Job Title: Hyper-V & Proxmox Infrastructure Specialist

Job Type : 1-month Contract

Location : 100% remote (must be legally entitled to work in Canada)

Start Date: August 10, 2026

Shift Schedule : Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM

Rate : $95/hr Inc.

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Hyper-V & Proxmox Infrastructure Specialist to design, build, validate, and support enterprise virtualization platforms in a production environment. This role will focus on building and optimizing Microsoft Hyper-V and Proxmox infrastructure while supporting the migration of Windows virtual machine workloads from an existing VMware environment. This is an excellent prospect for a senior infrastructure professional with deep hands-on virtualization expertise who enjoys designing scalable platforms, validating production readiness, and contributing to modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, build, configure, and support enterprise Hyper-V and Proxmox virtualization environments.
- Deploy and validate infrastructure components required to support Windows virtual machines at production scale.
- Configure and test virtualization services, platform integrations, networking, storage, clustering, and operational monitoring.
- Plan and execute platform validation, operational readiness testing, and production acceptance activities.
- Support business continuity initiatives by validating backup, recovery, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Assess, plan, and support migration activities from VMware to Hyper-V and/or Proxmox environments.
- Create and maintain technical documentation,



including architecture, configurations, migration plans, validation results, and operational procedures.
- Identify platform risks, dependencies, and recommendations while collaborating with project stakeholders throughout implementation.

Required Qualifications

- Extensive hands-on experience administering and supporting Microsoft Hyper-V in enterprise production environments.
- Extensive hands-on experience administering and supporting Proxmox virtualization platforms.
- Experience designing, building, and supporting Windows virtual machine environments at enterprise scale.
- Strong understanding of virtualization infrastructure, including:
- Compute
- Storage
- Networking
- High Availability
- Lifecycle Management
- Infrastructure Monitoring
- Experience validating infrastructure services, integrations, resiliency, and production readiness.
- Experience supporting VMware migration projects, including planning, dependency analysis, and execution.
- Strong documentation skills with the ability to clearly communicate technical decisions, risks, and implementation plans.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience leading virtualization modernization or data centre transformation initiatives.
- Background supporting hypervisor migration projects from VMware to alternative virtualization platforms.
- Experience with business continuity, disaster recovery, and production readiness testing.
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation, repeatable deployment methodologies, and infrastructure standards

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Infrastructure Specialist (Toronto)
🏢 PeopleToGo
📍 Toronto