IaaS Migration Engineer (Level II, Senior, Lead) (RapidScale)

Lead Cloud Engineer

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. We deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow backed by the strength of the Cox family of companies.

The IaaS Migration Engineer is responsible for executing infrastructure migrations across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. This role focuses on moving client workloads from on-premises or legacy environments into RapidScale platforms and hyperscaler environments, ensuring migrations are completed efficiently, securely, and with minimal disruption.

This position is open across Level II, Senior, and Lead levels, with leveling determined based on experience, technical depth, and ability to execute complex migration initiatives.

You will work closely with Solution Architects, Delivery teams, and Managed Services to deliver successful migration outcomes and enable long-term managed services support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Execute infrastructure migrations, including rehost and replatform initiatives, from on-premises or legacy environments into:
• RapidScale private cloud (VMware-based)
• Public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Perform discovery, assessment, and migration planning for client environments
• Build and configure target environments, including compute, storage, networking, and security components
• Execute migration activities using tools and methodologies such as:
• VMware HCX, vMotion
• Azure Migrate, AWS MGN
• Backup and replication tools
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during migration cutovers and stabilization phases
• Validate migrated environments to ensure performance, security, and operational readiness
• Document environments, migration processes, and configurations for handoff to Managed Services
• Collaborate cross-functionally with network, security, platform, and delivery teams to ensure seamless execution
• Support continuous improvement of migration methodologies, tooling, and automation
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers (Senior/Lead levels)

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements (Level-Based)

Level II Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 2+ years of experience in a related field
• OR a master's degree with up to 2 years of experience
• OR 6+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure migrations and environment builds

Senior Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4+ years of experience
• OR a master's degree with 2+ years of experience
• OR 8+ years of relevant IT experience
• Experience executing complex or large-scale migration projects across hybrid or multi-cloud environments

Lead Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6+ years of experience
• OR a master's degree with 4+ years of experience
• OR 10+ years of relevant IT experience
• Proven ability to lead migration initiatives, drive architecture alignment, and influence cross-functional delivery teams

Core Experience (All Levels)

• Strong experience in one or more of the following:
• VMware (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, vMotion, HCX)
• Public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Understanding of core infrastructure components:
• Networking (VPNs, VLANs, routing, firewalls)
• Compute and storage
• Identity and access management
• Experience with migration tools and methodologies (Azure Migrate, HCX, Zerto, Veeam, Carbonite, or similar)
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills during live migration scenarios
• Ability to operate in a customer-facing delivery environment
• Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale or complex enterprise migration projects
• Experience working in hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, or similar)
• Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Relevant certifications (VMware, Azure, AWS)

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that's true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we're creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.EOE, including disability/vetsApplicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.Application Deadline: 06/04/2026