologies.

• Experience with centralized logging metrics tracing alert management and service dashboards.

Security Protocols

Essential

• Understanding of AWS security principles identity and access management least-privilege access encryption network segmentation and secure connectivity.

• Knowledge of firewall configuration VPN security DNS controls load-balancer security and Direct Connect security considerations.

• Ability to apply secure administration practices across Windows and Linux environments.

• Awareness of data protection vulnerability management patching auditability backup recovery and compliance requirements.

• Ability to protect credentials keys configuration data and sensitive information used by infrastructure and application workloads.

Preferred

• Experience implementing security controls through CloudFormation Terraform scripting and automated validation.

• Familiarity with security monitoring threat detection vulnerability remediation and cloud security assessments.

• Experience designing resilient and secure hybrid infrastructure environments.

Experience Requirements

• 815 years of professional experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering.

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing AWS architectures and executing cloud migration initiatives.

• Strong experience with enterprise data center infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure environments.

• Extensive experience administering Windows and Linux platforms.

• Demonstrable experience supporting or migrating IBM Java and workloads.

• Experience planning and executing Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server migrations.

• Strong practical knowledge of DNS routing firewalls load balancers VPN and Direct Connect.

• Experience using CloudFormation and/or Terraform to implement Infrastructure as Code.

• Experience creating automation scripts with PowerShell Bash or Python.

• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions.

• Candidates may qualify through equivalent practical experience provided they can demonstrate comparable cloud architecture infrastructure migration automation troubleshooting and production support outcomes.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Design review and implement AWS infrastructure hybrid connectivity Infrastructure as Code and migration solutions for enterprise workloads and databases.

• Collaborate with application database networking security operations and architecture teams to assess requirements resolve dependencies and plan implementation activities.

• Deliver architecture documents migration plans Terraform or CloudFormation templates automation scripts monitoring configurations validation results and operational runbooks.

• Make technical decisions within the assigned scope troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues manage migration risks recommend improvements and escalate matters requiring broader approval.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience may also be considered.

• 815 years of IT infrastructure and cloud experience including at least 5 years of hands-on AWS architecture and migration experience.

• Relevant training in AWS architecture cloud migration Windows and Linux administration networking Infrastructure as Code database migration scripting or observability is preferred.

• AWS cloud infrastructure networking security automation or database certifications are preferred but do not replace the required hands-on experience.

• Maintain continuous professional development in AWS services cloud architecture migration practices security automation observability resilience cost management and sustainable infrastructure operations.

Professional Competencies

• Apply critical thinking and structured problem-solving to analyze infrastructure migration network database application performance and availability challenges.

• Demonstrate technical leadership accountability and effective teamwork when coordinating architecture migration operations application database networking and security activities.

• Communicate technical designs risks dependencies decisions implementation plans and operational findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Adapt to changing infrastructure requirements migration priorities technology standards operational conditions and evolving AWS capabilities.

• Identify opportunities to improve automation standardization resilience security monitoring resource efficiency and sustainable cloud operations.

• Prioritize multiple technical activities manage delivery timelines document decisions follow approved processes and maintain focus on reliable business outcomes.

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