About Us
Tentacle Tech is an IT and software development consulting company serving some of Malaysia's largest enterprises. We deliver technology solutions, software development services, and IT consulting across multiple industries. We are looking for a talented professional to join our growing team.
The Role
As a Virtualization Engineer / SME, you will support the design, provisioning, migration, validation and operational handover of enterprise virtualization platforms within a large application migration programmer in the technology sector. You will work closely with application, server, storage, backup, network, security, testing and project teams to deliver secure, disruption-free migrations. This is an onsite contract role for someone who thrives in high-stakes, production-critical environments.
What You'll Do
- Assess virtualization platforms, hosts, clusters, VMs, dependencies, capacity and migration readiness
- Prepare build documents, migration runbooks, cutover plans, validation checklists and rollback procedures
- Provision and configure virtualization platforms in line with approved architecture, security and capacity standards
- Support VMware and cross-hypervisor migrations using tools such as VMware HCX, Zerto, Azure Migrate, Ansible and Python
- Take part in migration rehearsals, cutovers, command-centre activities, go/no-go reviews, rollback and hypercare
- Troubleshoot virtualization, compute, storage, network, replication, clustering and performance issues
- Apply security hardening, maintain migration evidence and deliver knowledge-transfer and handover to operational support teams
What We're Looking For
- More than 5 years of hands-on experience in virtualization engineering, administration, migration or infrastructure support
- Strong experience with VMware platforms, hosts, clusters, VMs, networking, storage, high availability and disaster recovery
- Experience across the migration lifecycle, from discovery and assessment through to cutover, stabilization and handover
- Working knowledge of Windows/Linux, SAN/NAS storage, backup, replication, DNS, firewalls, load balancing and monitoring
- Experience producing runbooks, rollback plans, validation reports and audit evidence
- Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder coordination and risk awareness; banking, financial-services or other regulated-environment experience is preferred
- Preferred: VMware Certified Professional or equivalent, ITIL Foundation, or relevant Microsoft, Linux, Azure, AWS, networking, storage, backup or security certification
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Hands-on exposure to large-scale enterprise migration programmers
- Opportunities for training and professional development
- Mentorship and career progression within a growing consulting team
- A supportive, collaborative team environment
How to Apply
Apply now with your latest CV or reach out to our recruitment team to learn more.