Staff Cloud Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Cloud Engineer to support enterprise-scale application migrations to the cloud with a primary focus on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Implement and execute standardized migration patterns to AWS, including rehost, replatform, redeploy, refactor.
• Design and operate an application migration factory focused on: Automation pipelines, Runbooks and deployment frameworks, Cutover orchestration and execution.
• Build and implement tooling and automation frameworks to support high-scale migrations.
• Drive adoption of container-first strategies, including VM-to-container migration and Kubernetes (EKS) deployments.
• Define and implement technical deployment models, including: VM rehosting and replatforming patterns, Containerized application deployment models, Kubernetes-based microservices architectures.
• Configure and deploy AWS infrastructure and platform services, including: Compute, storage, and networking services such as VPCs, load balancers, and DNS, Databases and middleware platforms, Container platforms, container registries, and runtime environments, including EKS.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation and containerized application deployment.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) modules and reusable deployment templates.
• Integrate automation and scripting using Python and Bash to streamline provisioning, deployment, and operational workflows.
• Coordinate with AWS specialists and partners to accelerate migration execution.
• Execute data migration, cutover, validation, and post-migration stabilization activities.
• Ensure implementations meet security, compliance, reliability, and cost optimization requirements.
• Align implementations with enterprise guardrails, including IaC, policy-as-code, and standardized pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10–15+ years of total experience, including 7+ years in cloud engineering or migration roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise in AWS architecture and services.
• Proven experience with large-scale application migrations to AWS.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions, including building CI/CD pipelines for cloud and hybrid environments.
• Experience managing self-hosted CI/CD runners (GitHub Actions or similar) in both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of IAM, cross-account access, and identity federation (AWS IAM Identity Center, SSO).
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, logging, metrics, tracing) to support migration validation and post-migration troubleshooting.
• Experience with database and data migration strategies (replication, backup/restore, minimal downtime cutover).
• Experience working within enterprise cloud landing zones and guardrails (SCPs, account structure, security controls).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in hybrid networking, including routing, DNS resolution, and connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments.
• Experience designing and managing multi-environment deployments (dev, test, prod) with proper isolation and promotion workflows.
• Experience working with enterprise artifact repositories (e.g., JFrog Artifactory) for dependency management, build artifacts, and secure package distribution.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, vendors, and cloud providers.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred

• Understanding of cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices, including tagging strategies and cost visibility during migration.
• Experience with migration tooling, such as AWS Application Migration Service, DMS, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with GitOps deployment models, such as ArgoCD, and environment-based deployment strategies.
• AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes-related certifications.
• Experience working in large-scale transformation programs or Agile delivery models.