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Solution Architect - VM Ware
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Role overview
A platform engineering solution architect will lead cloud and migration work for client environments, with a focus on moving virtual machine workloads from on-premises data centers to AWS. The role covers architecture, implementation, automation, and operational readiness across enterprise infrastructure, while collaborating on application, data, analytics, and machine learning solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure across compute, storage, networking, messaging, security, and monitoring services. - Assess enterprise environments and plan workload migrations, including VMware-based virtual machine rehosting to EC2. - Use migration assessment and execution tools to evaluate portfolios and carry out migrations; troubleshoot Windows or Linux issues during transition. - Build and manage hybrid connectivity, including VPN or Direct Connect, and configure load balancing for application traffic. - Automate migration and infrastructure workflows with scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools; contribute to CI/CD and configuration management practices. - Apply cloud security and compliance practices, and support post-migration reliability and performance improvements.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience architecting and operating AWS cloud infrastructure, including enterprise and multi-account environments. - Recent experience with cloud migration approaches and on-premises VM lift-and-shift migrations to AWS. - Familiarity with AWS migration services or tools such as Application Migration Service, Migration Hub, CloudEndure, or database migration tooling. - Scripting skills in Python and Bash, plus experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK. - Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM security, Linux or Windows troubleshooting, and CI/CD workflows. - Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or AWS Systems Manager.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with VMware components such as vSphere, vCenter, ESX, or NSX; database migration; SQL or NoSQL systems; Docker and Kubernetes; and cloud migration assessment tools. - Relevant AWS certifications and experience in Agile or DevOps teams.