Contract_Openshift migration consultant_Remote(Nightshift)

World Wide Technology (WWT), a 36-year-old global technology solutions provider specializing in systems integration, Infra-Cloud security, application development, AI Services, and supply chain solutions. With a workforce of 10,000+ employees and strategic partnerships with leading OEMs such as Cisco, Dell EMC, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, WWT delivers cutting-edge infrastructure, cloud, security, and custom application services to clients across 35 countries. Our Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs)—lab setup environments spanning over one million square feet of world-class integration and distribution space enable us to deliver unmatched value and innovation at scale. Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by Glassdoor and Fortune for 14 consecutive years, WWT is also ranked #6 on India's Great Place to Work list for 2025.

World Wide Technology Holding Co, LLC. (WWT) currently has an exciting opportunity available for the role of Migration Readiness Analyst.If you are interested in this opportunity, please respond with an updated resume and the required details at the bottom of this email.

This is a contract Role & we use a global payroll partner to manage payroll for all contract opportunities with us. A proper background verification of past employments, criminal checks would be done for onboarding to any opportunity with WWT.

Title: Migration Readiness Analyst

Location: Remote with limited onsite in Chennai/Hyderabad/Bangalore as required

Duration: 12+ months (Mutually extendable basis business scope)

Work Model: Nightshift

Role Summary

Ensure applications are technically and operationally ready for migration from OpenShift on VMware to OpenShift on Bare Metal. Work directly with application teams to assess readiness, identify risks, and align migration schedules.

This is a senior individual contributor role, not entry level support.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with application teams to perform premigration readiness checks
• Validate configurations, dependencies, and migration prerequisites
• Identify and track applicationlevel risks and blockers
• Align application migration dates with overall wave plans
• Maintain and validate readiness checklists and migration runbooks
• Support coordination around change, outage windows, and cutover planning
• Assist during test and production migration windows as required

Required Skills & Experience

• Handson experience with OpenShift / Kubernetes
• Working knowledge of Helm, manifests, and configurations
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals
• Experience supporting enterprise application migrations
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision

Scope Boundaries

• No ownership of application redesign or code changes
• Focused on migration readiness and execution support, not BAU ops