Job Title: Lead Cloud Architect – AWS Migration

Experience: 8+ Years

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Cloud Architect to drive the technical strategy and architecture for large-scale Data Center to AWS Cloud Migration programs. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership across migration workstreams, define cloud transformation roadmaps, design enterprise-grade AWS architectures, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful migration of mission-critical workloads.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the end-to-end architecture and technical strategy for enterprise cloud migration initiatives.
- Define migration roadmaps, governance frameworks, and execution strategies for large-scale AWS migration programs.
- Design and implement AWS Landing Zones and enterprise cloud foundations.
- Architect AWS networking solutions using VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, and Control Tower.
- Develop migration wave plans, workload sequencing strategies, and execution frameworks.
- Assess applications and infrastructure to determine appropriate migration approaches, including Rehost (Lift & Shift) and Replatform.
- Collaborate with client stakeholders, architects, project teams, and business leaders to drive migration success.
- Ensure cloud solutions align with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
- Provide guidance on security, reliability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost optimization.
- Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, and migration planning sessions.




- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership throughout project delivery.

Required Skills & Experience

- 8+ years of experience in Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, or Cloud Transformation.
- Proven experience leading at least two large-scale Data Center to AWS Migration programs.

- Strong expertise in

- AWS Landing Zone

- Amazon VPC

- AWS Transit Gateway

- AWS Direct Connect

- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Experience designing migration wave plans and workload migration strategies.

- Strong understanding of
- Rehost (Lift & Shift)

- Replatform

- Cloud Migration Best Practices
- Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
- Strong documentation, presentation, and architecture governance experience.

Mandatory Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Qualified

Preferred Qualifications

- AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
- Experience within Insurance, Healthcare, or Financial Services domains.
- Experience with enterprise-scale cloud governance and security frameworks.
- Knowledge of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architectures.

Key Competencies
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Data Center Migration
- AWS Landing Zone
- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Transit Gateway
- AWS Direct Connect
- Amazon VPC
- Cloud Transformation
- Migration Strategy
- Rehost & Replatform
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Enterprise Architecture
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical Leadership

Skills: architecture,cloud,leadership,aws,connect,enterprise,data,framework,data center

📌 Lead Cloud Architect – AWS Migration (India)
🏢 NSKH Tech
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