Technical Infrastructure Architect

Technical Infrastructure Architect - £700 - £750 Per Day – VMware to Hyper V Migration – Financial Services

Overview:
A global organisation is looking to engage an experienced Virtualization Architect to support a major VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V migration programme.

The successful candidate will have proven experience architecting and delivering VMware-to-Hyper-V migrations and will work closely with the internal infrastructure team to assess the existing VMware estate, define the target Hyper-V architecture and develop a pragmatic migration strategy.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Assess the existing VMware estate and infrastructure architecture
• Design the target Microsoft Hyper-V architecture
• Develop the VMware-to-Hyper-V migration strategy and roadmap
• Review existing compute, storage and networking infrastructure
• Assess and recommend appropriate migration tooling and methodologies
• Work with the internal infrastructure team to define migration waves and implementation plans
• Identify technical dependencies, risks and potential migration challenges
• Support high-level design and architecture documentation
• Support Design Review Board approval
• Ensure the internal team is capable of independently managing and operating the Hyper-V environment following the engagement
• Provide ongoing fractional architectural support as required

• Proven experience as a Virtualization Architect / Infrastructure Architect
• Strong enterprise VMware experience
• Strong Microsoft Hyper-V experience
• Proven experience delivering VMware-to-Hyper-V migrations
• Strong understanding of Windows Server and Microsoft infrastructure
• Experience across compute, storage and networking environments
• Enterprise SAN / storage experience
• Experience with virtualization migration tooling and methodologies
• Strong architecture and technical design experience
• Experience developing migration strategies and phased migration plans
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable working collaboratively with internal infrastructure and engineering teams

• £700 - £750 Per Day
• Outside IR35
• Fractional / deliverables-based consultancy engagement
• Occasional travel to London