Infrastructure Migration Specialist

Infrastructure Migration Specialist (Nutanix to VMware) At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together. We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow. Job Description This is a critical, client-facing opportunity to act as the lead technical expert on a major transformation program. You will be responsible for executing a complex project to migrate our client's critical workloads from a Nutanix AHV environment to VMware vSphere/ESXi . This project is key to modernising their virtual infrastructure, and you will be at the forefront of delivering tangible improvements in performance, scalability, and operational efficiency. Responsibilities Your mission will be to lead the end-to-end technical migration. This includes collaborating with architecture, networking, and storage teams to design and validate the migration strategy, developing detailed runbooks, and creating robust risk assessment and rollback procedures. You will be hands‑on in executing the migration, troubleshooting compatibility issues, and ensuring minimal disruption to business. Post‑migration, you will be responsible for optimising the new environment and acting as the key technical contact for the client, guiding them through the process and providing technical leadership to the wider project team. Qualifications Infrastructure Engineering Experience: Proven experience in a similar virtualization and infrastructure engineering role, demonstrating expertise in complex enterprise environments. Core Hypervisor Proficiency: Expert, hands‑on experience with both Nutanix AHV and VMware vSphere/ESXi platforms, including architectural understanding and operational support. Virtualization Fundamentals: Strong foundational understanding of hypervisor architecture, Virtual Machine (VM) lifecycle management, and integrated storage and network virtualization principles. Migration Tooling Expertise: Practical experience utilizing key migration and management tools such as Nutanix Move, VMware Converter, vCenter, and scripting languages (e.g., PowerCLI, Python) for automation. Business Continuity Focus: Familiarity with backup/recovery solutions and designing effective disaster recovery (DR) strategies within virtualized environments. Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills to effectively guide clients and collaborate with technical teams. On‑Premises Hardware Exposure: Experience supporting traditional on-premises hardware and networking components (e.g., Cisco, HPE). Automation & Orchestration: Exposure to modern infrastructure automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform). Certifications: Possession of relevant industry certifications (e.g., VMware Certified Professional - VCP, Nutanix Certified Professional - NCP) is highly valued. Why join us NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well‑being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI‑driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth. NCS Australia is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. Agency Submissions We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given. Work Rights & Background Checks To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr