Freelance Azure Migration Engineer

About the role

This freelance role supports on-premises-to-cloud migrations and provisions dedicated Azure compute environments for acquired entities that need cloud infrastructure beyond standard desktop provisioning. It covers assessment, migration execution, coordination with acquired firms and documentation for handover.

Key responsibilities

• Assess acquired entities' on-prem workloads for cloud migration feasibility
• Provision and configure Azure compute, storage and networking resources
• Execute lift-and-shift or replatforming migrations
• Configure Azure AD/Entra ID integration, backup and monitoring
• Support cost optimisation and right-sizing after migration
• Document architecture and configuration for handoff to steady-state operations
• Perform workload discovery and dependency mapping, and develop runbooks, cutover plans, validation and rollback procedures
• Coordinate with acquired-firm IT teams, application owners, vendors, security teams and other infrastructure teams

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience with Azure infrastructure (VMs, storage, networking, Azure AD)
• Experience with cloud migration methodologies and tools such as Azure Migrate
• Hands-on experience migrating on-premises or hosted workloads to Azure
• Preferred: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent certification, and experience in M&A or datacentre consolidation projects

Required skills

• Azure infrastructure and Azure AD/Entra ID
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (ARM templates, Terraform or Bicep)
• Working knowledge of Windows Server and common enterprise services
• Preferred: ExpressRoute and VPN Gateway