Job Description
Job Title
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) AWS Migration Engineer
Role Summary
We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead and support on premises to AWS cloud migrations for Leading Global Tech Company , with a strong focus on lift and shift migration of application servers , automation , and operational readiness . The role emphasizes migrating workloads with minimal disruption while enabling monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and reliability controls in AWS.
Key Responsibilities
On Prem to AWS Migration (Primary Focus)
- Lead and execute on premises to AWS migration of application servers and supporting infrastructure
- Perform lift and shift (rehost) migrations with minimal application changes
- Assess existing onprem workloads and map them to AWS services
- Plan and execute migration waves, cutover activities, and rollback strategies
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, network, and security teams during migration
Migration Automation Tooling
- Automate server and application migrations using scripting and tooling
- Support automation for:
- Instance provisioning
- AMI creation and replication
- Configuration validation post migration
- Develop scripts using Python and Bash to reduce manual migration effort
- Support repeatable and scalable migration processes
AWS Infrastructure App Server Enablement
- Deploy and manage application servers on AWS (EC2 based workloads)
- Configure compute, storage, and networking required for migrated workloads
- Support integration with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, EFS, S3, IAM, VPC, ALB/NLB
- Ensure migrated workloads meet performance, availability, and security requirements
Monitoring Observability
- Enable and configure monitoring and alerting migrated workloads
- Implement AWS native monitoring using CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alarms
- Integrate with enterprise monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK where applicable)
- Ensure application and infrastructure visibility post migration
Backup, DR Resiliency
- Configure backup strategies for migrated workloads using AWS services
- Support disaster recovery (DR) setup and testing for AWS environments
- Execute and validate DR drills and recovery tests
- Ensure RTO and RPO objectives are met for migrated systems
Configuration Reliability Enablement
- Ensure server configurations are consistent post migration
- Support configuration management using Ansible, Cloud Init, or AWS SSM
- Perform post migration validation, stabilization, and tuning
- Participate in incident troubleshooting related to migrated workloads
Security Compliance (Financial Services)
- Implement security controls including IAM roles, security groups, encryption
- Ensure migrated workloads comply with CLIENT security and audit standards
- Work with security teams during risk reviews and compliance checks
Required Skills
Mandatory
- Strong experience in on prem to AWS migration
- Hands on AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, EBS, S3, CloudWatch)
- Experience with lift and shift / rehost migrations
- Strong Linux system administration
- Scripting skills: Python and Bash
SRE / Operations Tooling
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK (hands on preferred)
- Configuration management: Ansible / AWS SSM
- Backup and DR concepts and execution
- Incident and operational support experience
Good to Have
- Financial Services / CLIENT domain experience
- AWS Migration tools exposure (DMS, Application Migration Service nice to have)
- Experience supporting large scale enterprise migrations
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect / SysOps / DevOps Engineer)
Soft Skills
- Strong coordination across infra, app, and security teams
- Calm and methodical approach during migrations and cutovers
- Clear documentation and communication
- Ownership mindset for migration and production stability
- Program objectives success criteria
- Quantum version upgrade vs AWS migration scope
- Multi client phased rollout assumptions
Required Skills
Mandatory
- Strong experience in on prem to AWS migration
- Hands on AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, EBS, S3, CloudWatch)
- Experience with lift and shift / rehost migrations
- Strong Linux system administration
- Scripting skills: Python and Bash
SRE / Operations Tooling
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK (hands on preferred)
- Configuration management: Ansible / AWS SSM
- Backup and DR concepts and execution
- Incident and operational support experience
Good to Have
- Financial Services / CLIENT domain experience
- AWS Migration tools exposure (DMS, Application Migration Service nice to have)
- Experience supporting large scale enterprise migrations
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect / SysOps / DevOps Engineer)
Soft Skills
- Strong coordination across infra, app, and security teams
- Calm and methodical approach during migrations and cutovers
- Clear documentation and communication
- Ownership mindset for migration and production stability
- Program objectives success criteria
- Quantum version upgrade vs AWS migration scope
- Multi client phased rollout assumptions
Key Responsibilities
On Prem to AWS Migration (Primary Focus)
- Lead and execute on premises to AWS migration of application servers and supporting infrastructure
- Perform lift and shift (rehost) migrations with minimal application changes
- Assess existing onprem workloads and map them to AWS services
- Plan and execute migration waves, cutover activities, and rollback strategies
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, network, and security teams during migration
Migration Automation Tooling
- Automate server and application migrations using scripting and tooling
- Support automation for:
- Instance provisioning
- AMI creation and replication
- Configuration validation post migration
- Develop scripts using Python and Bash to reduce manual migration effort
- Support repeatable and scalable migration processes
AWS Infrastructure App Server Enablement
- Deploy and manage application servers on AWS (EC2 based workloads)
- Configure compute, storage, and networking required for migrated workloads
- Support integration with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, EFS, S3, IAM, VPC, ALB/NLB
- Ensure migrated workloads meet performance, availability, and security requirements
Monitoring Observability
- Enable and configure monitoring and alerting migrated workloads
- Implement AWS native monitoring using CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alarms
- Integrate with enterprise monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK where applicable)
- Ensure application and infrastructure visibility post migration
Backup, DR Resiliency
- Configure backup strategies for migrated workloads using AWS services
- Support disaster recovery (DR) setup and testing for AWS environments
- Execute and validate DR drills and recovery tests
- Ensure RTO and RPO objectives are met for migrated systems
Configuration Reliability Enablement
- Ensure server configurations are consistent post migration
- Support configuration management using Ansible, Cloud Init, or AWS SSM
- Perform post migration validation, stabilization, and tuning
- Participate in incident troubleshooting related to migrated workloads
Security Compliance (Financial Services)
- Implement security controls including IAM roles, security groups, encryption
- Ensure migrated workloads comply with CLIENT security and audit standards
- Work with security teams during risk reviews and compliance checks
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: DevOps
Role: Site Reliability Engineer
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Zensar
Location(s): Mumbai
Keyskills:
Automation
operational support
Configuration management
Disaster recovery
Dms
Troubleshooting
AWS
Financial services
Auditing
Python