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AWS Migration Specialist
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What they do
A VMware Engineer or Administrator designs, configures and supports virtual systems. Systems may include servers, workstations, tablets, smart phones, and other devices utilized to access and generate data. Maintains, upgrades and implements improvements to virtual hardware, resources, systems and key processes.
$112,636 / year median in the U.S.
-19% projected decline
Job Description
at Cognizant in Springfield, Illinois, United States Job Description Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Migration Engineer with strong expertise in VMware infrastructure and AWS cloud technologies to lead and execute large-scale migration initiatives from on-premises VMware environments to AWS . The ideal candidate will be responsible for assessing existing infrastructure, planning and executing migrations, building AWS environments, automating deployment processes, and ensuring successful post-migration stabilization. This is a remote role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US. Cognizant will not offer visa sponsorships now or anytime in the future. Key Responsibilities Assessment & Discovery
+ Assess existing VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi, vCenter, clusters, networking, storage, and associated dependencies.
+ Perform infrastructure and application discovery to identify migration candidates and readiness.
+ Analyze application and workload characteristics and recommend appropriate migration strategies, including Rehost, Replatform, and Modernization approaches.
+ Document application dependencies, migration waves, migration schedules, and cutover plans. Migration Planning & Execution
+ Plan, coordinate, and execute migrations of VMware virtual machines and workloads to AWS .
+ Implement, configure, and manage AWS Application Migration Service ( MGN ) and associated migration tools.
+ Execute pilot migrations and support migration factory operations at scale.
+ Develop migration runbooks, rollback procedures, validation plans, and operational checklists.
+ Collaborate with infrastructure, application, database, network, and security teams to coordinate migration activities.
+ Perform migration cutovers and post-migration tasks while minimizing business disruption and downtime. AWS Infrastructure Deployment
+ Design, build, and configure AWS cloud infrastructure components, including:
+ Amazon VPC
+ Amazon
EC2 + AWS IAM
+ Security Groups
+ Route Tables
+ Elastic Load Balancers
+ Amazon S3
+ Amazon CloudWatch
+ AWS Systems Manager
+ Support AWS landing zone validation and ensure network connectivity readiness. Automation & Optimization
+ Automate migration, provisioning, and infrastructure deployment activities using:
+ Terraform
+ AWS CloudFormation
+ PowerShell
+ Python
+ VMware PowerCLI
+ Develop automation workflows and scripts to improve migration efficiency and consistency.
+ Optimize AWS environments for performance, scalabilit To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account
Benefits
- Dental Insurance