
Cloud Migration Engineer II
TalentWerx
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $76,000 - $110,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Coordinate data and cloud migration activities across all solution and mission partner projects to ensure a unified, efficient approach
- Act as a liaison between mission partners, DAF Cw engineering, and leadership to clearly communicate timelines, risks, and technical considerations
- Serve as a technical lead for discovery, analysis, planning, and execution of cloud migration efforts into the DAFCw environment
- Conduct detailed IT environment assessments including performance baselines, dependency analysis, and risk profiling
- Define and execute comprehensive migration plans for both legacy and modern systems, including ETL and validation processes
- Design, operate, and optimize migration tools tailored to mission partner needs and platform requirements
- Utilize platform-specific migration tooling such as DevSecOps platforms, Jira, Confluence, GitLab, and Identity Management systems
- Execute migrations in agile “waves” to minimize impact and reduce operational risk
- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of MaaS processes, tooling, and documentation
- Design quality assurance frameworks and perform data validation to ensure data integrity post-migration
- Monitor and report progress of migration efforts, identifying and mitigating risks as needed
- Coordinate activities of ETL engineers and other technical staff involved in the migration
- Collaborate with the Architecture and PMO teams to document a standardized approach to data and cloud migration
- Maintain a detailed progress tracker for all migration phases and ensure alignment with program schedules and resources
- Provide technical support to operational strategies that enhance productivity, quality, and efficiency across all program functions
- Ensure all contractual deliverables are met or exceeded to the customer's satisfaction
- Build and maintain productive and positive professional relationships with clients within your program
- Execute all contract requirements as assigned in accordance with the contract-specific LCAT and requirements
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Similar Discipline with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in the following: AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, data migration, or software refactoring.
- Proven ability to manage complex IT transitions, including legacy system modernization and mission-critical workload migrations.
- Strong knowledge of the 7 R’s of migration and experience applying them in real-world environments.
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
- CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8570-compliant certification
Benefits
- health and wellness programs
- income protection
- paid leave
- retirement and savings
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWS cloud infrastructureKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesdata migrationsoftware refactoringETL processesrisk profilingquality assurance frameworksdata validationmigration planning
Soft Skills
communication skillscross-functional collaborationstakeholder engagementtechnical leadershiprelationship buildingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsrisk managementadaptabilityteam coordination
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Information TechnologyCompTIA Security+DoD 8570-compliant certification