ob Description
- Conduct application discovery workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
- Gather and document application inventory, infrastructure dependencies, and business requirements.
- Perform application intake assessments and collect migration-related information.
- Maintain application catalogs, assessment reports, and migration tracking repositories.
- Identify application owners, business criticality, support teams, and operational requirements.
- Perform discovery and assessment using Azure Migrate and related tools.
- Conduct dependency mapping across applications, databases, middleware, and external integrations.
- Assess migration readiness, technical risks, licensing requirements, and operational constraints.
- Analyze infrastructure utilization, performance metrics, and workload characteristics.
- Develop migration wave plans and application grouping strategies.
- Provide Azure sizing recommendations and cloud cost estimations.
- Present assessment findings and migration recommendations to stakeholders and leadership teams.
Azure Migration & Cloud Transformation
- Plan, design, and execute migration of applications, servers, databases, and workloads to Microsoft Azure.
- Define migration approaches including:
- Rehost
- Replatform
- Refactor
- Retire
- Retain
- Replace
- Support migration testing, cutover activities, validation, and post-migration stabilization.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, governance, and operational standards.
- Work closely with application owners, architects, platform teams, and infrastructure teams during migration programs.
- Participate in technical reviews, design assessments, and operational readiness activities.
- Create and maintain migration documentation, runbooks, templates, and migration artifacts.
DevOps & Automation
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Manage Azure DevOps services including:
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using:
- Terraform
- ARM Templates
- Bicep
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment activities.
- Implement automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and rollback strategies.
- Integrate monitoring, logging, and alerting into deployment pipelines.
- Promote DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.
Required Technical SkillsCloud & Migration
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS & PaaS).
- Experience with Azure Migrate Discovery & Assessment.
- Experience in enterprise cloud migration projects.
- Understanding of Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and migration methodologies.
- Knowledge of Azure Landing Zones.
- Experience in large-scale migration programs.
Operating Systems
- Linux Administration.
- Windows Server Administration.
DevOps & Automation
- Azure DevOps.
- GitHub.
- Terraform.
- ARM Templates.
- Bicep.
- CI/CD Pipeline Implementation.
Scripting
- PowerShell.
- Bash.
- Python (preferred).
Networking
- Virtual Networks (VNet)
- Network Security Groups (NSG)
- VPN
- DNS
- Load Balancers
- ExpressRoute
Databases
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Virtualization
Reporting & Tools
- Excel
- Power BI
- Migration Readiness Dashboards
- Assessment Reporting Tools
- ServiceNow / CMDB (preferred)
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to work with cross-functional and global teams.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills.
- Proactive mindset with ownership of deliverables.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Preferred Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
Must-Have Checklist
46 years of IT experience Strong Azure Cloud expertise Linux and/or Windows Administration Azure DevOps & GitHub knowledge Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience Cloud Migration project experience Scripting skills (PowerShell/Bash/Python) Understanding of Networking concepts Strong communication and stakeholder management skills Versatile profile with application, infrastructure, and cloud exposure
