Senior Data Center Migration Engineer

• Define and execute enterprise Data Center Core Infrastructure build and migration strategies.
• Develop neighborhood alignment strategies and coordinate migration activities across business and technology domains.
• Identify and mitigate migration risks, dependencies, and sequencing challenges.
• Create and maintain integrated migration roadmaps, execution plans, and schedules.
• Align migration activities with major application releases and planned verification cycles.
• Design and implement data migration strategies for:

• Databases
• Object Storage
• NAS Storage
• Backup Systems
• Unstructured User Data

• Assess and define migration approaches for non-standard hosting environments including:

• Unisys
• Teradata
• IBM iSeries

• Evaluate multi-tenant applications and ensure resilience, scalability, and capacity requirements are met in target environments.
• Leverage data center architecture designs to improve resiliency and workload optimization.
• Lead infrastructure landing-zone build activities and ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, cloud, and operations teams to deliver successful migration outcomes.
• Perform hands-on coding and automation development to support migration, build, capacity planning, and progress tracking activities.
• Develop and execute testing strategies to validate migration readiness and successful deployment.
• Manage and coordinate delivery teams and infrastructure engineers throughout migration projects.

Do you have experience in Stakeholder relationship building?, We are seeking an experienced Data Center Migration Engineer to lead and support large-scale data center migration initiatives within a complex enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in infrastructure engineering, data center modernization, cloud technologies, migration strategy, and hands-on development. This role requires strong leadership capabilities, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to drive migration programs from planning through execution., * 12+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• 7+ years of experience working in large-scale distributed data center environments.
• 7+ years of experience leading infrastructure transformation or migration initiatives within enterprise organizations.
• 7+ years of leadership experience in fast-paced Agile environments.
• 7+ years of successful delivery experience managing complex infrastructure programs.
• 7+ years of software engineering, cloud engineering, or operational engineering experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on coding and automation development experience.

Preferred Skills

• Strong experience with:

• Data Center Migration Programs
• Infrastructure Engineering
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Automation and Scripting
• Capacity Planning
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
• Enterprise Architecture

• Experience in financial services or highly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of distributed server environments and enterprise infrastructure platforms.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Technical Skills

Preferred experience with one or more of the following:

• Python
• PowerShell
• Java
• Shell Scripting
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Kubernetes
• Cloud Infrastructure Services
• CI/CD Pipelines

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