Interim Oracle KVM Migration Engineer

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Location: Bradford (BD1 1HX)
Contract: 3 months (extension possible)

We are seeking an experienced Oracle KVM Migration Engineer to deliver a VMware-to-Oracle KVM migration project. This is a hands-on role requiring proven experience planning, implementing, testing, and supporting infrastructure migrations in live production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Migrate workloads from VMware to Oracle KVM.
• Build, configure, and optimise Oracle KVM hosts.
• Perform migration testing, validation, and cutover activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve migration issues.
• Implement backup, recovery, and monitoring processes.
• Produce technical documentation and handover materials.

Essential Skills

• Strong Oracle KVM administration experience.
• VMware infrastructure and VM migration expertise.
• Enterprise Linux administration.
• Knowledge of Servers, storage, networking, and performance tuning.
• Proven track record delivering infrastructure migrations end-to-end.

Desirable

• Automation and orchestration tools.
• Oracle application environments.
• High availability, disaster recovery, and virtualisation security knowledge.

Deliverables

• Successful VMware to Oracle KVM migration.
• Stable, production-ready Oracle KVM environment.
• Optimised configuration and full technical documentation.

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