About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Migration SME & Discovery Lead to lead enterprise-scale data center and cloud migration initiatives for a leading multinational client. This role is ideal for infrastructure professionals with strong expertise in migration planning, discovery, dependency mapping, and migration execution across complex enterprise environments.
You will play a key role in driving migration strategy, discovery activities, wave planning, and cutover execution while collaborating with infrastructure, application, network, and security teams to ensure successful project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end data center and cloud migration projects.
- Plan and execute migration strategies including Lift & Shift, P2P, P2V, and Rack Migration.
- Develop migration wave plans, cutover schedules, rollback strategies, and migration runbooks.
- Conduct application discovery, dependency mapping, and impact analysis.
- Identify migration risks and implement mitigation plans.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, application, network, security, and business stakeholders throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Support migration assessments and recommend appropriate migration approaches.
- Ensure migration activities align with security, disaster recovery (DR), business continuity planning (BCP), and governance requirements.
- Prepare migration documentation, status reports, and executive updates.
- Drive continuous improvement and best practices for migration delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10–12 years of experience in Infrastructure, Data Center, or Cloud Migration projects.
- Strong hands-on experience with enterprise Data Center and Cloud Migration execution.
- Experience with:
- Lift & Shift migrations
- Physical-to-Physical (P2P)
- Physical-to-Virtual (P2V)
- Rack Migration
- Strong knowledge of migration wave planning, cutover planning, and rollback strategies.
- Experience managing enterprise infrastructure including:
- VMware
- Nutanix
- Hyper-V
- Physical Servers
- Strong operating system knowledge:
- Windows
- Linux
- Solaris
- AIX
- IBM AS/400
- HP Tandem
- IBM Z Series Mainframe
- Good understanding of:
- Storage & Backup solutions
- DNS
- Load Balancers
- Firewalls
- Knowledge of Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
- Experience with Application Dependency Mapping, Discovery processes, and migration assessment tools.
- Experience with Discovery42 is an added advantage.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and project coordination skills.
Work Location: In person