Infrastructure Migration Engineer (f/m/x)
We are looking for a skilled Infrastructure Migration Engineer to join our team, supporting a migration program that focuses on transitioning virtual machines from legacy VMware environments into VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 workload domains. This role requires a strong understanding of VMware technologies and migration practices, and may involve planned activities outside of core business hours, including evenings and weekends for migration preparations and validations. If you are passionate about working with cutting-edge cloud technologies and ensuring application availability during migrations, this opportunity may be the right fit for you.
Your tasks
Supporting the end-to-end migration of virtual machines from legacy VMware ESXi/vSphere environments into VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 workload domains
Executing migrations using the most appropriate method for the workload, primarily using HCX vMotion
Validating source and destination readiness before migration activity, including vCenter, ESXi, storage, network, HCX, NSX-T, DNS, monitoring, backup, and application owner dependencies
Identifying migration blockers early, including unsupported VM configurations, active snapshots, stale VMware Tools, RDMs, high-change-rate disks, network/firewall constraints, storage constraints, application dependencies, and backup conflicts
Grouping workloads into sensible migration waves based on application dependencies, network segments, business criticality, maintenance windows, customer impact, and rollback options
Supporting pre-migration, migration, and post-migration validation, including power-on checks, console access, network reachability, application validation, monitoring status, backup status, and operational handover
Working with NSX-T networking teams to validate NSX segments, overlay networking, Edge connectivity, BGP, Distributed Firewall policy, Gateway Firewall policy, NAT, and network extension boundaries
Troubleshooting migration issues across vCenter, ESXi, HCX, NSX-T, vMotion, vSphere Replication, storage, network latency, firewall, DNS, guest OS, VMware Tools, and application layers
Producing and maintaining accurate migration documentation, including migration trackers, wave status, failed migration attempts, risk/issues, workaround details, post-migration checks, and lessons learned
Requirements
Minimum 5 years of experience in VMware platform environments, with strong hands-on experience in VMware vSphere, vCenter Server, and ESXi
Proven experience migrating production virtual machines between VMware environments, ideally across multi-cluster, multi-site, or multi-tenant platforms
Strong understanding of vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, HA, resource pools, clusters, datastores, VM hardware versions, VMware Tools, vDS networking, port groups, and VMkernel networking
Ability to interpret vCenter and ESXi events, tasks, alarms, logs, and migration failure messages to diagnose migration issues quickly
Good understanding of storage impacts during migration, including datastore capacity, disk consolidation, thin/thick provisioning, snapshots, CBT, backup interaction, high-change-rate workloads, and storage latency
Essential VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 skills, including understanding management domains, workload domains, SDDC Manager, and lifecycle management
Hands-on experience with VMware HCX or VCF workload mobility tooling and experience deploying, configuring, validating, or operating HCX Connector/source-side manager and HCX Cloud/target-side manager
Fluent English
Nice-to-have requirements
Experience with VCF Operations, VCF Automation, vSAN, HPE Alletra, Cisco UCS, Commvault, Veeam, or equivalent operational tooling
Previous experience in a service provider, managed cloud, private cloud, or multi-tenant platform environment