Job ID: 3185749
Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced VMware Migration Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in VMware vSphere environments and a strong background in migrating workloads to AWS EC2 and modernizing them to EKS. This role requires hands-on expertise in cloud migration strategies, including VMware Cloud on AWS and HCX migrations, as well as a deep understanding of both VMware and AWS infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement secure, scalable, and compliant cloud architectures for VMware migrations to AWS.
- Develop strategic security blueprints and roadmaps for cloud adoption, aligning with business objectives.
- Define and enforce security policies, standards, and guidelines for public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Assess cloud environments for vulnerabilities, manage risks, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
- Configure and manage network security, identity and access management (IAM), and encryption strategies in AWS.
- Collaborate with IT and development teams to embed security best practices into applications and infrastructure (DevSecOps).
- Perform workload discovery, dependency mapping, and capacity planning for migration projects.
- Design and implement AWS EC2/EBS architectures for migrated VMs, ensuring high availability.
- Utilize VMware Cloud on AWS and HCX for network extension and workload mobility.
- Understand Amazon EKS for container modernization post-migration.
- Configure and manage AWS networking components including VPC, routing, Direct Connect/VPN, Transit Gateway, and security boundaries.
- Integrate VMware migrations with AWS monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery services.
- Leverage Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation and migration tooling.
- Troubleshoot VM performance, storage mapping, and cross-platform issues.
- Provide technical guidance and support to project teams throughout the migration lifecycle.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Extensive experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, DRS, HA, and SRM.
- Strong background in VMware migration approaches to AWS EC2 and modernization paths to EKS.
- Hands-on expertise with VMware Cloud on AWS, HCX migrations, and cross-cloud mobility.
- Understanding of Java/.NET workload hosting on VMware and dependent middleware like TIBCO ESB.
- Knowledge of backend DB stack (Oracle 19c, Exadata on AWS, SQL Server) and VM-level considerations.
- Experience with Windows Server 2016-2025 and RHEL 7-9 virtualization dependencies.
- Proficiency with VMware networking: vSwitch, dvSwitch, VLAN, NSX (preferred).
- Familiarity with automation tools such as PowerCLI, Terraform, and Ansible.
- Strong troubleshooting skills for VM performance, storage mapping, and cross-platform issues.
- Hands-on AWS EC2/EBS design for migrated VMs and high-availability architectures.
- Experience with VMware Cloud on AWS, HCX network extension, and workload mobility.
- Understanding of Amazon EKS for container modernization after migration.
- Knowledge of AWS networking: VPC, routing, DX/VPN, TGW, security boundaries.
- Experience integrating VMware migrations with AWS monitoring, backup, and DR services.
- Familiarity with Terraform-based AWS infra automation and migration tools.
- 8-10 years of relevant experience.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience with cloud security management.
- Proficiency in automation using Terraform and Ansible.
Special Requirements
Visa constraints: Not specified. Screening steps: Not specified. Interview modes: Not specified. Domain restrictions: Not specified.
Compensation & Location
Salary: $120 – $150 per year
Location: Irvine, CA
Recruiter / Company – Contact Information
Recruiter / Employer: Savitech
Email: nareshp@savi-tech.com
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