Senior VMware Migration Engineer

Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS); Bengaluru; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior VMware Migration Engineer with 4–9 years of hands-on experience to lead complex migrations across vSphere, vSAN, NSX and VCF. The role requires strong technical leadership and a proven ability to deliver high-quality migration outcomes.

The position is remote, full-time, and offers opportunities to mentor junior staff, drive automation with Terraform/PowerCLI/Ansible, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth wave

Qualifications

• 4–9 years of hands-on VMware migration experience.
• Strong knowledge of vSphere, vSAN, NSX and VCF architectures.
• Experience with HCX, Terraform, and automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high-risk migrations across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and VCF lifecycle operations.
• Own build validation confirming designs and rollback plans before waves.
• Mentor engineers on HCX/Zerto execution and VMware best practices.
• Promote IaC deployment practices using Terraform, PowerCLI, and Ansible.
• Serve as senior escalation point for migration issues and performance tuning.
• Collaborate on SDDC VCF mapping validation with Migration Architect.
• Coordinate network cutover sequencing with Network/NSX Engineer.
• Review complex migration plans before execution.
• Document advanced configuration and validation for production environments.
• Take ownership of complex issues and design solutions.

Skills

VMware vSphere

VMware vSAN

NSX

VCF

HCX

Migration engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Root cause analysis

Tools

Terraform

PowerCLI

Ansible

HCX

Job description

Position: Senior VMware Migration Engineer

YOE: 4-9 yrs

Location: Bangalore/Hyderabad

Mode of Work: Remote

Job Type: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

• Leads complex, high-risk migrations spanning vSphere, vSAN, NSX network cutover, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lifecycle operations (upgrade, patching, workload domain management).
• Owns build validation for migrated workloads, confirming configurations conform to the Migration Architect's approved design and rollback plan before a wave is declared complete.
• Mentors Migration Engineer (Mid) staff on HCX/Zerto execution techniques, troubleshooting, and VMware best practices.
• Drives adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, PowerCLI, Ansible) deployment practices in partnership with the Automation Engineer to increase build repeatability and reduce manual configuration drift.
• Serves as the senior escalation point for complex migration issues, performing advanced root cause analysis and performance tuning across compute, storage, and network layers.
• Partners with the Migration Architect on SDDC VCF mapping validation and flags design risk before it can impact a wave.
• Coordinates with the Network/NSX Engineer on critical-path network cutover sequencing for complex waves.
• Reviews and approves complex migration plans developed by the Migration Engineer (Mid) prior to execution.
• Generates and maintains advanced configuration and validation documentation for complex client production environments.
• Actively takes ownership of complex issues, understanding upstream/downstream impacts and designing/delivering solutions appropriately.