Infrastructure Architect VMware / Proxmox - Nantes

Project overview

Description :

The program aims to migrate VMware virtualised infrastructures to a Proxmox VE platform. The environment supports critical industrial applications, sorting equipment, Edge Computing solutions, and distributed infrastructures across multiple sites. The mission is part of a process to optimize costs, improve resilience, and strengthen cybersecurity.

Main activities

Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Industrialization & Operations

Profile sought

Expected deliverables

Knowledge of critical environments with high availability constraints.

Language :

• Architecture & Infrastructure
• Conduct an audit of the existing VMware environment.
• Define and optimize the target Proxmox architecture.
• Design high availability, backup, and disaster recovery mechanisms.
• Support technical choices related to storage and performance.
• Develop the migration strategy and planning.
• Conduct impact and interdependency studies.
• Lead pilot migrations and production cutovers.
• Define rollback and operation security procedures.
• Implement hardening of Proxmox infrastructures.
• Apply CISO requirements and security best practices.
• Secure access, traffic, and network architectures.
• Participate in security audits and remediation plans.
• Define the patch management strategy.
• Automate administration and operational tasks.
• Implement operational best practices.
• Support teams in skill development.
• Target Proxmox architecture document.
• Mapping and audit of the VMware environment.
• Detailed migration strategy and plan.
• Cutover and rollback procedures.
• Operational and administration documentation.
• Security hardening report.
• Patch management process and governance.
• Test cases and validation reports.
• Skills transfer and training materials.
• French
• Professional English

Project details

Nantes

Renewal possible

Work environment

Key skills sought

Essential Expertise

Good level required

Appreciated Assets

Experience in industrial IT, OT, or Edge Computing. Knowledge of critical environments with high availability constraints.

• Proxmox VE (expert level).
• VMware vSphere / ESXi.
• Debian Linux.
• High Availability (HA) Architectures.
• SAN, NAS, Ceph storage.
• Infrastructure Cybersecurity.
• Virtualization platform migration.
• Networks (TCP/IP, VLAN, routing, firewall).
• Automation (Ansible).
• Vulnerability Management.
• Patch Management.
• Technical documentation and skills transfer.
• Terraform.
• DevOps / Infrastructure as Code.
• Start: 15/11/2026
• Duration: 266 jours renouvelable
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, FR
• Rate: 63-69 EUR/h
• Languages: French