Senior AWS Cloud Architect - VMware Migration & AI Automation

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.

• 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.

• 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

• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

Required Experience:

Senior IC