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Cloud Migration Specialist (GCP to Azure)

Cloud Migration Specialist (GCP to Azure)

Purple DriveJersey City, NJ, United States
3 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Cloud Migration Specialist (GCP to Azure)

Cloud Migration Specialist

  • Leads the transition of workloads from GCP to Azure, including infrastructure-as-code and observability tooling

Objectives

  • Design and deploy a production-ready Azure Landing Zone across multiple regions.
  • Automate subscription provisioning, resource deployment, and policy enforcement.
  • Integrate DevSecOps, observability, and identity governance into the cloud platform.
  • Migrate and modernize workloads such as LedgerScan from GCP to Azure.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory standards.
  • Scope of Work

    • A. Organization Structure Governance

  • Define and implement a management group hierarchy (Options AC evaluated).
  • Standardize naming conventions and tagging strategies.
  • Automate subscription vending using Terraform and ServiceNow integration.
  • Enforce Azure Policies via Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

    • B. Networking

  • Deploy a dual-region Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN) hub-and-spoke architecture.
  • Implement Cloud NGFW (Palo Alto) and Azure Firewall Premium.
  • Design DNS resolution using Infoblox andor Azure DNS Private Resolver.
  • Enable hybrid connectivity via ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site VPN, and SD-WAN.

    • C. Security Identity

  • Implement Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and Conditional Access.
  • Automate RBAC assignments and access reviews.
  • Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault with automated rotation.
  • Enforce policy-as-code and integrate with Terraform pipelines.

    • D. DevSecOps Observability

  • Standardize CICD pipelines using GitLab, Terraform Enterprise, and Jenkins.
  • Integrate security tools (tfsec, Checkov, TFLint) into pipelines.
  • Deploy centralized logging via Azure Log Analytics with RBAC and retention policies.
  • Enable monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Sentinel, and Grafana.

    • E. Disaster Recovery High Availability

  • Design DR strategies (Active-Passive, Hot Standby, Active-Active) based on workload tiers.
  • Implement Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for failover automation.
  • Define Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets and validate through testing.

    • F. Workload Migration

  • Rehost and modernize applications like LedgerScan from GCP to Azure.
  • Assess performance, compliance, and DR requirements for each workload.
  • Internal (Green)Align migration with DTCCs cloud standardization and security frameworks.

    • 4. Deliverables

  • Azure Landing Zone architecture documentation
  • Terraform modules and CICD pipeline configurations
  • Subscription vending automation workflows
  • Security and compliance policy sets
  • Logging and monitoring dashboards
  • DRHA implementation plans
  • Migration playbooks for identified workloads

    • 5. Evaluation Criteria

  • Proven experience with Azure Landing Zone deployments
  • Expertise in Terraform, GitLab, and Azure DevOps
  • Familiarity with financial services compliance and security standards
  • Ability to deliver automated, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure
  • References from similar enterprise-scale cloud transformation projects

    • 4. Azure Services Highlighted

  • The following Azure services are proposed as direct or functional replacements for existing GCP infrastructure components
  • The following Azure services have been identified as potential key components in the migration from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to Microsoft Azure.
  • These services are proposed as direct or functional replacements for existing GCP infrastructure components
  • Azure App Service and Azure Static Web Apps Proposed replacements for GCP App Engine.
  • Azure API Management As a c
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