Contractor - AWS - Senior Specialist Cloud SRE

Job Title: Contractor - Senior Specialist Cloud SRE

Education: Any Graduate

Experience: 8 to 12years

Location: Mumbai

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer (Contractor) with strong expertise in AWS migration projects and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation. This role is a 6_month engagement focused on executing a “lift_and_shift” migration from Azure to AWS, followed by stabilization and operational readiness. The engineer will also design and automate deployments using Terraform and GitHub/DevOps pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

Migration Execution

• Assist in migrating ProductionClone and Production environments from Azure to AWS.

• Implement AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and AWS Database Migration Service (DMS).

• Support pilot migration (ProdClone) and full production migration.

Infrastructure & Networking

• Validate and extend AWS Landing Zone (Control Tower, guardrails, SCPs).

• Design and configure AWS VPC architecture, ingress/egress, and connectivity (VPN/Direct Connect).

• Support DNS strategy (Route 53 vs Azure DNS coexistence).

Application & Compute

• Collaborate with application teams to identify dependencies and shared services.

• Deploy workloads using EC2 Auto Scaling Groups; support ECS/EKS if containerized.

• Define AMI, patching, and configuration management approach.

Data & Database Migration

• Execute backup/restore and CDC-based migrations using AWS DMS.

• Support RDS/Aurora migrations and ensure data validation/reconciliation.

Security & Compliance

• Implement IAM least-privilege roles, secrets management, and encryption.

• Configure GuardDuty, Security Hub, and compliance mapping from Azure to AWS.

Operations & Support

• Set up monitoring/logging (CloudWatch, alarms).

• Define backup, disaster recovery, and incident response processes.

• Contribute to runbook templates and operational handover.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & DevOps

• Automate AWS resource provisioning using Terraform.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or equivalent DevOps tools.

• Ensure repeatable, version-controlled deployments for infrastructure and applications.

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate IaC into migration factory workflows.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in AWS cloud infrastructure and migration projects.

• Hands-on expertise with:

• AWS Control Tower, IAM Identity Center

• VPC design, ALB/NLB, WAF

• AWS MGN, AWS DMS, RDS/Aurora

• CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub

• Strong knowledge of Terraform for IaC automation.

• Experience with GitHub/DevOps CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment.

• Familiarity with Azure-to-AWS connectivity and hybrid DNS strategies.

• Knowledge of lift-and-shift migration methodology and modernization planning.

• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps Administrator / Database Specialty.

• Experience with multi-account AWS strategies and enterprise guardrails.

• Exposure to global delivery models (US, India).