

Cloud Migration
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This role is for a Public Cloud Migration Specialist on a contract basis in London, UK (hybrid, 3 days/week). Requires expertise in Azure and GCP migration, Infrastructure as Code, and strong leadership skills. Experience with mass migrations and cloud architecture is essential.
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United Kingdom
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Β£ GBP
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π° - Day rate
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ποΈ - Date discovered
May 30, 2025
π - Project duration
Unknown
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ποΈ - Location type
Hybrid
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π - Contract type
Unknown
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π - Security clearance
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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π§ - Skills detailed
#Security #Replication #Azure Security #Leadership #Storage #Compliance #Migration #Cloud #Scala #Agile #Documentation #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Public Cloud #DMS (Data Migration Service) #Linux #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Deployment #DevOps #Windows Server #Automation #IAM (Identity and Access Management) #Azure #Scripting #Terraform #GitHub #Database Migration #Databases
Role description
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Job: Public Cloud Migration Specialist
Job Type: Contract
Location: London, UK(3 days in a week) Hybrid
Job description:
Role Overview:
Need a skilled Public Cloud Migration Specialist to deliver a solution enabling seamless migrations to Azure and GCP native cloud products.
Expertise in cloud strategies, architecture and migration tools across multiple platforms is essential for this role.
Candidates should have with a strong on-prem, operating system and automation background coupled with in-depth experience of cloud migration/adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
β’ Work with Product Owners, Architects and Application Owners to design cloud migration strategies using Azure Migrate and Google Cloud Migration Center
β’ Produce designs and supporting design/architectural decisions for cloud migration solution(s) enabling seamless migrations cloud to cloud, and on-prem to resilient cloud landing zones (Azure and GCP)
β’ Engineer automated solution(s) using Infrastructure as Code and orchestration tooling to fast-track assessment and migration of workloads with minimum downtime
β’ Optimise infrastructure and modernise applications through rehosting, refactoring, and rearchitecting where beneficial
β’ Utilise Azure Migrate and Google Cloud Migration Center for server, storage, database, and application discovery and migration
β’ Work with our Security and IAM teams to ensure security, compliance, and governance throughout the migration lifecycle
β’ Documentation of best practices to support future migrations and scalability
Required Skills & Experience:
β’ Excellent leadership and communication skills.
β’ Comfortable working to Agile methodologies.
β’ Experience of mass-migration workloads cross-platform from on-premises and cloud origins to Azure and GCP.
β’ Expertise in Azure and GCP services (Compute, Networking, Storage, Databases, Security, Identity).
β’ Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate and Google Cloud Migration Center, including:
Discovery, Assessment and Replication tool/appliance/service deployment and usage for servers, storage, databases, and web applications.
Server Migration using agentless or agent-based replication techniques.
Database Migration Service (DMS) for seamless database transitions.
App Service Migration Assistant for web application migrations.
β’ Comprehensive understanding of Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system requirements and dependencies
β’ Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code and Orchestration/Automation tooling (Terraform, Harness, scripting languages)
β’ Understanding of Azure security and compliance frameworks.
β’ Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments using Terraform Cloud, GitHub and Harness.
β’ Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across teams.
β’ Confidence to present and defend designs in governance forums
β’ Focus on automation, reduction of toil and minimising technical debt.