Senior DevOps & Migration Architect

Location : remote (dallas preferred) H1B, H2 EAD, L2EAD, GC or Citizens. 12 + Months contract

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps & Migration Architect to lead enterprise-scale DevOps platform transformation, toolchain modernization, application lifecycle management (ALM) migrations, data migrations, and database migration initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in designing target-state architecture, driving migration strategies, establishing governance frameworks, and collaborating with Enterprise, Solution, Data, Security, Infrastructure, network, and Cloud Architects.

This role will be responsible for architecting and leading migrations across DevOps platforms, CI/CD ecosystems, security tooling, observability platforms, collaboration tools, and enterprise databases while ensuring scalability, security, compliance, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

Define and maintain enterprise DevOps architecture standards and roadmaps. Design target-state architectures for DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, GitOps, developer experience, and platform engineering. Partner with Enterprise, Solution, Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, network, and Data Architects to align technology strategies. Lead architecture reviews, governance boards, and technical decision-making processes. Design cloud-native deployment models utilizing containers, Kubernetes, and managed platform services.

DevOps Toolchain Migration

Architect and lead complex migrations involving: GitHub Enterprise, GitLab Enterprise, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, Argo CD Enterprise, RunDeck, Slack, Jira, Confluence Develop migration frameworks, cutover plans, rollback strategies, and governance controls. Design repository, pipeline, artifact, and configuration migration strategies.

Tools Data Migration

Lead platform data migration initiatives involving: Repository migration, CI/CD pipeline migration, Work item migration, Wiki and documentation migration, Artifact and package migration, User, permission, and security model migration, Historical reporting and audit data migration

Database Migration Architecture

Develop database migration and modernization strategies for: PostgreSQL, Azure SQL,Enterprise relational databases Lead cloud migration initiatives involving: On-premises to cloud migrations, Database consolidation, Performance optimization, High availability and disaster recovery architectures, Data validation and reconciliation

DevSecOps Architecture

Architect and integrate security controls throughout the SDLC using: Checkmarx, Black Duck SCA, Black Duck Binary Analysis (BDBA), Coverity, Invicti, DigiCert Code Artifact Signing, IrisRisk Define secure development standards, vulnerability management processes, and compliance controls.

GitOps & Platform Engineering

Design GitOps architectures using: Argo CD Enterprise, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab Enterprise Define deployment governance, environment promotion strategies, and release management processes. Implement Infrastructure as Code and configuration management best practices.

Observability & Monitoring

Architect enterprise observability solutions leveraging: Splunk,Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, InfluxData Lead migration initiatives from Splunk to Datadog, including dashboard, alerting, metrics, and log migration strategies.

AI & Developer Productivity

Evaluate and integrate AI-enabled development platforms including: GitHub Copilot Claude Establish governance, security, and operational standards for AI-assisted software development.

Experience

Required Qualifications

20+ years of overall IT experience. 10+ years designing enterprise DevOps, Cloud, Platform Engineering, or Enterprise Architecture solutions. Experience serving as Lead Architect or Enterprise Architect for large-scale transformation programs. Proven experience leading enterprise migrations involving thousands of repositories, CI/CD pipelines, artifacts, databases, and collaboration platforms. Experience defining enterprise architecture standards, governance models, and technology roadmaps. Experience managing architecture across multiple business units and globally distributed teams.

Key Competencies

Enterprise Architecture Migration Strategy & Execution DevOps Transformation DevSecOps GitOps Platform Engineering Kubernetes & Container Platforms Database Modernization Cloud Architecture (Azure, AWS, GCP) Technical Leadership Cross-Functional Collaboration Vendor Management Program Governance Executive Communication Risk Management