Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Azure Local / VMware Migration)

Location: Dublin, OH Onsite

Type: Part-time / Contract (Weekend Availability Required)

Duration: 6 months

Experience Required: 8-10

Job description:

Position Summary

We are executing a high-priority, large-scale infrastructure modernization project to migrate our entire virtualized environment off VMware and onto Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI) . We are seeking a seasoned engineer who thrives in high-stakes migration environments. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle-from bare-metal cluster deployment to the final weekend cutover of critical application servers. Our mantra is "automate everything" ; we need an engineer who treats manual clicks as a failure state.

Key Responsibilities

• Azure Local Deployment: Architect and deploy Azure Local clusters, ensuring proper integration with Azure Arc, identity management, and hybrid networking.

• Network & Security Configuration: Configure VLANs, subnets, routing, and firewall policies to facilitate seamless outbound/inbound connectivity for cluster registration, storage replication, and tenant workloads.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and maintain Terraform modules to automate the provisioning of Azure Local resources, virtual networks, and guest OS configurations. (PowerShell/Bicep scripting is also highly valued).

• Migration Execution (The "Lift & Shift"): Plan and execute the migration of application servers, SQL databases, and legacy VMs from vSphere to the new Azure Local environment.

• Weekend Cutover Leadership: This role requires active availability during scheduled weekend maintenance windows. You will be the technical lead during these periods, executing final syncs, validating application health, and troubleshooting any post-migration issues in real-time.

• Data Protection: Implement and manage backup/recovery workflows using Rubrik, ensuring data integrity before and after each migration batch.

• Performance Tuning: Optimize storage performance (NVMe/SSD tiers) and compute allocation post-migration to ensure applications perform better than they did on-prem.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or cloud infrastructure.

• Proven experience managing or migrating from VMware (vCenter, ESXi, vMotion, DRS).

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Local (or Azure Stack HCI) deployment and lifecycle management.

• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and enterprise firewall rules (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Azure Firewall).

• Advanced scripting ability (PowerShell or Python) for automating pre-migration health checks and post-migration remediation.

Preferred "Nice-to-Haves" (Major Pluses)

• Terraform expertise: Ability to write production-grade modules, manage state files, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps).

• Rubrik: Experience deploying Rubrik agents, setting up SLA policies, and performing instant recoveries or export operations during migrations.

• Experience with Azure Migrate or third-party migration tools (e.g., Zerto, Carbonite).

• Familiarity with Windows Server, Active Directory, and SQL Server clustering.

Work Schedule & Logistics

• Standard Hours: Monday-Friday (Remote/Hybrid).

• Weekend Commitment: You must be willing and able to work every other weekend (or as scheduled) during the 3-month peak migration phase. Weekend shifts are dedicated to application cutovers, as these require minimal business disruption.

• Compensation/Time-off: Overtime compensation, bonus differentials, or compensatory time off (PTO) will be provided for weekend hours.

Who You Are

• You get restless when tasks aren't scripted.

• You have a "battle-tested" mindset-calm under pressure when a migration fails over and you have 30 seconds to rollback.

• You are a documentarian; you don't just fix it-you write the runbook so the next migration is fully automated.

Role Descriptions:

Azure Local Deployment: Architect and deploy Azure Local clusters ensuring proper integration with Azure Arc identity management and hybrid networking.Network & Security Configuration: Configure VLANs subnets routing and firewall policies to facilitate seamless outbound/inbound connectivity for cluster registration storage replication and tenant workloads.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and maintain Terraform modules to automate the provisioning of Azure Local resources virtual networks and guest OS configurations. (PowerShell/Bicep scripting is also highly valued).Migration Execution (The "Lift & Shift"): Plan and execute the migration of application servers SQL databases and legacy VMs from vSphere to the new Azure Local environment.Weekend Cutover Leadership: This role requires active availability during scheduled weekend maintenance windows. You will be the technical lead during these periods executing final syncs validating application health and troubleshooting any post-migration issues in real-time.Data Protection: Implement and manage backup/recovery workflows using Rubrik ensuring data integrity before and after each migration batch.Performance Tuning: Optimize storage performance (NVMe/SSD tiers) and compute allocation post-migration to ensure applications perform better than they did on-prem.

Essential Skills:

Design implement support and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure across AWS Azure and GCP environments.Manage cloud operations with a focus on automation monitoring security compliance backup disaster recovery and high availability.Develop and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and GitHub.Collaborate with application and product teams to deploy operate and optimize cloud-based workloads.Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation solutions to improve operational efficiency.Monitor cloud platforms troubleshoot production issues perform root cause analysis and drive continuous improvement initiatives.Implement and maintain cloud security controls access management key management governance and compliance standards.Support Windows and Linux server environments and develop automation scripts using PowerShell Bash and Python.Manage infrastructure components including networking DNS firewalls load balancers databases storage and enterprise monitoring tools.Strong understanding of Cloud Architecture DevOps ITIL ITSM/CMDB SDLC CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Risk & Security Compliance and multi-cloud platform operations.Experience: 8+ years of Infrastructure/Cloud Engineering experience.Required Skills: AWS Azure GCP Terraform GitHub DevOps Linux Windows Python PowerShell Bash Cloud Security Monitoring Networking CI/CD ITIL.Preferred Role Title: Senior Cloud Engineer / Multi-Cloud Platform Engineer.

Desirable Skills:

Keyword:

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