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# Server Engineer (Project based)

- **Company:** Keystream
- **Location:** Stretton Sugwas, UK
- **Salary:** £78,000.0 - £91,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Windows Servers, Migration Manager
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899592776

## About the Role

* Proven experience delivering Windows Server upgrade or migration projects.
 * Strong knowledge of Windows Server 2012/2016 environments.
 * Experience with application migrations, remediation, and testing.
 * Excellent troubleshooting and stakeholder management skills.
 * Ability to work independently within a structured project environment.

## Description

* Assess application and server readiness for migration.
 * Identify and resolve compatibility issues.
 * Coordinate application remediation, testing, and migration activities.
 * Work closely with infrastructure, security, application owners, and third-party suppliers.
 * Support migration planning, cutovers, and post-migration validation.

Technologies:

 * Support
 * Security
 * Windows, We are hiring a Server Project Engineer to join a major infrastructure upgrade programme, supporting the migration of applications currently hosted on Windows Server 2012 and 2016 to Windows Server 2025. This is a 12-month initial contract with potential extensions, offering a rate of £300-£350 per day Outside IR35. The role is onsite five days per week in Hereford, and candidates will ideally be based locally. The start date is ASAP.


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