Senior Cloud Migration Architect (Contract)

Stafford Gray Open · verified Oct 24, 2026

On-site Lansing Senior Cloud

At a glance

Senior Cloud role at Stafford Gray. Lansing · no salary stated · we estimate $145,000–$190,000 across the United States.

Estimated pay

Stafford Gray has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

$145,000 – $190,000

What the middle half of senior cloud roles in the United States paid, among postings that did state a salary.

Worked out from 133 postings that stated pay, median $161,600. Last updated Oct 24, 2026.

RoleCloud

SenioritySenior

LocationLansing

WorkplaceOn-site

PostedMay 18, 2026 · 5mo ago

Role brief

devopsroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Configure Elastic Beanstalk, EKS and EC2 environments, then prepare them for production across migration sprints
Build Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for Elastic Beanstalk, EKS and EC2 deployment patterns
Create GitOps workflows with ArgoCD or Flux, including environment promotion, approvals and rollback paths
Set up CloudWatch monitoring, define SLOs and alerting, and write incident response runbooks
Maintain reusable Terraform or other IaC, document operations, and troubleshoot cloud, container and network issues

What you bring

At least five years of AWS work across services such as EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC and IAM
At least three years using Kubernetes, including work with ingress, scaling and troubleshooting
Hands-on ArgoCD or Flux experience, plus strong Azure DevOps YAML pipeline skills
Experience with Docker, ECR, Terraform or CloudFormation, and Linux scripting

Who this fits

This contract role suits a senior, hands-on architect who can build and troubleshoot environments while mentoring others. You’ll work with developers, infrastructure staff and DBAs. The contract runs for six months, with a possible extension, and the role is onsite in Lansing.

From the employer

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Migration Architect to join our development team and lead AWS platform configuration and CI/CD automation for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration.

This program spans 30+ applications using migration patterns including Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EKS, and EC2, delivered across multiple sprints.

This is a hands-on role for someone who can build, troubleshoot, and mentor while delivering production-ready environments sprint by sprint.

Contract: State of Michigan (SOM)
Duration: 6 months with possible extension

AWS Platform Configuration

Configure and manage Elastic Beanstalk environments across Dev, Test, and Prod
Stand up and operate EKS clusters including node groups, autoscaling, ingress, and namespaces
Provision and harden EC2 environments including AMIs, sizing, and patching strategy
Partner with DBA teams on RDS (SQL Server & PostgreSQL) setup
Design VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and KMS integrations using least-privilege principles
Build reusable Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)

CI/CD & GitOps

Build Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML) for multiple deployment patterns:

Elastic Beanstalk deployments
EKS container workflows with ECR + ArgoCD/Flux
EC2 deployments (AMI or blue/green)

Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux
Define promotion strategies across environments with approvals and rollback paths
Standardize pipeline templates for team scalability
Integrate security scanning, SAST/DAST, and artifact validation

Observability & Reliability

Configure CloudWatch logs, metrics, alarms, and dashboards
Define SLOs, alerting, and incident response runbooks

Documentation & Collaboration

Produce runbooks, ADRs, and operational documentation
Maintain versioned IaC repositories
Work closely with developers, infrastructure, and DBA teams
Troubleshoot issues across cloud, containers, and networking

Requirements

5–6+ years AWS experience (EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.)
3+ years Kubernetes experience (EKS preferred, Helm, ingress, scaling, troubleshooting)
Proven experience with ArgoCD or Flux (required)
Strong Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML) experience
Solid Docker and ECR experience
Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation
Familiarity with RDS databases and working with DBAs
Strong Linux and bash scripting skills
Experience with Git workflows and code reviews
Ability to write clear documentation and collaborate cross-functionally