Data Center Migration Engineer

Sharp Decisions; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Decisions is seeking a migration-focused professional to analyze technical issues, develop solutions, and support IT systems within an operating data center environment in the Charlotte area.

The role emphasizes experience with data center exit programs, storage and compute/virtualization migrations, and weekend/off-hours availability to minimize disruption to production services through August 2027.

Qualifications

• Analyze technical issues, develop solutions, and support IT systems.
• Experience supporting Data Center Exit programs and infrastructure migration initiatives.
• Experience supporting both Storage and Compute/Virtualization workstreams.
• Experience with storage migrations, server migrations, and virtual machine migrations.
• Experience with environment build activities, testing, cutover execution, post-migration validation, and decommissioning activities.
• Ability to coordinate closely with application, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure business continuity while minimizing operational risk.
• Willingness and flexibility to perform migration activities during evenings and weekends to avoid disruption to production services.
• Ability to support migration and cutover activities almost every weekend through August 2027, based on the current migration schedule.

Responsibilities

• Analyze technical issues, develop solutions, and support IT systems.

Skills

Data Center Exit

Migration planning

Storage migrations

Server migrations

VM migrations

Environment build

Testing

Cutover execution

Post-migration validation

Decommissioning

Cross-team coordination

Evenings/weekends availability

Weekend migrations through Aug 2027

Job description

Sharp Decisions is seeking a migration-focused professional to analyze technical issues, develop solutions, and support IT systems within an operating data center environment in the Charlotte area.

The role emphasizes experience with data center exit programs, storage and compute/virtualization migrations, and weekend/off-hours availability to minimize disruption to production services through August 2027.