OBSv2 to AWS S3 Migration Platform Engineer

DAY 1 ONSITE OPPORTUNITY

Role Summary:

• Lead the design, build, and operation of a secure, scalable migration platform to move object data from OBSv2 to AWS S3.
• The role focuses on reliable execution, automation, governance, monitoring, and production support for large scale enterprise data migration.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end migration workflow from OBSv2 source buckets to AWS S3 destination buckets.
• Build and operate AWS-based orchestration using Step Functions, Lambda, Fargate, AWS Batch, DynamoDB, SQS, and rclone.
• Support both manifest-based and dynamic migration approaches, including batching, sharding, task sizing, and retry handling.
• Implement governance for bandwidth allocation, queue management, prioritisation, throttling, and job tracking.
• Build observability through CloudWatch dashboards, logs, metrics, alerts, health checks, and progress reporting.
• Support secure multi-account deployment, IAM controls, privacy safeguards, testing, performance tuning, and production cutover.
• Expected Deliverables   · Production-ready migration orchestration platform supporting both manifest and no-manifest paths.
• Hub-side governance for bandwidth control, queue processing, throttling, and completion reporting.
• Reusable rclone-based migration runtime with progress reporting and dynamic throttle support.
• DynamoDB-backed job, task, queue, bandwidth, and summary state management.
• CloudWatch dashboards, alarms, logs, runbooks, deployment automation, and operational documentation.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Dell ECS, OBSv2, or other S3-compatible enterprise object storage platforms.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale migrations in regulated, production environments.
• Experience with hub-and-spoke operating models across multiple AWS accounts.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and leadership-ready reporting.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• AWS Serverless
• AWS Compute and Containers
• AWS Storage
• Object Storage Migration
• Python Development
• DynamoDB
• Networking
• IAM and Security
• Observability
• CI/CD and Deployment