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Senior Migration Consultant (VMware to Hyper-V)

Lorien
2 hours ago
Contract
Somerset
United Kingdom
£800 - £850 GBP daily
  • Senior Migration Consultant (VMware to Hyper-V)
  • Bristol - Onsite 2/3 days a week
  • ASAP Start
  • 6 week contract
  • Inside of IR35

My client, a local authority, is looking for a Senior Migration Consultant to assist with the migration from VMware to Hyper-V. This will be to support a large-scale infrastructure migration programme currently in its final delivery phase.

This assignment is expected to run for an initial six-week period, starting as soon as possible, supporting migration completion activities and post-migration stabilisation. While extensions are not currently anticipated, the successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of a complex production migration.

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute and support migration of live production workloads from VMware-based environments to Microsoft Hyper-V.
  • Work within an established migration plan and runbook, ensuring delivery aligns with the programme methodology and timelines.
  • Plan and execute production cutovers, including validation, rollback planning, and post-migration support.
  • Troubleshoot issues across compute, storage, and networking layers within a hybrid HCI environment.
  • Collaborate with technical stakeholders to ensure migration milestones are achieved with minimal service disruption.
  • Support post-migration optimisation and operational handover activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Proven hands-on experience migrating live production virtual machines to Microsoft Hyper-V from VMware environments.
  • Strong experience with VxRail/vSAN source environments (or equivalent enterprise virtualisation platforms).
  • Deep technical knowledge of:
      • Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V
      • Hyper-V Failover Clustering
      • Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
      • Azure Stack HCI/HCI-class storage platform
  • Experience using VM conversion and migration tools, including Microsoft migration tooling and/or established third-party migration platforms.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills spanning infrastructure, storage, compute, networking, and virtualisation technologies.
  • Delivery experience within the public sector or other highly regulated environments.
If you are available and interested, please apply today!

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