Migration Engineer (VCF)

Role & responsibilities

The Migration Engineer (Mid) executes bulk templated VM and server migrations within a VCF9 Migration Factory Delivery Pod under Senior Migration Engineer guidance, using VMware HCX and Zerto-based migration tooling. Supports customer migrations (relocations, colocations, consolidations, and cloud migrations to VMware Cloud Foundation) and data center modernizations as outlined in the Statement of Work. This is the primary scaling pool for the Delivery Pod headcount flexes directly with wave volume and concurrency.

Career Level Summary

• Requires working knowledge and experience in own job discipline and broadens capabilities
• Continues to build knowledge of the company, processes, and customers
• Performs a range of assignments related to job discipline
• Uses prescribed guidelines or processes in analyzing situations
• Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction

Key Responsibilities

• 2 4 years of experience in the field of role required, including hands-on VMware migration experience
• Executes bulk templated migrations using VMware HCX (bulk migration, vMotion migration, replication-assisted vMotion) and Zerto-based replication for VM and server moves as defined by SOWs and migration plans.
• Monitors, logs, and tests customer configurations for performance and stability on vSphere and vSAN target environments post-migration.
• Coordinates and consults with the Migration Coordinator/PMO and Sales teams to streamline and detail out the build, deploy, and management process for scoping and design of systems being migrated into VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Proactively identifies potential issues and works through resolution with internal and external stakeholders during wave execution.
• Troubleshoots migration issues, performs root cause analysis, and tunes performance on HCX/Zerto migration jobs.
• Implements new technologies in customer environments, including vSphere/vSAN upgrades, virtualization projects, and infrastructure projects tied to VCF adoption.
• Performs network analysis for client networks in coordination with the Network/NSX Engineer, identifying deficiencies and implementing improvements for stabilization.
• Generates and maintains migration configuration documents for all client production networks and systems.
• Works with the Automation Engineer to leverage PowerCLI, Ansible, and Terraform automation to improve migration delivery quality, speed, and experience.
• Follows Senior Migration Engineer guidance on Infrastructure-as-Code deployment practices to support repeatable builds.
• Actively takes ownership to address issues and solve problems; recommends best practices for team processes.

Knowledge

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of VMware vSphere, vSAN, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) fundamentals
• Basic knowledge of VMware HCX and Zerto-based migration tooling
• Basic knowledge of OS technologies for customer configuration: Windows, RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.
• Basic knowledge of more than one IaaS platform(s) – AWS (preferred), Azure, Google, VMware Cloud
• Basic understanding of infrastructure automation tooling (Terraform, PowerCLI, Ansible)
• Basic knowledge of cloud services, methodologies, best practices, and tools

Skills:

• VMware HCX / Zerto Migration Execution
• vSphere & vSAN Fundamentals
• AI/Machine Learning
• Cloud Computing
• Cybersecurity
• DevOps Coding Skills
• Network/Systems Skills