Senior VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME / Senior Systems Engineer - Remote

MillenniumSoft Inc; Franklin Lakes (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MillenniumSoft Inc. in New Jersey seeks an experienced VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME or Senior Systems Engineer for a time-sensitive infrastructure transition.

A key team member has given notice, creating an immediate need for knowledge transfer and specialized migration support. You will own migration initiatives end-to-end, assess the current VMware environment, develop a phased plan to move workloads to Hyper-V, and validate compute, storage, networking, security and performance

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering production VMware environments (ESXi, vCenter).
• Proven ability to plan and execute VMware-to-Hyper-V migrations with minimal downtime.
• Experience building Hyper-V hosts and preparing the target environment.
• Experience migrating Windows Server workloads and validating compute, storage, networking, security, and performance.
• Strong knowledge of virtual networking, VLANs, virtual switches, storage dependencies, DNS, IP addressing.
• Experience with backup, recovery, replication, and rollback planning in virtualized environments.
• Ability to own a migration initiative and communicate with IT leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead time-sensitive VMware-to-Hyper-V migration projects.
• Assess existing VMware environments and develop phased migration plans.
• Configure Hyper-V hosts and prepare the target environment for migrated workloads.
• Migrate Windows Server workloads and validate compute, storage, networking, security, and performance post-migration.
• Develop migration runbooks, validation procedures, and handoff materials.

Skills

VMware ESXi

vCenter

VMware to Hyper-V migration

Hyper-V

Migration planning

Virtual networking

Backup and recovery planning

Downtime minimization

Communication with IT leadership

Time-sensitive delivery

Tools

Veeam

Wasabi

SQL Server

Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Entra ID

F5 BIG-IP

Windows Server

PowerShell

Job description

Senior VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME / Senior Systems Engineer

Description Of Role

The client is seeking an experienced VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration SME or Senior Systems Engineer for a time-sensitive infrastructure transition. A key member of the client's infrastructure team has given notice, creating an immediate need for knowledge transfer and specialized migration support.

Required Skills: (Need All)

• Significant hands-on experience administering production VMware environments, including VMware ESXi and vCenter.
• Prior experience planning and executing migrations of production virtual machines from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Ability to assess an existing VMware environment and develop a practical, phased migration plan that minimizes operational risk and downtime.
• Experience building or configuring Hyper-V hosts and preparing the target Hyper-V environment for migrated workloads.
• Experience migrating Windows Server workloads and validating compute, storage, networking, security, application, and performance functionality following migration.
• Strong knowledge of virtual networking, VLANs, virtual switches, storage dependencies, DNS, IP addressing, and related infrastructure considerations.
• Experience with backup, recovery, replication, and rollback planning in virtualized environments.
• Ability to independently take ownership of a migration initiative, identify technical risks, recommend an approach, and communicate clearly with IT leadership.
• Availability to begin quickly and provide sufficient continuity during a time-sensitive infrastructure transition.

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience using Veeam for backup, replication, recovery, or workload migration in VMware and Hyper-V environments.
• Experience integrating Veeam with Wasabi or another S3-compatible cloud object-storage platform.
• Experience migrating workloads that include Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience administering Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience supporting F5 technologies, including load balancing or application-delivery infrastructure.
• Broader Windows systems administration experience in environments containing both on-premises and externally hosted infrastructure.
• Experience supporting network infrastructure spanning local datacenters and hosted environments.
• Experience working with third-party infrastructure providers, managed-service partners, or vendors such as CDW.
• Experience developing infrastructure documentation, migration runbooks, validation procedures, and operational handoff materials.