Data Center Infrastructure & Migration Architect

Polish IT company offering a part-time, project-based role to design and potentially lead implementation of a data center infrastructure solution, including rebuild and expansion of server environment with virtualization, compute, storage, networking, backup, and Disaster Recovery.

• Extensive experience designing and implementing data center, on-premise, or private cloud infrastructure
• Previous experience as Infrastructure Architect, Solution Architect, or Technical Architect
• 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 executing 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 direct customer interaction
• Ability to coordinate specialists across multiple infrastructure domains into consistent 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 similar 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 technical documentation to identify missing information, assumptions, dependencies, and risks
• Lead technical discovery workshops and prepare client questions and recommendations
• Design comprehensive data center infrastructure architecture
• Define infrastructure sizing and alternative solutions with domain specialists
• Design virtualization, compute, storage, networking, backup, and Disaster Recovery solutions
• Develop migration strategy for existing Windows and Linux environments
• Define pilots, testing, migration waves, maintenance, cutover, and rollback approaches
• Coordinate preparation of technical designs, scope of work, implementation plans, and responsibility matrices
• Review detailed designs by infrastructure specialists ensuring alignment with overall architecture
• Identify technical risks and recommend mitigation measures
• Provide technical input for commercial proposals and solution presentations
• Present and discuss architecture with the client
• Provide architectural oversight during implementation and migration if project proceeds

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