Senior Lead AWS Consultant - Remote

6-12+ Month Contract Position

Location - Remote (preference for this person to be located in ET time zone)

This project is migrating a few thousand servers from VMware to AWS. This person will need to significant previous experience leading this type of project.

Our client is looking to add a Senior AWS Consultant, that will lead client engagements from initial technical scoping through hands-on implementation of AWS environments. You will serve as a technical authority within the consultancy team, providing expertise and guidance to both clients and colleagues. The role also includes supporting internal innovation projects to develop new AWS capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design workshops and articulate AWS product capabilities to clients and stakeholders.
• Create solution design documentation and deliver technical presentations
• Scope projects and design solutions in collaboration with clients and internal teams.
• Mentor and upskill team members; serve as technical escalation point.
• Deploy, configure, and optimize AWS environments and solutions.
• Support integration, testing, and troubleshooting of AWS solutions.
• Provide technical governance and oversight for client engagements.
• Conduct peer reviews of technical documentation.
• Define and maintain technical standards and best practices.
• Contribute to product development and internal capability building.
• Lead and execute migration projects involving servers and applications from private cloud or on-premises environments to AWS public cloud, including assessment, planning, execution, and optimization.
• Ensure successful migration of mission-critical workloads, including re-platforming, re-hosting, and modernization as needed.
• Collaborate with clients to develop migration strategies, perform readiness assessments, and deliver seamless transitions to AWS.
• Work effectively as part of an international team, collaborating across multiple time zones and cultures to deliver successful client outcomes.
• Leverage and encourage the use of AI-powered tools and solutions in daily work to drive efficiency, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Knowledge & Skills:

Non-Technical Requirements:

• Proven leadership experience (senior consultant or team lead).
• Self-motivated, organized, and enthusiastic.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and presentation abilities.
• High integrity and respect for others.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with international teams and stakeholders, adapting to diverse working styles and cultural expectations.

Technical Requirements:

• Expertise in AWS migration tools (Application Migration Service, DMS, Migration Hub, App2Container).
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code and automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, AWS Systems Manager).
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native and modernization technologies (Lambda, EKS/ECS including Fargate, Docker, Helm, AWS SAM).
• Familiarity with monitoring, security, and optimization tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray, Trusted Advisor, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, Cost Explorer).
• Scripting and programming in Python, PowerShell, Bash, YAML, JSON.
• Experience with AWS governance and management tools (Control Tower, Organizations, IAM, KMS, Service Catalog, EventBridge, Step Functions).
• Demonstrated experience in migrating servers and applications from private cloud or on-premises environments to AWS public cloud, including planning, execution, and post-migration optimization.
• Experience with migration tools, methodologies, and best practices for cloud adoption.

Desirable Skills:

• Leading technical and executive workshops to architect solutions.
• Documenting architecture designs and planning transitions to support.
• DevOps background; experience with serverless and container technologies (Lambda, Docker, EKS/ECS including Fargate).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

Industry Qualifications:

• 7+ years in technology consulting leadership roles.
• 4+ years in AWS technology planning and implementation, with a track record of leading large-scale AWS projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required; Master’s Degree preferred.

Certifications:

• At least one Professional-level AWS certification.

*The anticipated hourly rate range for this pos…