Azure Migration Specialist/ Engineer

Azure Migration Specialist/ Engineer
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

Noesis is looking for an Azure Migration Specialist to lead or participate in projects migrating infrastructure, applications, and data from
- premises (or hybrid) environments to Microsoft Azure. The successful candidate will ensure that migrations are executed with minimal interruptions, meeting timelines, budgets, security standards, and cloud best practices.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

• Assess the current environment (on-prem infrastructure, servers, applications, dependencies, network, storage, databases) to define the migration plan;
  
  
  
  
• Perform discovery and dependency analysis across applications, services, and data;
  
  
  
  
• Select the most appropriate migration strategy (lift & shift, refactor, rearchitect, rebuild);
  
  
  
  
• Design the target Azure architecture: networking, identity, security, virtual machines, storage, high availability, disaster recovery (DR);
  
  
  
  
• Use Microsoft migration tools (eg Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, Database Migration Service) or
  - party tools;
  
  
  
  
• Develop automation and Infrastructure as Code (Ia
  C) for provisioning (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, Power
  Shell / Azure CLI scripts);
  
  
  
  
• Plan andexecute migration tests / pilot runs to validate functionality prior to full cutover;
  
  
  
  
• Manage
  - over, data migration, synchronization, and minimize downtime;
  
  
  
  
• Post-migration: monitor performance, optimize cost, ensure security, compliance, and make necessary adjustments;
  
  
  
  
• Documenteverystage of the project, prepare runbooks / playbooks / rollback plans;
  
  
  
  
• Coordinate with
  - functional teams (infrastructure, networking, security, applications, business) and manage project stakeholders.

Requirements

• Proven experience with Azure: VMs, Azure SQL / Managed Instances, Azure Storage, Virtual Networks (VNet), NSGs, Express
  Route / VPN, Azure AD / identity services;
  
  
  
  
• Experience with Azure migration tools: Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, Database Migration Service;
  
  
  
  
• Solid cloud networking, security, governance, and compliance knowledge;
  
  
  
  
• Proficiency inautomation / Ia
  C: Terraform, ARM, Bicep, Power
  Shell, Azure CLI;
  
  
  
  
• Ability to diagnose infrastructure, performance, interdependencies, and
  - related issues;
  
  
  
  
• Knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, and high availability (HA) solutions;
  
  
  
  
• Experience in development using at least one of the following frameworks:. NET;
  
  
  
  
• Languageskills (written and spoken): Portuguese, English (mandatory).

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certifications such as AZ-104 (Administrator), AZ-305 (Architect), or equivalent;
  
  
  
  
• Previousexperience migrating physical servers, VMs, or containers to Azure;
  
  
  
  
• Experience working with hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud);
  
  
  
  
• Familiarity with agile methodologies or project management frameworks (eg Scrum, Kanban);
  
  
  
  
• Strong communication skills to present results, risks, plans, and technical decisions to
  - technical stakeholders;
  
  
  
  
• Experience with
  - migration monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights).

Interpersonal / Soft Skills

• Analytical mindset with strong
  - solving orientation;
  
  
  
  
• Attention to detail and rigor - migrations demand thorough planning;
  
  
  
  
• Ability to perform under pressure, reduce downtime, and handle unforeseen issues;
  
  
  
  
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to collaborate with multiple teams;
  
  
  
  
• Team player with flexibility and adaptability.

If you meet these conditions and would like to join an innovative organization that continuously invests in training its talents, send us your application.

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