Remote Azure Engineer: VM Migrations & Infra

Coreitech; United States; Remote; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Ad-hoc contract via own Ltd

Right of substitution

Job summary

Coreitech is seeking an experienced Azure Engineer to handle infrastructure migrations and project work on an ad-hoc basis. This fully remote role suits consultants running their own practice or delivering work for multiple clients, with work arriving per project and deadlines set by client migrations.

You will deploy and optimise Azure IaaS, migrate on-prem workloads using Azure Migrate and Site Recovery, design landing zones, and manage networking, identity, backups and DR.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of end-to-end on-premises to Azure migrations.
• Strong hands-on Azure IaaS: VMs, disks, availability sets, storage.
• Experience with Azure networking and on-prem integration.
• Hands-on with Azure Migrate and Site Recovery.
• Background in Windows Server, AD, and Hyper-V/VMware.
• Ability to plan cutovers around downtime and communicate with stakeholders.
• Proficient with PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Bicep/ARM for repeatable builds.
• MSP or multi-client experience preferred; AZ certifications desirable.

Responsibilities

• Migrate on-prem to Azure server workloads using appropriate methods.
• Migrate legacy servers to Azure VMs or suitable PaaS.
• Design Azure landing zones for SMEs including subscriptions, resource groups, tagging, cost controls.
• Configure networking (VNets, NSGs, VPNs, ExpressRoute as needed).
• Deploy and migrate Azure Virtual Desktop from on-prem RDS.
• Implement hybrid identity with Entra Connect and Entra Domain Services.
• Set up backup and disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery.
• Perform right-sizing and cost optimisation reviews.
• Decommission on-prem hardware post-migration.
• Provide documentation and handover for each environment.

Skills

Azure IaaS

Azure Migrate

Azure Site Recovery

Hyper-V

VMware

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Bicep/ARM

Networking (VNet/NSG)

Azure Landing Zone

Tools

Azure Migrate

Azure Site Recovery

Azure Networking

Job description

Coreitech is seeking an experienced Azure Engineer to handle infrastructure migrations and project work on an ad-hoc basis. This fully remote role suits consultants running their own practice or delivering work for multiple clients, with work arriving per project and deadlines set by client migrations.

You will deploy and optimise Azure IaaS, migrate on-prem workloads using Azure Migrate and Site Recovery, design landing zones, and manage networking, identity, backups and DR.