IBM Aspera Migration Architect
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AI Summary
The architect is responsible for designing and standing up a new IBM Aspera environment to support a corporate separation. This includes migrating legacy data transfer pipelines, authoring implementation runbooks, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless connectivity.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
Location
Remote
Remote
Experience Level
Mid–Senior Level (5 or more years of IT architecture and migration experience)
Mid–Senior Level (5 or more years of IT architecture and migration experience)
Role Overview
The IBM Aspera Migration Architect supports an enterprise client separating from its parent company by migrating applications and data transfer infrastructure to a net-new network environment. This contract position focuses on standing up a net-new IBM Aspera environment, designing target-state transfer configurations, and seamlessly integrating legacy customer data transfer pipelines. The architect collaborates with cross-functional product, infrastructure, and platform teams to govern migration readiness, author runbooks, and validate end-to-end connectivity.
The IBM Aspera Migration Architect supports an enterprise client separating from its parent company by migrating applications and data transfer infrastructure to a net-new network environment. This contract position focuses on standing up a net-new IBM Aspera environment, designing target-state transfer configurations, and seamlessly integrating legacy customer data transfer pipelines. The architect collaborates with cross-functional product, infrastructure, and platform teams to govern migration readiness, author runbooks, and validate end-to-end connectivity.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Environment Design
• Lead design and setup activities for a net-new IBM Aspera environment to support a newly separated application and infrastructure landscape.
• Assess legacy data transfer workflows, user access controls, endpoint connections, storage dependencies, and configuration parameters to map migration requirements.
• Define target-state Aspera configurations, establishing modern transfer workflows, robust access models, environmental dependencies, and secure integration touchpoints.
• Lead design and setup activities for a net-new IBM Aspera environment to support a newly separated application and infrastructure landscape.
• Assess legacy data transfer workflows, user access controls, endpoint connections, storage dependencies, and configuration parameters to map migration requirements.
• Define target-state Aspera configurations, establishing modern transfer workflows, robust access models, environmental dependencies, and secure integration touchpoints.
Migration Execution & Technical Planning
• Plan, coordinate, and execute the migration or recreation of legacy file transfer configurations, content routing processes, and supporting directories into the new Aspera instance.
• Develop detailed migration procedures, implementation runbooks, validation steps, cutover checklists, and operational handoff documentation.
• Support comprehensive testing and system readiness validation to confirm all transfer workflows, permissions, and network connectivity function as expected.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute the migration or recreation of legacy file transfer configurations, content routing processes, and supporting directories into the new Aspera instance.
• Develop detailed migration procedures, implementation runbooks, validation steps, cutover checklists, and operational handoff documentation.
• Support comprehensive testing and system readiness validation to confirm all transfer workflows, permissions, and network connectivity function as expected.
Cross-Functional Coordination & Governance
• Coordinate with product owners, migration managers, infrastructure providers, and platform engineering teams to track dependencies, resolve blockers, and define migration readiness.
• Identify, escalate, and document architectural risks, database dependencies, and critical decision points that could affect cutover timelines.
• Coordinate with product owners, migration managers, infrastructure providers, and platform engineering teams to track dependencies, resolve blockers, and define migration readiness.
• Identify, escalate, and document architectural risks, database dependencies, and critical decision points that could affect cutover timelines.
Required Qualifications
• Proven, hands-on experience utilizing IBM Aspera in an enterprise file transfer, customer data transfer, or large-scale application migration environment.
• Experience standing up, configuring, and migrating Aspera environments, including transfer workflows, user permissions, and configuration templates.
• Deep understanding of application migration concepts, data transfer dependencies, infrastructure readiness, and application cutover strategies.
• Ability to analyze and translate legacy platform requirements into scalable target-state configuration designs and concrete implementation steps.
• Experience authoring technical procedures, deployment runbooks, migration plans, architectural designs, and validation checklists.
• Strong coordination skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across product teams, infrastructure providers, and migration leadership.
• Proven, hands-on experience utilizing IBM Aspera in an enterprise file transfer, customer data transfer, or large-scale application migration environment.
• Experience standing up, configuring, and migrating Aspera environments, including transfer workflows, user permissions, and configuration templates.
• Deep understanding of application migration concepts, data transfer dependencies, infrastructure readiness, and application cutover strategies.
• Ability to analyze and translate legacy platform requirements into scalable target-state configuration designs and concrete implementation steps.
• Experience authoring technical procedures, deployment runbooks, migration plans, architectural designs, and validation checklists.
• Strong coordination skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across product teams, infrastructure providers, and migration leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
• Professional experience supporting IT infrastructure separations, corporate divestitures, or cloud-migration initiatives.
• Familiarity with modern network security principles, firewall configurations, and endpoint connectivity protocols.
• Prior experience managing data-transfer migration projects involving highly sensitive customer data or large-scale datasets.
• Professional experience supporting IT infrastructure separations, corporate divestitures, or cloud-migration initiatives.
• Familiarity with modern network security principles, firewall configurations, and endpoint connectivity protocols.
• Prior experience managing data-transfer migration projects involving highly sensitive customer data or large-scale datasets.
Core Skills & Attributes
• Advanced analytical, technical troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to outline complex technical steps clearly.
• Highly structured approach to managing project tasks, tracking dependencies, and identifying potential system blocks.
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced, remote environment.
• Advanced analytical, technical troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to outline complex technical steps clearly.
• Highly structured approach to managing project tasks, tracking dependencies, and identifying potential system blocks.
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced, remote environment.
This is a remote position.
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