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Senior Cloud Modernization & Migration Engineer (AWS → Alibaba Cloud) - UAE

K20s - Kinetic Technologies Private Limited
, UAE
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Role Overview

  • We are looking for a highly skilled and hands on Cloud Modernization Engineer to support a strategic transformation initiative.
  • The role involves modernizing existing monolithic applications in AWS, containerizing them using Kubernetes, and leading a seamless migration to Alibaba Cloud.
  • The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in application modernization, cloud native architectures, AI driven efficiencies, and multi cloud migration strategies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assess and analyze existing monolithic applications.
  • Design and implement modernization strategies (re architecting, refactoring, microservices transformation).
  • Apply cloud native principles (12 factor apps, scalability, resilience).
  • Integrate AI/ML components where applicable to improve efficiency and automation.
  • Containerize applications using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/ACK or similar).
  • Build and manage scalable container orchestration platforms.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
  • Work with existing AWS workloads and services; optimize architecture for performance, scalability, and cost.
  • Ensure best practices in security, governance, and monitoring.
  • Design and execute migration strategy from AWS to Alibaba Cloud.
  • Map AWS services to equivalent Alibaba Cloud services.
  • Perform workload migration with minimal downtime and risk.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Application Modernization: Strong experience in transforming monolithic systems into microservices.
  • AWS: Deep hands on experience with AWS services and architecture.
  • Alibaba Cloud: Proven experience or strong familiarity with Alibaba Cloud services.
  • Kubernetes: Solid hands on experience with Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, troubleshooting).
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes.
  • Programming: Java / .NET / Python (at least one strong proficiency).
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform / CloudFormation / ROS (Alibaba).
  • API design & microservices architecture.
  • Cloud networking and security.
  • 7+ years in cloud engineering / application modernization.
  • Proven track record in end to end modernization projects.

Nice To Have

  • Certifications in AWS / Alibaba Cloud / Kubernetes.
  • Experience with service mesh (Istio, etc.).
  • Knowledge of DevSecOps practices.

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