Azure Infrastructure & Migration Engineer

Solutions Through Knowledge; Nottingham; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Solutions Through Knowledge in the United Kingdom is seeking an Azure Infrastructure & Migration Engineer for a 4-month remote project. You will own workloads from discovery to cutover, building and migrating Azure infrastructure while coordinating with IT teams and partners.

We expect hands-on Azure migration expertise, VMware/Hyper-V experience, and proficiency with PowerShell or Azure CLI to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions. Immediate start is preferred.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering and production server migration experience.
• Experience with Azure compute, storage, networking, and RBAC.
• Strong Windows Server, AD, Entra ID, DNS, DHCP with VMware/Hyper-V.
• Proficient in PowerShell or Azure CLI and live migrations.

Responsibilities

• Discover workloads and map dependencies with owners and site teams.
• Build and configure Azure compute, storage, networking, and monitoring.
• Migrate VMware and Hyper-V workloads to Azure and move across subscriptions/regions.
• Support ERP migrations with application partners and migrate core services.
• Plan cutovers, testing, rollback, and coordinate acceptance and decommissioning.
• Keep trackers and runbooks current; raise delivery risks early.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

Migration

PowerShell

Azure CLI

VMware

Hyper-V

Azure Migrate

Networking

RBAC

AD/Entra ID

Tools

Azure Migrate

Azure CLI

Job description

Job Title: Azure Infrastructure and Migration Engineer

Day Rate: £375 per day - Outside IR35

Location: Fully remote / WFH

Duration: 4 months initially

Start date: ASAP

Role

We are assisting a client who have a project-based requirement for a hands-on Azure Infrastructure & Migration Engineer. Working in a small team, you'll be involved in the build, migration and support of infrastructure across IT and operational technology environments.

As Azure Infrastructure & Migration Engineer, you'll own assigned workloads from discovery through to cutover, testing and handover, following approved designs and maintaining continuity at sites.The project scope includes infrastructure supporting ERP, other on-premises server workloads, legacy Azure environments and day-to-day operational support.

Responsibilities

• Discover workloads and map network, application, licensing and IT dependencies with application owners and site teams.
• Build and configure Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, access controls and monitoring in line with approved designs.
• Migrate VMware and Hyper-V workloads to Azure and move workloads between Azure subscriptions or regions.
• Support ERP migrations with application partners and migrate core infrastructure services where required.
• Plan and execute approved cutovers, including prerequisites, testing and rollback. Coordinate business acceptance, stabilisation and approved legacy decommissioning. Troubleshoot Azure and on-premises incidents.
• Keep migration trackers, change records, ITSM inventory and runbooks current. Escalate blockers and design queries with technical leadership and hand over outstanding actions.

Essential experience

• Hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering and production server migration experience - build, migrate, test and support workloads.
• Practical experience with Azure compute, disks, storage, role-based access control and monitoring, plus Azure networking across virtual networks, routing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, private endpoints and DNS.
• Strong Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, DNS and DHCP skills, with VMware or Hyper-V experience and hybrid infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Experience using Azure Migrate on a live migration, including discovery, replication, test migrations and cutover. Practical PowerShell or Azure CLI skills.
• Experience of supporting IT infrastructure, with an understanding of production continuity, site constraints and formal change control.
• Ability to own assigned work, follow up with client teams and suppliers, maintain accurate documentation and raise delivery risks early.

Desirable experience

• Enterprise applications, Azure migrations
• Experience of working in a regulated environment.
• Azure Virtual Desktop, Linux, SQL Server or Oracle infrastructure, or certificate and licensing services.