Senior Cloud Migration Architect (Contract)

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Migration Architect to join our development team and lead AWS platform configuration and CI/CD automation for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration. This program spans 30+ applications using migration patterns including Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EKS, and EC2 , delivered across multiple sprints. This is a hands-on role for someone who can build, troubleshoot, and mentor while delivering production-ready environments sprint by sprint. Contract: State of Michigan (SOM) Duration: 6 months with possible extension AWS Platform Configuration Configure and manage Elastic Beanstalk environments across Dev, Test, and Prod Stand up and operate EKS clusters including node groups, autoscaling, ingress, and namespaces Provision and harden EC2 environments including AMIs, sizing, and patching strategy Partner with DBA teams on RDS (SQL Server & PostgreSQL) setup Design VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and KMS integrations using least-privilege principles Build reusable Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) CI/CD & GitOps Build Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML) for multiple deployment patterns: Elastic Beanstalk deployments EKS container workflows with ECR + ArgoCD/Flux EC2 deployments (AMI or blue/green) Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux Define promotion strategies across environments with approvals and rollback paths Standardize pipeline templates for team scalability Integrate security scanning, SAST/DAST, and artifact validation Observability & Reliability Configure CloudWatch logs, metrics, alarms, and dashboards Define SLOs, alerting, and incident response runbooks Documentation & Collaboration Produce runbooks, ADRs, and operational documentation Maintain versioned IaC repositories Work closely with developers, infrastructure, and DBA teams Troubleshoot issues across cloud, containers, and networking