Solution Architect - AI-Led Enterprise VMware Exit to AWS Cloud

• Define the end-to-end target solution architecture for an enterprise VMware/VMC exit to AWS Cloud, aligned to business outcomes, security, compliance, resilience, scalability, operability, cost, and migration timelines.
• Lead current-state discovery and architecture assessment across applications, infrastructure, VMware platforms, networks, data, integrations, security controls, operational tooling, and business dependencies.
• Establish workload disposition criteria and target hosting patterns for rehost, replatform, refactor, retire, retain, and repurchase decisions, with documented rationale, risk s, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Design the AWS landing zone and foundational architecture, including account structure, identity and access, network connectivity, segmentation, DNS, security services, logging, monitoring, encryption, secrets, backup, disaster recovery, and operational controls.
• Create reusable reference architectures and migration patterns for common application, database, middleware, file, batch, integration, and infrastructure scenarios.
• Define an AI-led architecture approach for discovery, dependency analysis, migration recommendations, code and configuration assessment, wave planning, test generation, evidence creation, and operational insights.
• Ensure AI-generated findings and recommendations are traceable, explainable, security- reviewed, and validated through accountable Human-in-the-Loop architecture and SME approvals before execution.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, network, security, data, automation/IaC, testing, release, compliance, FinOps, and operations teams to resolve cross-domain design decisions and dependencies.
• Develop migration-wave architecture packages covering source and target designs, connectivity, data movement, security controls, non-functional requirements, testing, cutover, rollback, hypercare, and decommissioning prerequisites.
• Review low-level designs, infrastructure-as-code, automation, build outputs, security configurations, migration runbooks, test evidence, and operational documentation for adherence to approved architecture.
• Define non-functional requirements and architecture quality gates for availability, performance, resilience, recoverability, security, privacy, compliance, observability, maintainability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead architecture governance forums, maintain decision and exception records, manage technical risks and debt, and escalate design constraints that affect migration scope, sequence, schedule, or operational readiness.
• Support proof-of-concept, pilot, and early migration waves, capture lessons learned, and industrialize successful patterns for the migration factory.
• Define coexistence and transition-state architecture while workloads operate across VMware and AWS, including connectivity, identity, monitoring, support, data synchronization, and failure management.
• Ensure decommissioning architecture addresses dependency closure, data retention, backup and recovery obligations, asset and license updates, security evidence, and removal of obsolete VMware infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and design assurance to architects and engineering teams across global, regional, onsite, and offshore delivery locations.

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Range: $140,000 - $160,000 a year