Infrastructure Architect

About the job Lead Infrastructure Architect – Hyper-V Transformation, VMware & VxRail Migration Contract | Hybrid | Inside IR35 We are seeking an experienced Lead Infrastructure Architect to lead a major VMware and Dell EMC VxRail to Hyper-V transformation programme for a large enterprise environment. This role will take ownership of the end-to-end design, assurance, and migration of a highly available Microsoft Hyper-V platform, replacing an existing VMware and VxRail estate. You'll work across architecture, migration planning, infrastructure design, testing, and delivery within a complex multi-stakeholder environment. Updated Key Responsibilities Lead discovery and assessment of the current VMware and VxRail environment using RVTools and infrastructure analysis Define functional and non-functional requirements across availability, performance, DR, security, and scalability Design enterprise-scale Hyper-V infrastructure solutions including HLD and LLD documentation Produce Bills of Materials (BoM), deployment plans, and migration runbooks Lead migration activities from VMware/VxRail to Hyper-V, including VMDK to VHDX conversion and workload cutovers Design and validate HA and DR capabilities using technologies such as Failover Clustering and Hyper-V Replica Define networking, storage, and compute architecture across clustered environments Deliver testing strategies covering performance, resilience, failover, and DR validation Provide documentation, knowledge transfer, and operational handover to support teams Strong enterprise experience with Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2019/2022 Datacenter Failover Clustering Storage Spaces Direct ( S2D)Dell EMC VxRail Proven experience delivering VMware and VxRail → Hyper-V migrations