SME/Architect

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.X

VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter

Migration planning and execution experience from Vmware to Proxmos environment

Linux Administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)

Ceph Storage Architecture

Enterprise Networking (VLANs, Routing, Switching, Firewalling)

Virtualization Migration Tools and Methodologies

Disaster Recovery and High Availability Design

Automation using Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform

Storage Technologies (SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS)

Preferred Skills IN Kubernetes/OpenShift & Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Roles & Responsibilities

Architecture & Assessment

Conduct detailed assessment of VMware infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, storage &networking

Identify workload dependencies, resource utilization patterns, application criticality, and migration constraints.

Perform gap analysis and recommend target-state Proxmox architecture.

Validate compute, storage, network, backup, monitoring, and disaster recovery requirements

Solution Design

Design enterprise-grade Proxmox clusters for high availability and scalability.

Define storage architecture using Ceph, SAN, NAS, or local storage.

Design networking architecture including VLANs, bridges, bonding, SDN integration, and security controls.

Develop capacity planning, performance benchmarks, and growth strategy.

Establish platform standards, governance, and operational runbooks.

Migration Strategy & Planning

Develop migration roadmap, wave plans, cutover schedules, and rollback procedures.

Define migration approach for Windows, Linux, and business-critical workloads.

Create migration automation frameworks and tooling strategies.

Assess application compatibility and identify remediation requirements.

Work with infrastructure, application, network, storage, and security teams to ensure migration readiness

Migration Execution

Lead pilot migrations and production migration waves.

Oversee VM conversion, VirtIO driver implementation, network mapping, and storage migration.

Resolve migration issues related to operating systems, performance, storage, and networking.

Ensure minimal down time and business impact during migration windows.

Provide technical leadership to engineering teams.

Validation & Hypercare

Validate migrated workloads for functionality, performance, security, and compliance.

Conduct performance tuning and optimization in Proxmos Environement

Coordinate application testing and sign-off activities.

Support hypercare and knowledge transfer activities.

Assist in VMware decommissioning and license optimization initiatives

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

Working in large multicultural teams in onsite offshore Model

Good customer facing communication skills and Team management skills

Large-scale data center and Vmware exit migration experience

Experience in Infrastructure transformation programs