Responsibilities:
Design, plan, and implementation of complex IT infrastructure migration solutions
Participate in architectural discussions and design exercises to build and automate large scale migrations to cloud
Perform application portfolio analysis to identify candidate applications and workloads for migration and develop an optimal migration plan
Verify technical feasibility and validate solution options for the requirements
Identify workarounds for specific issues and corner scenarios observed during migration
Develop test plan and test-cases to demonstrate application/database readiness post migration
Work closely with application teams to develop a migration plan and ensure business functionality and SLAs are met
Consult for optimal design of server /database environments and propose recommendations to optimize performance
Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems
Partner with the sales team to design solutions for customers that drive cloud adoption
Conduct technical sessions for internal teams, partners and customers
Qualification and Requirement:
4+ years of experience in a technical position
Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
2+ years of technical experience in migrating IT infrastructure from On-Prem to any Cloud environment, including landing zones creation and application migration.
1+ years of experience in Design, build, upgrade and maintenance of VMware environments (Strong knowledge on vCenter, HCX, NSX, VLAN, VSAN, VMFS,NFS and VMware tools)
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
Preferred Qualification:
Good knowledge and understanding of VMC
Experience in assessment of source architecture and map it to relevant target architecture in the cloud environment
Strong practical Linux or Windows-based systems administration skills, with good knowledge on Storage, Security and network tracks
Good understanding and experience on dealing with firewall rules, VPC setup, network routing, Identity and Access Management and security implementation
Experience in CloudFormation template or similar automation/scripting
Experience in using server migration tools like HCX/VMotion or similar tools.
Identify application/inventory dependencies using discovery tools or automation scripts. Define optimal move groups for migrations with minimal downtimes.
Experience in conducting workshops, preparing migration strategy, migration plans, runbooks, test plans, defect trackers, status reports, etc.
Strong knowledge on IT compliance and risk management requirements (eg. security, privacy, SOX, HIPAA etc.)
Working knowledge on configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef or Ansible
Experience in performance optimization techniques
High end troubleshooting and communication skills
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