Job Description

Following a completed cloud migration, our client is advancing a multi-year Cloud Modernization program to evolve IaaS/VM-based workloads into cloud-native, containerized, and serverless architectures, underpinned by disciplined FinOps practices.

This is a post-migration delivery leadership role. The ideal candidate has owned a similar modernization program end-to-end at one organization—spanning planning, execution, and multi-year optimization—and brings proven playbooks, decision-making experience, and tangible financial outcomes.

You will own strategy, roadmap, execution, and governance across application refactoring, infrastructure re-platforming, storage consolidation, legacy decommissioning, and cloud cost accountability.

2–3 days/week onsite in Morris County, NJ

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of modernization workstreams from post-migration planning through Year 3+ operational optimization.
• Define and drive modernization roadmaps in partnership with Architecture, DevOps, Security, FinOps, and application teams.
• Lead application refactoring (monolith → microservices, event-driven, serverless) and re-platforming (VMs → PaaS, containers, managed services).
• Oversee containerization and orchestration (e.g., AKS, GKE, ACK, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm).
• Drive storage optimization (tiering, archival, deduplication, cross-region consolidation).
• Establish and enforce FinOps governance: tagging, showback/chargeback, budgeting, rightsizing, reserved capacity.
• Build and track modernization KPIs: cost reduction %, deployment velocity, utilization efficiency, ROI.
• Manage vendor/SI partners, offshore teams, and third-party tools.
• Run Agile/Scrum or hybrid PMO ceremonies; deliver executive-level reporting (dashboards, risk logs, financial impact).
• Ensure all solutions align with cloud governance, security, compliance, and CCoE standards.

Required Experience & Skills

• 7+ years IT project management experience in internal corporate environments
• Proven leadership of cross-functional programs with 2+ years tenure at a single organization
• 3–5 years leading full-lifecycle cloud modernization (post-migration)
• End-to-end ownership required: planning (Year 1), execution (Year 2), optimization/support (Year 3+)
• Re-platformed VMs → AKS, GKE, ACK, App Services, Cloud Run, Functions
• Managed databases → Cosmos DB, Cloud SQL, Alibaba PolarDB, etc.
• IaC: Terraform, Bicep, ARM, Ansible
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Built tagging strategies, showback/chargeback models
• Used Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, Alibaba Cost Center
• Delivered measurable cost reduction (e.g., 20%+)
• Comfortable directing engineering tracks: container orchestration, autoscaling, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, MS Project/Smartsheet, Lucidchart, Power BI/Tableau, native cloud cost tools

Contract Stability Preference for candidates who have remained 2–3+ years on prior modernization programs, demonstrating sustained commitment to outcomes.

Cultural & Behavioral Fit

• Strategic contributor: Brings playbooks and recommendations, not just status reports
• Technical translator: Can whiteboard with architects and present ROI to executives
• FinOps mindset: Treats cloud spend like a product P&L
• Resilient leader: Thrives in ambiguity, aligns stakeholders, drives accountability

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