Senior Virtualization Engineer – VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Migration

Senior Virtualization Engineer – VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Migration 
Remote, some travel required (1 week every 2 months) 
Contract Role 

Summary: 
Lead the end-to-end migration of virtualized workloads from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift in a live, production-like environment, ensuring minimal service disruption and strong operational readiness. This role is the primary OpenShift/Red Hat expert on the engagement. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Plan & design migration approach from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift for existing services and code.
• Develop detailed MOPs (Methods of Procedure) for migration and related activities.
• Test and validate migration procedures in a controlled environment before production execution. 
• Execute live migrations with redundancy and protection mechanisms in place to safeguard services.
• Collaborate closely with the client's internal team on:
  • Architecture and migration strategy 
  • Risk mitigation and rollback plans
• Create documentation:
  • Migration runbooks 
  • Technical implementation guides 
  • Knowledge-transfer materials
• Knowledge sharing & training: 
  • Educate existing engineering and operations teams on OpenShift, platform behavior, and new operational processes.
• Operational readiness:  
  • Help prepare and enable the operations team to support the post-migration environment. 

 Required Technical Skills: 

• Red Hat OpenShift (primary skill)  
• Hands-on experience deploying, managing, and supporting OpenShift in production environments. 
• VMware virtualization  
• Strong background with VMware-based hypervisors and virtualized workloads. 
• Direct migration experience (must-have)  
• Proven experience migrating workloads from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift (or highly similar VMware → containerized/OpenShift migration). 
• Ability to navigate differences between platforms (e.g., “it used to be called this in VMware, now it’s called this in OpenShift”). 
• Virtualization & hypervisor fundamentals: Deep understanding of hypervisor concepts and virtual infrastructure. Focus is pure hypervisor/virtualization work, not networking, firewalls, or DBA. 
• Linux systems background:  Strong comfort in Linux-based environments (given Red Hat/OpenShift). 
• Documentation & process : Strong experience writing MOPs, runbooks, and operational documentation. 
• Experience with change management and structured implementation processes. 

 Preferred Skills: 

• Exposure to ScienceLogic or other modern monitoring platforms.
• Experience in telecom / large-scale enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with automation / scripting related to virtualization and container platforms.