Overview
We are seeking a Lead Infrastructure Migration Engineer / Architect to play a pivotal role in a major European M&A integration programme that encompasses 13 entities and around 1,000 users. This role is not traditional project management; instead, it emphasizes hands-on technical expertise in leading complex migration activities across diverse sites and technologies, including Azure and Microsoft 365. The successful candidate will work closely with various teams to ensure successful infrastructure assessments, migrations, and post-migration support, with extensive European travel required.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery and assessment of infrastructure environments across multiple European entities and sites.
- Own the technical planning and coordination of infrastructure migration waves, cutovers, rollback and hypercare.
- Assess current-state environments and define technical requirements for the target architecture.
- Work across Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, Intune, networking, servers, endpoints and security.
- Lead technical discussions with infrastructure engineers, architects, local IT teams and third-party suppliers.
- Assess site readiness covering LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, VPN, connectivity, devices, servers, cloud dependencies, telephony and meeting-room technology.
- Identify technical blockers, dependencies and risks and drive them through to resolution.
- Provide technical leadership during migration and cutover activities, ensuring business continuity and minimal user disruption.
Requirements
- Strong background as a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure Architect, Technical Lead or Migration Lead.
- Proven experience delivering complex infrastructure migrations, integrations or M&A programmes.
- Strong hands-on technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure and associated infrastructure services.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, Intune and Windows endpoints.
- Solid infrastructure knowledge across LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, VPN, DNS, DHCP, servers, cloud and connectivity.
- Experience leading technical teams and third-party suppliers in complex, matrix environments.
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify technical blockers.
- Comfortable operating at both architectural and hands-on delivery level.