Application Consultant-AWS Cloud Migration

Introduction

Build your career at IBM Consulting on enduring client relationships and worldwide collaboration. You’ll work with leading organizations across industries, supporting their hybrid cloud and AI transformation. Backed by strategic partners, IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll gain the capabilities to drive meaningful change and improve client outcomes. At IBM Consulting, curiosity powers performance—you’ll be encouraged to challenge conventions, test new ideas, and deliver innovative solutions that result in measurable impact. With a culture centered on growth and empathy, you’ll receive support for long-term career development while your individual skills and experiences are recognized and valued.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As an Application Consultant for Cloud Migration, you will serve as a consultant for Cloud Migration Solution delivery, applying software architecture fundamentals and leveraging relevant assets, tools, and the garage method for cloud. You will use your knowledge of migration solutions for hybrid cloud platforms to enable successful migrations.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Deliver Migration Solutions: Create and implement migration strategies for hybrid cloud platforms using rehost, refactor, rearchitect, replatform, and containerization techniques to support smooth transitions.
• Map Components to AWS Services: Assess and map existing components and capabilities to AWS-specific services, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each service to guide migration decisions.
• Execute Migration Strategy: Implement migration plans to ensure proper architecture execution and alignment with client requirements.
• Collaborate on Migration Tools: Partner with stakeholders to determine and use appropriate migration tools, taking into account migration pathways for network, application, database, and integration components.
  
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Cloud Migration Solution Delivery: Exposure to delivering cloud migration solutions using software architecture fundamentals, assets, and tools, including the garage method for cloud.
• Hybrid Cloud Platform Expertise: Experience with hybrid cloud platforms, including designing and implementing migration strategies and executing architecture implementation.
• AWS Service Mapping: Exposure to mapping existing components and functionalities to AWS-specific services, with a strong understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of related AWS Services.
• Migration Tool Proficiency: Experience working with migration tools, including knowledge of migration network requirements and migration pathways for application, database, and integration components.
• Containerization and Migration Techniques: Exposure to rehost, refactor, rearchitect, replatform, and containerization techniques to enable seamless transitions.
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Hybrid Cloud Platform Knowledge: Experience with hybrid cloud platforms, including designing and implementing migration strategies, is beneficial. Familiarity with architecture implementation and migration tool usage is also valuable.
• Advanced AWS Service Understanding: Exposure to mapping existing components and functionalities to AWS-specific services, with a deep understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of related AWS Services, is preferred.
• Containerization Technique Familiarity: Familiarity with rehost, refactor, rearchitect, replatform, and containerization techniques for seamless transitions is desirable.