Azure Migration Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Assess existing on-premises infrastructure, applications, dependencies and databases to define a migration approach
• ▹Conduct discovery and dependency analysis across applications, services and data assets
• ▹Define and apply migration strategies such as lift and shift, refactoring, re-architecting or rebuilding
• ▹Design the target Azure architecture covering networking, identity, security, compute, storage, high availability and disaster recovery
• ▹Use Microsoft migration tools such as Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery and Database Migration Service
• ▹Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM, Bicep, PowerShell or Azure CLI
• ▹Plan and execute migration pilots and tests before full cutover
• ▹Manage cutover activities, data migration, synchronization and downtime minimization
• ▹Monitor performance and optimize costs after migration
• ▹Document project phases including runbooks, playbooks and rollback strategies

Requirements

• ▹Hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL, Storage, VNets, NSGs, ExpressRoute/VPN and Azure AD
• ▹Experience with Azure migration tools such as Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery
• ▹Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, governance and compliance
• ▹Proficiency in Terraform, ARM, Bicep, PowerShell and Azure CLI
• ▹Ability to analyze infrastructure, performance bottlenecks and migration issues
• ▹Understanding of backup, disaster recovery and high availability solutions
• ▹Development experience with at least one framework, preferably .NET
• ▹Fluency in Portuguese and English

Nice to have

• ▹Azure certifications such as AZ-104 or AZ-305
• ▹Previous experience migrating physical servers, virtual machines or containers to Azure
• ▹Background working in hybrid on-prem and cloud environments
• ▹Familiarity with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
• ▹Experience with post-migration monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor and Application Insights

Soft skills

About the company

The client is a technology consulting company specializing in digital transformation across software development, infrastructure, data, QA and low-code solutions, with a strong presence in Portugal and international operations.