Linux Migration Engineer - AWS & Legacy Modernisation

About Us :

Location: Remote (UK-based) On-site attendance required during major migration/cutover events

Type: Contract or Permanent

Clearance: SC or eligible for SC

Travel: Occasional UK visits for data centre access, discovery, validation or cutover execution

We are looking for an experienced Storage Migration Expert to lead large-scale data migrations from on-premise storage platforms into AWS for major enterprise transformation programmes. This role focuses on petabyte-scale data movement, replication, cutover execution and ensuring data integrity across complex evironments.

Remote role with occasional on-site attendance during discovery or cutover weekends.

• Lead data migration from legacy SAN/NAS arrays (EMC, NetApp, IBM, HPE etc.) to AWS storage services (EBS, S3, FSx).
• Develop strategies for transferring very large datasets (including replication, delta syncs, snapshots, or Snowball).
• Deliver migration cutovers during weekend/outage windows and ensure data integrity throughout.
• Create detailed runbooks, rollback plans and validation steps.
• Troubleshoot performance issues across hybrid on-prem/cloud storage environments.
• Collaborate with application, database, OS and cloud teams to plan dependencies and sequencing.

• Strong background with enterprise storage platforms (EMC, NetApp, IBM, HPE or similar).
• Hands-on experience migrating large datasets into AWS or another major cloud platform.
• Knowledge of replication technologies, block/file transfer tools, snapshots and cloning.
• Experience tuning performance and resolving latency/throughput issues.
• Comfortable working during cutover weekends and high-pressure migration windows.

• Exposure to AWS DataSync, Snowball, Storage Gateway or similar tools.
• Understanding of storage integration patterns for emulation platforms (e.g., Stromasys CHARON).
• Experience supporting OS/database teams during large migration waves.

Salary Banding

£450–£550 per day / £65,000–£80,000 perm FTC

Interview Question Bank :

• What tools have you used for large-scale data migrations?
• Explain how you ensure data integrity during cutover.
• Describe a time you migrated petabyte-scale datasets.