Storage Migration Expert (Petabyte-Scale Data Movement & Cloud Transformation)
Posted 3 days ago by 3Roc Technology
£550 Per day
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Storage Migration Expert role involves leading large-scale data migrations from on-premise storage platforms to AWS, focusing on petabyte-scale data movement and ensuring data integrity. The position requires occasional on-site attendance during major migration events while primarily being remote. Candidates should have a strong background in enterprise storage platforms and hands-on experience with cloud migrations. The role is critical for enterprise transformation programmes and involves collaboration with various technical teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
Key Skills:
- 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 (nice to have).
- Understanding of storage integration patterns for emulation platforms (e.g., Stromasys CHARON) (nice to have).
- Experience supporting OS/database teams during large migration waves (nice to have).
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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
Role Overview : 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.
Key Responsibilities :
- 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.
Experience Required :
- 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.
Nice to Have :
- 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.