Data Center Infrastructure & Migration Architect

The position is offered by Winged IT for a client described as a Polish IT company. The role involves designing infrastructure solutions and architectural ownership related to server infrastructure, virtualization, storage, networking, backup, and disaster recovery for data center rebuild and expansion projects.

• Extensive experience designing and implementing data center, on-premise, or private cloud infrastructure.
• Previous experience as an Infrastructure Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter and enterprise virtualization architecture.
• Solid understanding of enterprise server infrastructure, storage, and networking.
• Experience with backup, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Proven experience planning and delivering migrations of production Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience creating high-level architectures, technical documentation, and migration plans.
• Experience with infrastructure sizing, capacity planning, and performance considerations.
• Strong experience leading technical workshops and working directly with customers.
• Ability to coordinate specialists across multiple infrastructure domains into consistent end-to-end architecture.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Good command of English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Proxmox VE and Ceph.
• Experience with VMware-to-Proxmox or other cross-platform virtualization migrations.
• Knowledge of VMware vSAN, NSX, SRM, or VCF.
• Experience with Veeam, Commvault, or comparable enterprise backup solutions.
• Experience in data center rebuild, modernization, or infrastructure transformation projects.
• Previous experience in pre-sales, solution consulting, or preparing technical proposals.

• Review available technical documentation and identify missing information, assumptions, dependencies, and risks.
• Lead technical discovery workshops and prepare questions and recommendations for the client.
• Design the target data center infrastructure architecture.
• Define infrastructure sizing and alternative solution options with domain specialists.
• Design solutions covering virtualization, compute, storage, networking, backup, and Disaster Recovery.
• Develop the migration strategy for existing Windows and Linux environments.
• Define the approach to pilots, testing, migration waves, maintenance windows, cutover, and rollback.
• Coordinate preparation of technical designs, scope of work, implementation plans, and responsibility matrices.
• Review detailed designs prepared by infrastructure specialists to ensure alignment with the overall architecture.
• Identify technical risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Provide technical input into the commercial proposal and solution presentation.
• Present and discuss the proposed architecture with the client.
• Provide architectural oversight during implementation and migration if the project proceeds.

Employment agency Nr 17138. Application rules are in accordance with GDPR. The role requires the candidate to work remotely from Poland.