Remote Lead Linux Migration Engineer to GCP

InOpTra Digital

California City (CA)

Remote

USD 170,000 - 230,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

InOpTra Digital is seeking a hands-on Lead Migration Engineer to drive a major Linux estate move from a VMware data center to Google Cloud Platform. You will work across Perl applications, MySQL databases, and legacy CentOS environments, coordinating with offshore engineers and client teams.

You will document systems, plan waves, containerize where feasible, and lead cutovers and rollback runbooks. Remote role with US-Pacific overlap.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
12+ years in Linux infrastructure and data center operations with migrations.
Hands-on leadership of data center migrations and cloud moves.

Responsibilities

Lead hands-on discovery of the source estate with client engineers and document undocumented dependencies.
Plan migration waves by grouping applications into logical units and calling out OS versions and database integration.
Run PoC and production pilot with the GCP Architect; report go/no-go results to the client.
Prepare applications for move; containerize where fit; redeploy and test on existing servers; move the rest as VMs.
Move MySQL databases with backup, sync and rollback plans; maintain shared file system paths.
Coordinate the move of the Strongmail email platform with the mail engineer.
Write and own cutover and rollback runbooks; lead rehearsals and weekend cutovers.
Support decommissioning and data wipe of the source environment.
Lead offshore team day to day; set priorities and manage schedule.
Collaborate with client DevOps, DBA, security and network teams.