Infrastructure Migration Architect

Socket.dev; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AEG Vision seeks an IT Infrastructure Migration Engineer to plan, engineer, and deliver modernization initiatives across its practice locations. You will lead from assessment to handoff, focusing on minimizing downtime and preserving data integrity while meeting security and compliance requirements.

The role covers data center migrations, legacy email migrations, and remote-site backup design using Synology backup tech and cloud-based protections.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, plus 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience performing physical-to-virtual migrations at scale across Windows and Linux server environments.
• Strong working knowledge of VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM, or comparable virtualization platforms.
• Working knowledge of Exchange, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, and mail-flow DNS records (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Autodiscover).
• Proficiency with server and mailbox migration tools such as VMware vCenter Converter, Double-Take/Carbonite, Zerto, StarWind V2V Converter, or similar utilities.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing backup solutions for remote or distributed locations using Synology Active Backup for Business, Synology NAS appliances, and cloud-based backup or replication services.
• Experience protecting workloads during data center migrations, including pre-migration backups, replication, recovery validation, rollback readiness, and transition to the target-state backup platform.
• Experience with storage concepts (SAN, NAS, RAID, LUNs) and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, VPNs, IPsec).
• Experience delivering infrastructure projects end-to-end: assessment, design, testing, implementation, validation, documentation, and handoff.
• Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, project prioritization, time management, written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure migration and modernization projects from discovery and planning through implementation and post-cutover support.
• Assess legacy email, server, storage, network, application, licensing, and dependency requirements; identify risks.
• Perform mailbox, calendar, contact, public folder, PST, archive, and journal data migrations as applicable.
• Plan mail-flow and DNS changes (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Autodiscover) for controlled cutovers.
• Plan, design, test, and execute physical-to-virtual migrations of Windows and Linux workloads to VMware/Hyper-V/KVM.
• Use migration/protection tools (VMware vCenter Converter, Synology Active Backup, Double-Take/Carbonite, Zerto, StarWind V2V)
• Design, build, document, and support standardized backup solutions for remote practice locations using Synology backup tech.
• Define backup schedules, retention, encryption, monitoring, recovery procedures, and RPO/RTO for remote workloads.
• Coordinate replication, data seeding, bandwidth planning, cutover protection, and post-migration backup transition.
• Coordinate migration windows with leadership, vendors, and IT teams to minimize disruption.
• Implement security controls; confirm migrated systems meet compliance and protection standards.
• Decommission legacy hardware and email systems after validation and approval.
• Maintain records of migrated systems, mailboxes, configurations, licenses, and network topology changes.
• Perform risk assessments and provide post-implementation support and knowledge transfer.

Skills

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Microsoft Hyper-V

KVM

Exchange Online

Mail flow & DNS

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Technical documentation

Project coordination

Downtime minimization & risk mgmt

Education

Associate degree in IT or related field

Tools

VMware vCenter Converter

Synology Active Backup for Business

Double-Take/Carbonite

Zerto

StarWind V2V Converter

Job description

AEG Vision seeks an IT Infrastructure Migration Engineer to plan, engineer, and deliver modernization initiatives across its practice locations. You will lead from assessment to handoff, focusing on minimizing downtime and preserving data integrity while meeting security and compliance requirements.

The role covers data center migrations, legacy email migrations, and remote-site backup design using Synology backup tech and cloud-based protections.