AWS Cloud Transformation Architect

AWS Cloud Transformation Architect 📍 Albany, NY | 🕒 Long-term Contract | 📅 Start: Mid-January 💼 Engagement: Long-term Multi-year Contract Role Overview Our client is a large U.S. public sector, state-level enterprise undertaking a comprehensive cloud modernization initiative focused on large-scale migration to AWS. This role requires a senior, hands-on AWS Architect with proven experience leading enterprise or public-sector migrations involving thousands of virtual machines, along with application modernization, DevOps transformation, and data platforms on AWS. This is an execution-focused architecture leadership role, not presales. Key Responsibilities • Lead the assessment, strategy, and execution of migrating 12,000+ virtual machines to AWS • Design and implement secure multi-VPC architectures (VPCs, security groups, networking) • Drive application rationalization and migration (VMs, containers, DevOps pipelines) • Architect DevOps and container platforms (EC2, EKS/ECS, CI/CD, IaC) • Design and support a Databricks-based data warehouse on AWS • Build data, analytics, and AI pipelines using AWS services • Lead an 8-month assessment phase, creating migration roadmaps and wave plans • Build and guide delivery teams while working with state agencies and vendors Required Experience (Must Have) • 10+ years of enterprise IT with strong AWS architecture experience • Proven leadership of large-scale cloud migrations (5,000+ VMs; 12,000+ preferred) • Hands-on multi-VPC AWS design in regulated or public-sector environments • Strong AWS DevOps architecture experience (Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD, containers) • Direct experience with Databricks on AWS • Experience delivering data platforms, analytics, or AI pipelines on AWS • Prior experience leading long-term assessment and migration programs • Ability to lead and coordinate large technical teams Preferred • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect – Professional, DevOps Engineer) • AWS Landing Zone, Control Tower, Transit Gateway experience