[Remote] Migration Consultant, Modern Platforms Advisory
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Presidio is at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries through cutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. As a Migration Consultant - Modern Platforms, you will collaborate with teams to design and oversee the migration of applications, data, and infrastructure to new environments, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition.
Responsibilities
- Assist with developing a comprehensive migration strategy based on business and technical requirements
- Assess the current IT landscape and define the scope of migration
- Assist with choosing the appropriate hosting model (public, private, hybrid, or multi-cloud) and cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Develop cost, security, and compliance requirements for cloud adoption
- Develop detailed migration and/or transformation plans
- Consolidate data from multiple sources, identify gaps, and gather information to create complete master inventories
- Develop migration plans, including rehosting (lift-and-shift), re-platforming, re-architecting, and replacing legacy systems
- Identify dependencies and risks associated with migrations (cloud, on-prem, hybrid, etc.)
- Provide appropriate services (compute, storage, networking, security) to optimize performance
- Lead the migration process to minimize downtime and business disruption
- Work closely with infrastructure, DevOps, security, and networking teams to provide configuration requirements
- Oversee data migration, application refactoring, and integration with cloud-native services
- Post implementation support and troubleshooting for clients on occasion
- Provide optimization suggestions to increase post-migration cost-effectiveness and efficiency
- Work with business leaders, developers, and IT teams to align cloud migration goals
- Assist with developing training for client technology teams on migration processes and leading practices
- Communicate migration progress, risks, and solutions to stakeholders
- Technical writing skills to author professional documentation for client review
- Authoring logical and physical diagrams using LucidChart or Visio (or equivalent)
- Leading conversations and whiteboarding sessions in front of clients and/or peers
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience or military experience
- 3+ years of experience in the IT industry
- 1+ years of migration experience
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Good understanding of IaaS and PaaS cloud services
- Knowledge of the main infrastructure building blocks and their basic principles – compute, storage, networking
- Good understanding of virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware vSphere, MS Hyper-V)
- Knowledge of cloud or on-premise migration tools and strategies
- Excellent project management and client communication skills
- An eagerness to learn and adapt in a rapidly evolving field
- Highly self-motivated and directed, a self-starter
- Ability to work on multiple projects, prioritize work, and meet timelines
- Ability to properly diagram and document a working environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Be a team player
- Proficiency in one of the cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, with relevant certification(s)
- 3+ years of migration experience
- Experience with data visualization tools and creating dynamic informational dashboards (PowerBI, Tableau, QuickSight, etc.)
- Experience with process and workflow management tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Project management experience with relevant certifications (PMP, Agile, etc.)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to design and explain complex infrastructure solutions
- Strong communication to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Technical certifications strongly desired
- Familiarity with different security models and leading practices (i.e., PCI, SOC2, NIST, HITRUST, FedRAMP, Gov Cloud, CJIS, ITAR, EAR, or others)
- Working knowledge of access management, cloud security posture management, data loss prevention, and encryption
- Working knowledge and experience working to optimize cloud resources to enhance performance and reduce costs continuously
- Experience with monitoring and alerting mechanisms
- A genuine passion for delivering quality products that meet customer needs
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt to change, and have ownership of learning new tools as applicable to help in the requirements gathering, refinement, and management process
- Works as a team player, willing to perform other tasks to help the team, even if not part of their defined role and responsibilities
- Passion, creativity, energy, and enthusiasm towards collaborating on the exciting growth and development of our customers and our company
- A desire to learn modern technologies, methodologies, and solutions, and to understand our customers' business objectives and needs
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