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Server Migration Engineer - Milton Keynes - 4 months £220-£225p/d
VMware, P2V, V2V, Windows, Active Directory, private Cloud
Seeking a Server Migration Engineer to plan schedule and complete Service Migrations from current data centre to private cloud data centre. This is a mixture of new build, P2V, V2V and lift and shift. The target environment is a VMware mix of physical, VMware, and XEN.
The successful contractor will be responsible for
* Responsible for completing documentation regarding each group of servers (inventory, application interfaces, shut down and start up processes etc)
* Responsible for liaising with users to identify suitable outage windows for migration activities (to be formally requested via Change Management)
* Liaison with users to identify application testers and tests to complete before and after migration
* Documenting the proposed migration method and steps involved per server group (cut over plan)
* Responsible for raising change requests for migration preparation and migration activities
* Executing certain technical migration activities (performing P2V, V2V etc)
* Coordinating other technical team members to complete their migration activities as specified in the cut over plan
* Liaising with business testers to complete tests
* Handover to Server Operations for BAU once migration complete
Must have
* Strong documentation and communication skills
* Good technical knowledge of the considerations when moving servers from one location to another
* Experience of performing P2V conversions (eg using VMware converter and other tools)
* Migrations will be outside core hours and you should expect to work 2pm - 10pm however this will not be 100% of the time and working within normal hours is also expected. certain migrations (eg weekend evenings or overnight). Working hours can be adjusted when no migration is taking place