Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Migration Engineer

Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Migration Engineer

Xpertise Recruitment | Wakefield, ENG, GB

Posted 12 days ago

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Description

Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Migration Engineer


Remote (if can travel to Yorkshire 1 day per week then that is ideal)


I'm seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Migration Engineer for an initial 4–6-month contract with a possible quick start.


The candidate will support the internal IT and Platform team with a program to modernise legacy infrastructure, upgrade servers, improve cloud services, and support migration activities.


Key responsibilities:



  • Assess existing infrastructure and identify systems requiring upgrades, rebuilding or migration.

  • Support the rebuilding and modernisation of AWS and on-premises servers.

  • Improve infrastructure security, including server hardening, access controls, patching and endpoint protection.

  • Plan and deliver phased migrations of business-critical systems while minimising disruption.

  • Work closely with our internal IT, Security and Platform (DevOps) teams to ensure systems are stable, secure and properly documented.

  • Provide knowledge transfer and handover to the permanent team.


Essential skills and experience:



  • Strong hands-on AWS infrastructure and security experience, including EC2, IAM and networking.

  • Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Microsoft Entra Domain Services (Azure AD DS).

  • VMware, virtualisation and network infrastructure.

  • Server migrations, infrastructure rebuilding and modernisation.

  • Security hardening, Microsoft Defender and infrastructure security best practices.


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