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Hyper-V Engineer

Distro · Yucatán · On-site

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About Distro

Built for Distributors and Manufacturers. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

• Build Hyper-V hosts and failover clusters: Windows Server, CSV, Live Migration, iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs. • Deploy and manage the platform with SCVMM and Active Directory on a segmented VLAN network design. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of hands-on Windows Server and virtualization experience, including production Hyper-V clusters
  • Real world VMware vSphere/ESXi to Hyper-V migration experience
  • Working knowledge of SCVMM, Failover Clustering, Active Directory, DNS, and Group Policy
  • Solid storage and networking fundamentals: FC/iSCSI SAN, VLANs, virtual switches, and NIC teaming
  • Veeam Backup & Replication experience, plus enough PowerShell to automate the repeatable stuff
  • A troubleshooter's mindset, a generalist's attitude, and the ability to explain your work to customers
More about this role

We're moving our private cloud off VMware and onto Microsoft Hyper-V. This is a hands-on build-and-migrate role on a multi-site project running through July 2027 across multiple data centers in the US and Canada. If you've built Hyper-V clusters, broken a few, and know how to fix them, we want to talk to you.

• Build Hyper-V hosts and failover clusters: Windows Server, CSV, Live Migration, iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs.

• Deploy and manage the platform with SCVMM and Active Directory on a segmented VLAN network design.

• Plan and run VMware-to-Hyper-V migrations with Veeam, from pre-migration prep through cutover.

• Tune workloads after cutover (CPU, memory, power settings, security exclusions) so customers don't feel it.

• Work with Networking and Security on VLAN segmentation, virtual firewalls, and DR for migrated workloads.

• Own the oddballs (Legacy OSes, SAP HANA) and document everything.

• 5+ years of hands-on Windows Server and virtualization experience, including production Hyper-V clusters.

• Real world VMware vSphere/ESXi to Hyper-V migration experience.

• Working knowledge of SCVMM, Failover Clustering, Active Directory, DNS, and Group Policy.

• Solid storage and...

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