Linux/AWS Server Migration Engineer - CONTRACT (Remote) $100 hour

Contract Length: 3 months

Compensation: $100 per hour

Location: Remote; must reside in the U.S. Pacific Time Zone

Schedule: Full-time hours, typically 1:00 PM–10:00 PM Pacific Time

Contract Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Server Migration professional with strong Linux systems engineering, AWS infrastructure, and MySQL administration experience. This 3 month contract will focus on migrating applications and databases from legacy servers to new AWS-based infrastructure, provisioning servers, and supporting production cutovers.

This is a migration-focused systems engineering role. Docker, Kubernetes, containers, and Amazon EKS experience are not required.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute server, application, and database migrations across legacy and AWS environments, including dependency identification and migration sequencing.
• Provision, configure, secure, and validate Linux application and database servers in AWS.
• Administer MySQL databases, including provisioning, permissions, backups, replication, performance, connectivity, and data validation.
• Perform production cutovers, DNS and configuration updates, post-migration testing, and rollback procedures when necessary.
• Troubleshoot Linux operating system, networking, storage, security groups, access, services, and application-hosting issues across multiple servers.
• Create migration runbooks and documentation; use Bash, Ansible, or similar scripting tools to automate repetitive provisioning, configuration, and validation tasks.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in Linux systems engineering and server administration.
• Practical AWS experience supporting Linux-based infrastructure, including EC2, storage, networking, security groups, IAM, and related services.
• Required production experience administering MySQL databases and supporting database migrations.
• Demonstrated experience migrating applications, databases, and services between servers with minimal disruption.
• Experience with backups, monitoring, performance troubleshooting, patching, security hardening, and production validation.
• Ability to work full-time remotely during the expected 1:00 PM–10:00 PM Pacific (PST) schedule and preferably resides in the Pacific Time Zone.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Tomcat and Linux-hosted Java applications.
• Experience using Bash, Ansible, or similar automation tools.
• Experience migrating workloads from legacy or on-premises servers into AWS.
• Strong documentation, communication, and incident-resolution skills.

Important:

• This position is focused on Linux systems engineering, AWS infrastructure, MySQL administration, and server migration work. Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS experience is not required.
• This position is full time (40 hours) but as contractor, not eligible for benefits.