Sr. Migration Modernization Architect, Professional Services

Sr. Migration Modernization Architect, Professional Services

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

Are you an experienced Cloud architect/developer who can assist our customers in Application modernization, Design and development of cloud native applications and/or re‑engineering applications that can fully leverage the AWS Cloud? Do you like to work on a variety of game changing projects, at the forefront of application development and cloud technology adoption? This role is open for Delhi/NCR.

As an architect you would champion applications to be cloud optimized by making them well‑architected, enabling them to reap the benefits of elasticity, horizontal scalability, automation and high availability. You should have a knack of GenAI tooling to driving application modernization at scale with GenAI tools.

On the AWS platform services such as Amazon EC2, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Elastic Container Services to name just a few, provide opportunities to design and build cloud ready applications.

AWS ProServe India LLP is looking for highly talented hands‑on technical architects to help accelerate our growing Professional Services business in India. This is an opportunity to join Amazon’s world class technical teams, working with some of the brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies.

Professional Services engage in a wide variety of projects for internal customers and partners, providing collective experience from across the AWS customer base and are obsessed about success for the internal customers. Our team collaborates across the entire AWS organization to bring access to product and service teams, to get the right solution delivered and drive feature innovation based upon customer needs.

Amazon aims to be the most customer‑centric company on earth. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low‑cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers critical applications for hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.

Key job responsibilities

We are looking for hands on Mig and Mod (MM) Architects with:

  • Strong Consulting, client‑facing (CXO) level communication driving cloud solutioning and leading technical workshops
  • Ability to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders into implementable solution adhering to well architected framework.
  • Problem‑solving and analytical thinking driving envisioning, presales and be a thought leader in the domain driving Application discovery, Risk mitigation strategies, Performance testing and validation, Migration and Post‑migration optimization
  • Deep expertise in large scale cloud migrations, and AWS infrastructure to drive complex cloud transformation journey from Onprem successfully modernizing them to help realize true value from cloud
  • Deep expertise in VMware technologies having worked on vSphere administration, vCenter management, NSX networking, vSAN storage, HCX for migrations, VMware Cloud on AWS
  • Ability to drive Migration discovery to Mobilize to lead and drive Migration and Modernization end to end.
  • Strong experience on Cloud Infra, network, Security and cloud resiliency (DR)
  • Ability to modernize application in .Net, Java, Python and get them out of legacy framework to realize true potential of cloud
  • hand‑on experience in designing and developing web applications, APIs, microservices, and data integrations for cloud native applications
  • Knowledge of cloud‑native design patterns, including microservices architecture and event‑driven systems.
  • Demonstrated experience building scalable and highly available applications on AWS, leveraging services such as Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, etc.
  • Preferred experience in optimizing cloud‑based architectures for scalability, security, and high performance.
  • Experience working in Agile development environments, with a strong focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to advise on and implement AWS best practices across application development, deployment, and monitoring

Additional Desired Skills

  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Scripting (Python, PowerShell)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Programming Skill with Java, .Net
  • Container technologies
  • Database migrations
  • Knowledge of compliance frameworks
  • Multi‑cloud experience

About the team

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience with fully automated machine training (automatic re‑training, automatic testing)
  • Master’s degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field, or PhD or equivalent research experience and 9+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with fully automated machine training (automatic re‑training, automatic testing)
  • Master’s degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field, or PhD or equivalent research experience and 9+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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