We are seeking a specialist Infrastructure Migration Engineer to support the Physical to Virtual (P2V) migration of legacy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 & 6 servers as part of a wider remediation initiative. This engagement is critical due to internal resource constraints and compatibility limitations with Red Hat 6 requiring expert intervention to ensure a secure and effective transition to supported platforms.
Location: Preston On site
Contract Type: 3 Months
Start Date: Immediate
Sector: IT Infrastructure / Server Migration
Rate: Competitive based on experience (Outside IR35)
UK Right to work: Must have full UK RTW and 5 year address history in UK to facilitate immediate start and pass all background checks required
Scope of Work
* Assess and validate viable P2V strategies for RHEL6 servers
* Attempt migration of two RHEL6 servers to Hyper-V
* Confirm boot success driver compatibility and system integrity post-migration
* Document a repeatable P2V process and tooling (e.g. Disk2VHD Clonezilla)
* Deliver remaining server migrations using the approved method
* Collaborate with internal teams to support access control and data migration
* Assist with post-migration testing and acceptance
* Install standard security tooling on all migrated and rebuilt VMs :
Additional Information
Competitive compensation tailored to your interests priorities flexibility work-life balance expertise experience and ambitions.
Remote Work: No
Employment Type: Full-time
Key Skills
Jenkins,Ruby,Python,Active Directory,Cloud,PowerShell,Windows,AWS,Linux,SAN,Java,Troubleshoot,Backup,Puppet,hardware
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