Azure QA Migration Engineer (VMware to Azure)

Inclusion-Cloud; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Inclusion-Cloud is seeking a hands-on Azure Infrastructure & Migration Engineer to migrate a 20-server QA environment from a VMware hosting to Microsoft Azure. The initial task focuses on building and configuring the QA setup in Azure and running a side-by-side performance comparison against the current environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation, Windows Server and SQL Server administration, data migration, and infrastructure optimization, with ongoing migration to production.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on Azure IaC with Bicep/ARM templates.
• Experience with Azure VM deployment, sizing, networking, storage and performance optimization.
• Strong SQL Server infrastructure administration and storage/I/O optimization.
• Experience migrating workloads from VMware to Azure.
• Familiarity with performance testing and infrastructure benchmarking.

Responsibilities

• Build and configure QA environment in Azure using existing IaC (Bicep/PowerShell).
• Migrate ~20 servers from VMware to Azure and validate performance.
• Configure Windows Server environments and application layers (IIS, SQL Server, etc.).
• Manage data migration, storage, and tempdb optimization on Azure VMs.
• Tune storage, disk tiers, IOPS and network/configuration for performance.
• Support disaster recovery, backups and resilience planning.
• Document configurations, procedures, and testing results.
• Work within IaC process to avoid drift and assist with QA/performance testing.

Skills

Microsoft Azure infrastructure

Azure Infrastructure as Code

Bicep/ARM templates

SQL Server administration

VMware to Azure migration

Performance testing

New Relic monitoring

PowerShell

Tools

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Windows Server 2022

SQL Server 2022

IIS

Job description

Inclusion-Cloud is seeking a hands-on Azure Infrastructure & Migration Engineer to migrate a 20-server QA environment from a VMware hosting to Microsoft Azure. The initial task focuses on building and configuring the QA setup in Azure and running a side-by-side performance comparison against the current environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation, Windows Server and SQL Server administration, data migration, and infrastructure optimization, with ongoing migration to production.