Cloud Migration Services Practice Lead

Cloud Migration Services Practice Lead

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Role Summary

Cloud Migration Services Practice Lead

thought leadership and hands-on guidance

Key Responsibilities

Strategy, Architecture & Assets

• Own the

  overall cloud migration strategy

  and reference implementation for the practice (framework v1/v2 roadmap).
• Define the

  core building blocks

  : migration assessment templates, automation tools, migration runbooks, and validation checklists.
• Establish

  standards, guidelines, and review processes

  for how migrations are planned, executed, validated, and optimized.
• Shape the

  multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud strategy

  : platform selection, migration patterns (lift-and-shift, re-platform, re-architect), and abstraction boundaries.

• Create and maintain reusable assets, tools, accelerators, and reference architectures

  to drive consistency and efficiency across migration projects.
• Develop and deliver

  presentations and technical briefings to customer executives

  , articulating migration strategies, value propositions, and technical roadmaps.
• Provide

  advice on the latest market trends, emerging technologies, and best practices

  in cloud migration and modernization.

Migration Execution & Enablement

• Design and oversee

  multi-phase migration workflows

  (discovery, assessment, planning, execution, validation, cutover, optimization).
• Build and maintain a

  Migration Toolkit

  and automation scripts that squads can easily adopt.
• Define patterns for

  hosting, scaling, and optimizing

  workloads post-migration (Kubernetes/OpenShift, serverless, autoscaling, cost management).
• Ensure migrations include

  observability by design

  : monitoring, logging, and reporting for each migration phase.

• Participate in RFPs, proposal building, and solutioning

  for new business opportunities, providing high-end cloud consulting and technical leadership throughout the sales cycle.

Risk, Compliance & Quality

• Define the strategy for

  risk assessment and mitigation

  , including compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Standardize

  validation schemas and rollback patterns

  to ensure safe and effective migrations.
• Own the

  quality assurance framework

  :
• Pre- and post-migration validation
• Golden test sets and regression suites
• Performance, reliability, and security metrics for migrated workloads
• Set the policy for

  governance and guardrails

  (e.g., change management, approvals, incident response).

Cross-Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead the

  Cloud Migration squad

  , providing mentoring, technical direction, and career guidance to migration engineers.
• Collaborate with:
• Application Modernization teams (refactoring, re-platforming)
• Data Modernization teams (data migration, ETL/ELT, lineage)
• Security and Compliance teams to ensure end-to-end coverage
• Act as the

  technical bridge

  between R&D, Solution leads, delivery, and customer-facing teams.

Required Skills & Experience

Cloud & Migration Expertise

• Deep hands-on experience with

  cloud platforms

  (

  AWS

  ,

  Azure

  , GCP, OCI, etc.) and

  migration tools (Azure Migrate, AWS Migration Hub, etc.).

• Experience designing and/or leading large-scale cloud migrations, including:

• Lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting workloads

• Hybrid and multi-cloud environments

• Automation of migration processes using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation)

• Application dependency mapping and migration wave planning

• Strong

  assessment and planning

  capability; able to design migration roadmaps, risk mitigation plans, and cost models.
• Familiarity with one or more

  migration frameworks

  (e.g., AWS Migration Acceleration Program, Azure Cloud Adoption Framework).
• Experience with

  cloud security, identity, and compliance

  (IAM, encryption, regulatory standards).

Technical Depth

• 15+ years of software engineering / architecture experience, including

  platform/SDK-type work

  and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong background in

  distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and event-driven patterns

  .
• Deep expertise in

  Kubernetes/OpenShift, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices

  .
• Experience designing or integrating

  workflow/orchestration engines

  for migration and post-migration operations.
• Solid understanding of

  observability

  : logs, metrics, traces, correlation IDs, and troubleshooting in production-like environments.
• Proficiency in

  scripting and automation

  (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) for migration and operational tasks.
• Experience with

  networking, security, and performance optimization

  in cloud environments.

Risk, Validation & Governance

• Experience with

  risk management, compliance, and governance

  in cloud environments.
• Able to design

  validation and rollback strategies

  for complex migrations.
• Familiar with

  quality assurance approaches

  : test automation, regression testing, performance benchmarking.
• Understanding of

  security, privacy, and regulatory requirements

  for cloud workloads.

Leadership & Consulting

• Proven track record leading

  small, senior technical teams

  in a services or platform context.
• Comfortable influencing architecture and execution across

  multiple squads/tribes

  , even without direct reporting lines.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills; able to explain complex migration strategies in

  clear, non-buzzword-heavy language

  .
• Experience in

  consulting, professional services, or customer-facing technical roles

  is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to

  engage with customer executives, participate in RFPs, and build compelling proposals

  for cloud migration services.

Nice-to-Have

• Background in one of the target domains (application modernization, data modernization, or cloud security).
• Certifications in major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience developing or contributing to

  open-source migration tools or frameworks

  .