Senior VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME / Senior Systems Engineer - Remote
Summary
| Title: | Senior VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME / Senior Systems Engineer - Remote |
|---|---|
| ID: | 71546960 |
| Department: | Development |
Description
Senior VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME / Senior Systems Engineer
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
The client is seeking an experienced VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME or Senior Systems Engineer for a time-sensitive infrastructure transition. A key member of the client’s infrastructure team has given notice, creating an immediate need for knowledge transfer and specialized migration support.
REQUIRED SKILLS: (Need All)
Significant hands-on experience administering production VMware environments, including VMware ESXi and vCenter.
Prior experience planning and executing migrations of production virtual machines from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V.
Ability to assess an existing VMware environment and develop a practical, phased migration plan that minimizes operational risk and downtime.
Experience building or configuring Hyper-V hosts and preparing the target Hyper-V environment for migrated workloads.
Experience migrating Windows Server workloads and validating compute, storage, networking, security, application, and performance functionality following migration.
Strong knowledge of virtual networking, VLANs, virtual switches, storage dependencies, DNS, IP addressing, and related infrastructure considerations.
Experience with backup, recovery, replication, and rollback planning in virtualized environments.
Ability to independently take ownership of a migration initiative, identify technical risks, recommend an approach, and communicate clearly with IT leadership.
Availability to begin quickly and provide sufficient continuity during a time-sensitive infrastructure transition.
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:
Experience using Veeam for backup, replication, recovery, or workload migration in VMware and Hyper-V environments.
Experience integrating Veeam with Wasabi or another S3-compatible cloud object-storage platform.
Experience migrating workloads that include Microsoft SQL Server.
Experience administering Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID.
Experience supporting F5 technologies, including load balancing or application-delivery infrastructure.
Broader Windows systems administration experience in environments containing both on-premises and externally hosted infrastructure.
Experience supporting network infrastructure spanning local datacenters and hosted environments.
Experience working with third-party infrastructure providers, managed-service partners, or vendors such as CDW.
Experience developing infrastructure documentation, migration runbooks, validation procedures, and operational handoff materials.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
The client is seeking an experienced VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME or Senior Systems Engineer for a time-sensitive infrastructure transition. A key member of the client’s infrastructure team has given notice, creating an immediate need for knowledge transfer and specialized migration support.
REQUIRED SKILLS: (Need All)
Significant hands-on experience administering production VMware environments, including VMware ESXi and vCenter.
Prior experience planning and executing migrations of production virtual machines from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V.
Ability to assess an existing VMware environment and develop a practical, phased migration plan that minimizes operational risk and downtime.
Experience building or configuring Hyper-V hosts and preparing the target Hyper-V environment for migrated workloads.
Experience migrating Windows Server workloads and validating compute, storage, networking, security, application, and performance functionality following migration.
Strong knowledge of virtual networking, VLANs, virtual switches, storage dependencies, DNS, IP addressing, and related infrastructure considerations.
Experience with backup, recovery, replication, and rollback planning in virtualized environments.
Ability to independently take ownership of a migration initiative, identify technical risks, recommend an approach, and communicate clearly with IT leadership.
Availability to begin quickly and provide sufficient continuity during a time-sensitive infrastructure transition.
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:
Experience using Veeam for backup, replication, recovery, or workload migration in VMware and Hyper-V environments.
Experience integrating Veeam with Wasabi or another S3-compatible cloud object-storage platform.
Experience migrating workloads that include Microsoft SQL Server.
Experience administering Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID.
Experience supporting F5 technologies, including load balancing or application-delivery infrastructure.
Broader Windows systems administration experience in environments containing both on-premises and externally hosted infrastructure.
Experience supporting network infrastructure spanning local datacenters and hosted environments.
Experience working with third-party infrastructure providers, managed-service partners, or vendors such as CDW.
Experience developing infrastructure documentation, migration runbooks, validation procedures, and operational handoff materials.
