Azure Migration Lead – VMware to Azure (35057)

Azure Migration Lead – VMware to Azure Location: Remote – Ontario / Eastern Time Zone preferred Contract: 6 Months, with strong potential for extension Hours: 37.5 hours per week Rate: Up to $85/hour Start: ASAP The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Azure Migration Lead to support a large-scale enterprise VMware-to-Azure cloud migration program. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for leading migration execution across a portfolio of VMware workloads while working closely with migration engineers, application owners, infrastructure teams, network teams, and other technical stakeholders. The successful candidate will bring strong hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, VMware-to-Azure migrations, Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), networking, Infrastructure-as-Code, scripting, and wave-based migration execution. This is an initial 6-month contract supporting a phased cloud transformation program with strong potential for continued work through subsequent phases. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end VMware-to-Azure migration execution, including discovery, assessment, replication, test failover, cutover, validation, and post-migration activities. Own migration delivery across assigned application and infrastructure workloads and ensure migration-wave commitments are achieved. Assess workload complexity and determine appropriate migration patterns and technical approaches. Provide day-to-day technical leadership to migration engineers, reviewing work, resolving blockers, and taking ownership of complex migration scenarios. Configure and operate Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery (ASR) or comparable replication/migration technologies. Plan and execute migration cutovers, including pre-cutover validation, communications, rollback planning, and post-migration verification. Troubleshoot migration, infrastructure, networking, and connectivity issues. Work directly with application owners, infrastructure teams, network teams, and technical stakeholders on dependency mapping, access requirements, migration readiness, and change-window planning. Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Bicep and/or Terraform. Develop migration and automation scripts using PowerShell, Bash, and Azure CLI. Contribute to migration runbooks, technical patterns, automation, and lessons learned across migration waves. Lead technical stand-ups, migration planning, and lessons-learned sessions. Clearly communicate migration status, technical risks, dependencies, and blockers to stakeholders. Mentor migration engineers and help establish reusable migration practices across the broader program. Required Experience 5+ years of hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering experience. Experience delivering at least two production-scale cloud migration programs. Demonstrated hands-on experience with enterprise VMware-to-Azure migrations, including rehost and/or replatform migration patterns. Strong experience with Azure Migrate and one or more migration/replication technologies such as Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Zerto, RiverMeadow, Carbonite/Double-Take, or equivalent. Strong knowledge of Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, and Recovery Services. Working knowledge of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zones. Experience executing wave-based migrations, including testing, validation, cutover, rollback, and post-migration support. Azure Networking Strong Working Knowledge Of VNets and subnets Network Security Groups (NSGs) Route tables Hub-and-spoke architectures ExpressRoute and VPN concepts Private Endpoints / Private Link Private DNS Zones TCP/IP, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and firewall policies Azure networking troubleshooting tools including Network Watcher, NSG flow logs, and Connection Monitor Engineering & Automation Production experience with Terraform and/or Bicep. Strong PowerShell and Bash scripting capabilities. Experience with Azure CLI. Experience working within structured ITIL/change-management environments, including formal change windows, rollback planning, and controlled production deployments. Leadership & Communication Experience leading small technical teams, migration pods, or paired-engineer delivery models. Comfortable remaining hands-on technically while leading migration execution. Strong client/stakeholder-facing skills with experience working directly with application owners, architects, infrastructure teams, and network engineers. Ability to lead technical discovery, dependency discussions, migration planning, and cutover sessions. Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly explain technical risks, issues, and migration decisions. Education Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. ,

Lead the end-to-end execution of VMware-to-Azure migrations, including discovery, assessment, and cutover activities. Provide technical leadership to migration engineers while managing stakeholder communications and technical risks.

Requires 5+ years of Azure infrastructure experience and a proven track record of delivering production-scale cloud migrations. Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or Bicep and strong scripting skills in PowerShell or Bash are essential.

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• Azure Migration
• VMware
• Azure Migrate
• Azure Site Recovery
• Terraform
• Bicep
• PowerShell
• Bash
• Azure Networking
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Cloud Adoption Framework
• Azure Landing Zones
• ITIL
• Technical Leadership
• Dependency Mapping
• Cutover Planning

• Technology
• Software
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Consulting

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

5+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

38 hours per week

Seniority

Mid-Senior level