Senior Virtualization Architect

Hi there! We are South and our client is looking for a Senior Virtualization Architect!

Note to Applicants:

• Eligibility: This position is open to candidates residing in Latin America.

• Application Language: Please submit your CV in English. Applications submitted in other languages will not be considered.

• Professional Presentation: We encourage you to showcase your professional experience by including a Loom video in the application form. While this is optional, candidates who provide a video presentation will be given priority.

• Interview Policy: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools during interviews are strictly prohibited. 

• Note: As part of the final stages of the selection process, contractors may be asked to provide professional references for a reference check. If you're selected, you may also be asked to update their LinkedIn profile. 🙂

• Lead the architectural assessment of the existing VMware environment.
• Review the current virtualization architecture, including compute, storage, networking, clusters, workloads, availability, and management components.
• Analyze the environment to determine migration complexity, dependencies, and technical risks.
• Assess the feasibility and key considerations of migrating workloads from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Define target-state architectural recommendations for the Hyper-V environment.
• Evaluate potential approaches for workload migration, sequencing, and prioritization.
• Identify workloads, applications, infrastructure components, or configurations that may require remediation or special handling.
• Assess capacity, performance, availability, security, backup, and disaster recovery considerations.
• Identify gaps between the current VMware environment and the proposed Hyper-V target state.
• Develop a high-level migration strategy and phased roadmap.
• Provide recommendations around architecture, tooling, operational considerations, and implementation priorities.
• Work directly with stakeholders to gather technical information and validate assumptions.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to technical leadership and other stakeholders.
• Produce professional architectural documentation and a final assessment and migration roadmap.

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, virtualization, or enterprise architecture.
• Extensive experience designing and assessing VMware vSphere/ESXi environments.
• Strong architectural knowledge of Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft infrastructure technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with virtualization transformation or migration projects.
• Strong understanding of enterprise compute, storage, networking, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability.
• Experience performing infrastructure assessments and developing migration strategies.
• Ability to evaluate complex environments and identify dependencies, risks, and technical challenges.
• Strong knowledge of virtualization architecture, capacity planning, and workload placement.
• Excellent architectural documentation and presentation skills.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to operate independently and take ownership of the assessment from discovery through final recommendations.

• Project duration: 1 month
• Scope: Architectural assessment, analysis, recommendations, and migration roadmap

 

If this opportunity sounds good to you, send us your resume!