System Engineer – Datacenter Migration/Modernization

About the role

We are looking for a multi‑disciplinary Systems Engineer to design, deploy and manage the virtualization, storage and compute infrastructure needed for the migration and modernization of DoW data centers across Europe. The role will involve architecting and executing complex migrations across VMware/Broadcom virtual environments, enterprise storage arrays and both Windows and Linux platforms while ensuring security and service continuity.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning, design and cut‑over strategies for multi‑platform infrastructure migrations.
• Develop migration runbooks, validation plans and contingency/rollback procedures.
• Coordinate with network and cybersecurity teams to enforce security boundaries and maintain service availability.
• Install, configure and maintain servers, enterprise storage and hypervisors in physical and virtual environments.
• Manage backup and recovery processes for Windows, Linux and virtual workloads.
• Document system configurations, topology, procedures and changes.
• Produce reports on performance, storage utilization, security incidents and other key metrics.
• Provide recommendations for system improvements based on industry best practices.

Required profile

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure and operations.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Current Secret clearance; ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.
• Proven experience with large‑scale data‑center migrations and virtualization projects.
• Strong understanding of security compliance and disaster‑recovery principles.

Required skills

• Active Directory
• Linux system administration
• Microsoft Server Administration (Windows services, DNS)
• VMware vSphere / Broadcom virtualization
• Enterprise storage platforms (Dell, NetApp)
• Hypervisor installation and configuration
• Enterprise backup/restore architectures
• Disaster‑recovery replication
• High‑availability clustering