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Senior AWS Cloud Architect – VMware Migration & AI Automation

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Job Location:

Charlotte, NC - USA

Hourly Salary: USD 75 - 75

Posted: 22 October 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 19 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our Client an IT Services and Consultant company is looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Architect VMware Migration & AI Automation for their Charlotte NC/Remote location.

Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end migration of VMware-based datacenter workloads to AWS using Agentic AI-driven migration solutions.
Define cloud architecture migration strategy governance standards and technical execution while providing leadership to architects engineers and stakeholders throughout the transformation program.
Discovery & Assessment
Lead infrastructure and application discovery using tools such as Matilda AWS Discovery Device42 or similar platforms.
Assess servers applications databases storage and network dependencies for AWS migration readiness.
Analyze infrastructure inventory utilization business criticality risks and remediation requirements.
Perform migration strategy assessment using the AWS 6R framework (Rehost Replatform Refactor Re-Architect Retire Retain).
AWS Architecture & Migration Strategy
Define target AWS landing zone architecture aligned with enterprise security networking and governance standards.
Develop migration roadmaps migration waves sizing recommendations and cost models.
Design AWS infrastructure solutions leveraging services such as EC2 ECS/EKS FSx EFS Route 53 Transit Gateway PrivateLink API Gateway and Lambda.
Ensure architecture decisions support scalability resiliency security and operational excellence.
Agentic AI-Driven Migration Enablement
Design and implement AI agents skills workflows and automation tools to accelerate migration activities.
Utilize AI-driven dependency analysis and business prioritization to optimize migration wave planning.
Drive automated migration validation testing cutover and post-migration verification activities.
Migration Execution & Modernization
Provide technical leadership for VMware workload migration using AWS MGN and related migration services.
Lead modernization initiatives including containerization and migration to ECS or EKS where appropriate.
Oversee Windows and Linux upgrades security hardening patching and compliance remediation for migrated workloads.
Resolve complex migration challenges and ensure successful workload transition to AWS.
Cloud Engineering Standards
Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform.
Establish cloud architecture patterns reusable modules migration standards and deployment best practices.
Integrate CI/CD automation and configuration management tools to support cloud operations.
Governance & Leadership
Act as trusted advisor to client executives technical leadership and Architecture Review Boards.
Lead architecture governance technical reviews risk management and migration decision-making.
Collaborate with application infrastructure network security and business stakeholders.
Mentor architects and engineering teams across cloud network security and platform domains.

Requirements:

AWS Discovery Assessment VMWare Migration Landing Zone Terraform Matilda Discovery Jenkins AWS Bedrock Claude LLM (Good To Have)
Years of Experience: 19.00 Years of Experience

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