Azure Cloud Migration Engineer (VMware to Azure) Position: Azure Cloud Migration Engineer (VMware to Azure)

Location: 100% Remote – Ontario-based candidates preferred (Eastern Time Zone) – Toronto Preferred

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: 6 months to start

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Opportunity We are seeking experienced Azure Cloud Migration Engineers to support a large-scale, enterprise-level VMware-to-Microsoft Azure migration program involving approximately 1,400 virtual machines (VMs) across distributed environments.

This is an prospect to contribute to a multi-phase cloud transformation and modernization initiative , working alongside experienced technical leads and infrastructure teams.

The successful candidates will be responsible for executing wave-based VMware-to-Azure migrations , leveraging established Azure Landing Zones, migration runbooks, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices.

Key Responsibilities

- Execute end-to-end VMware-to-Azure migrations, including discovery, assessment, replication, cutover, and post-migration validation.
- Utilize Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), or equivalent replication tools to assess, replicate, test, and migrate workloads.
- Provision and configure Azure infrastructure, including Virtual Machines, Managed Disks, VNets, NSGs, Route Tables, Private Endpoints, and Recovery Services Vaults.
- Perform post-migration validation, including network connectivity, DNS resolution, application availability, and integration testing.
- Identify and document workload dependencies, migration risks, and technical blockers.
- Prepare and execute migration change packages, including cutover plans, rollback procedures,



and validation checklists.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Bicep, along with automation scripts using PowerShell and Bash.
- Troubleshoot Azure networking, connectivity, and infrastructure issues during and following migration.
- Collaborate with technical leads, architects, network engineers, application owners, and infrastructure teams.
- Maintain migration documentation, runbooks, and technical procedures while participating in migration wave planning and execution.

Required Skills & Experience

- 3+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure engineering experience, including participation in at least one production-scale cloud migration.
- Proven VMware-to-Azure migration experience, particularly VM rehosting (lift-and-shift).
- Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate and replication technologies, such as Azure Site Recovery, Zerto, RiverMeadow, Carbonite/Double-Take, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of Azure Landing Zones (ALZ) and familiarity with Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
- Experience provisioning and managing Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, and recovery services.
- Solid understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, hub-and-spoke architecture, VPN,



ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints, and Private DNS.
- Strong foundational networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, subnetting, and firewall concepts.
- Experience troubleshooting connectivity using Azure Network Watcher, NSG Flow Logs, and Connection Monitor.
- Experience with wave-based migration execution, dependency analysis, cutover planning, validation, and rollback procedures.
- Proficiency with Terraform and/or Bicep, PowerShell, Bash, and Azure CLI.
- Familiarity with ITIL change management, controlled deployment windows, and enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Strong communication, documentation, troubleshooting, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise migrations involving hundreds or thousands of VMs.
- Exposure to Azure workload replatforming in addition to rehosting.
- Experience working in highly structured or regulated enterprise environments.
- Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Additional Information This position is 100% remote , with a preference for candidates based in Ontario or able to work Eastern Time Zone business hours . The initial engagement is six months , with significant potential for extension as subsequent phases of the cloud migration program progress. We welcome applications from experienced Azure infrastructure professionals with direct, hands-on VMware-to-Azure migration experience who are comfortable executing migrations in complex enterprise environments. ,

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