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Description
Lead end-to-end cloud migration projects, including assessments, planning, resource migration, execution, and post-migration support. Leverage in-depth knowledge of cloud services and tools, particularly GCP, including services like Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run Services/Job/Functions, GKE (Kubernetes), BigQuery, Cloud Storage, VPCs, IAM, and others. Define project scope, deliverables, timeline, and resources in collaboration with stakeholders. Manage project risks, issues, and changes, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets. Ensure effective communication across all levels of the organization, from executive stakeholders to technical teams. Oversee the migration of workloads, applications, and databases from on-prem or other cloud providers to Google cloud platform. Coordinate the migration of server-based and serverless applications, including Docker-based containers, virtual machines, and microservices. Manage the replication, synchronization, and migration of databases (e.g., RDS, SQL, NoSQL, and cloud-native database services). Ensure the application of cloud best practices for scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery. Manage and lead a cross-functional technical team, including DevOps engineers, infrastructure specialists, and data engineers. Provide guidance and support to technical teams during cloud migration tasks, offering solutions to challenges and ensuring alignment with project goals. Conduct regular project meetings to monitor progress, manage workloads, and resolve roadblocks. Monitor and optimize the cloud infrastructure to ensure cost-efficiency and performance. Regularly update stakeholders on project status, milestones, risks, and resource allocation. Create detailed project documentation, including timelines, roadmaps, and migration strategies. Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand project goals and ensure alignment with broader organizational objectives. Required Qualifications: Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Proven experience in managing large-scale cloud migration initiatives, particularly involving both server and serverless architectures. Experience with Docker, containerization, and microservices architecture. Brief Hands-on and overall usage level knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) services and products, including compute, storage, networking, databases, and serverless technologies. Hands-on experience on Emails, Calendar, Meeting Invites, Chat Space, Share Drive management , preferably Google Workspace ecosystem. Familiarity with at least 20-30 widely used AWS and GCP services, such as: GCP: Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, etc. AWS: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, ECS, EKS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, etc. Experience with database replication, data migration, and backup strategies in the cloud. Basic understanding of DevOps tools and practices (CI/CD, Jenkins, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.). Strong proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid). Strong experience in managing and maintaining Project Charter, Project Plans, Status reports Proficient in creating and managing Milestones, Epics, Stories, Tasks in JIRA or ClickUp like project management tools. Experience in writing user stories, acceptance criteria, Start/End date, Estimation and Actual time spent using ClickUp/JIRA like project management tool. Experience in time estimation, sprint planning and milestone tracking. Experience with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, ClickUp, Zoho). Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities, with the capacity to manage competing priorities. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strong interpersonal and leadership abilities to manage a diverse technical team and engage with stakeholders. Problem-solving mindset and ability to make data-driven decisions.
