🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland · 12h ago
Infrastructure Migration Engineer (f/m/x)
Sii Poland
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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 domainsExecuting migrations using the most appropriate method for the workload, primarily using HCX vMotionValidating source and destination readiness before migration activity, including vCenter, ESXi, storage, network, HCX, NSX-T, DNS, monitoring, backup, and application owner dependenciesIdentifying 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 conflictsGrouping workloads into sensible migration waves based on application dependencies, network segments, business criticality, maintenance windows, customer impact, and rollback optionsSupporting pre-migration, migration, and post-migration validation, including power-on checks, console access, network reachability, application validation, monitoring status, backup status, and operational handoverWorking with NSX-T networking teams to validate NSX segments, overlay networking, Edge connectivity, BGP, Distributed Firewall policy, Gateway Firewall policy, NAT, and network extension boundariesTroubleshooting migration issues across vCenter, ESXi, HCX, NSX-T, vMotion, vSphere Replication, storage, network latency, firewall, DNS, guest OS, VMware Tools, and application layersProducing and maintaining accurate migration documentation, including migration trackers, wave status, failed migration attempts, risk/issues, workaround details, post-migration checks, and lessons learnedRequirementsMinimum 5 years of experience in VMware platform environments, with strong hands-on experience in VMware vSphere, vCenter Server, and ESXiProven experience migrating production virtual machines between VMware environments, ideally across multi-cluster, multi-site, or multi-tenant platformsStrong understanding of vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, HA, resource pools, clusters, datastores, VM hardware versions, VMware Tools, vDS networking, port groups, and VMkernel networkingAbility to interpret vCenter and ESXi events, tasks, alarms, logs, and migration failure messages to diagnose migration issues quicklyGood understanding of storage impacts during migration, including datastore capacity, disk consolidation, thin/thick provisioning, snapshots, CBT, backup interaction, high-change-rate workloads, and storage latencyEssential VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 skills, including understanding management domains, workload domains, SDDC Manager, and lifecycle managementHands-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 managerFluent English Nice to have Experience with VCF Operations, VCF Automation, vSAN, HPE Alletra, Cisco UCS, Commvault, Veeam, or equivalent operational toolingPrevious experience in a service provider, managed cloud, private cloud, or multi-tenant platform environmentJob no. JOB-LDCJYSii ensures that all hiring decisions are made solely on the basis of qualifications and competence. We are committed to equal and fair treatment of all, regardless of legally protected characteristics. At Sii, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment, in full compliance with applicable anti-discrimination laws.Benefits For YouGreat Place to WorkSolid financial situationContracts with the biggest brandsCentre of internal trainingsMany experts you can learn fromOpen and accessible management teamProfit sharingPassion Sponsorship programRegular integration events and tripsComfortable and well-equipped officesMySii appMedical careSourced from LinkedIn. Relocantly aggregates public job postings; apply on the original site.