Cloud Migration Architect (VMware Specialist)
Dicetek LLC
Date: 2 days ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Contractor

We are seeking an experienced Migration Architect to lead the strategy, design, and execution of large-scale data center and workload migrations. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise in VMware virtualization platforms, particularly vSphere, NSX-T and VMware Cloud Director (VCD), and will be responsible for transitioning complex enterprise workloads to modern private cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead workload assessment and discovery initiatives to analyze existing environments, identifying application dependencies and migration readiness.
- Develop comprehensive migration strategies, roadmaps, and execution plans for complex workload transitions to private cloud environments.
- Design and architect migration solutions, selecting appropriate methodologies and tooling to meet business objectives.
- Create detailed High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation for migration patterns, target zone infrastructure, and network connectivity.
- Orchestrate and oversee the execution of migration waves, providing technical leadership and troubleshooting complex issues during cutover events.
- Establish and maintain migration standards, best practices, and repeatable governance frameworks.
- Collaborate closely with application, security, networking, and operations teams to ensure a seamless and secure migration process with minimal business disruption.
- Design identity and access integration strategies for migrated workloads in the target environment.
- 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 5 years focused on large-scale data center design and workload migration projects.
- Deep expertise in the VMware virtualization stack, including vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN, and VMware Cloud Director (VCD).
- Proven track record of successfully leading and executing complex migrations from diverse environments to Vmware based private clouds.
- Strong understanding of data center infrastructure, including networking (TCP/IP, BGP, VPN), connectivity (MPLS, Ipsec), storage (SAN, NAS), and enterprise backup solutions.
- Experience with compliance frameworks and designing solutions that meet security standards.
- Strong documentation skills with experience creating architecture artifacts, migration runbooks, and technical specifications.
- VMware Technologies: vSphere/ESXi 6.x/7.x/8.x, VMware Cloud Director (VCD), vCenter Server, NSX-T, vSAN.
- Migration Tools & Methodologies: VCDA, VMware HCX, vSphere Replication, Zerto, Carbonite Migrate, Azure Migrate, and/or other enterprise migration tools.
- Networking: Hybrid connectivity, data center networking, software-defined networking (SDN).
- Discovery & Analysis: Experience with discovery tools like vRealize Operations (Aria), vRNI or other discovery platforms.
- Operating Systems: Windows Server and Linux.
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) certification.
- Experience with multi-cloud architectures.
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration platforms.
- Background in enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman).
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Stakeholder management experience.
- Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
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