AreaRequirementAria AutomationHands-on experience with production VMware Aria / vRealize Automation 8.x environments; Cloud Assembly, ABX or vROTerraformProficient with HCL, modules, state management; vSphere, AWS, and Proxmox providersAnsibleExperience writing playbooks and roles for OS configuration, agent deployment, and migration tasksAWS SSMHands-on with SSM Agent deployment, hybrid activations for on-premises targets, and IAM configurationSentinelOneExperience with agent deployment across Windows, Linux, and macOS; Management Console APIProxmoxFamiliarity with Proxmox VE administration, VM/template management, storage, and networkingVMware MigrationExperience exporting VMware VMs and converting to KVM/QEMU-compatible formatsMigration ToolingFamiliarity with virt-v2v, qemu-img, or equivalent VMware-to-KVM conversion toolingmacOS AutomationExperience automating agent deployment and configuration on Intel-based macOSGitLabComfortable with GitLab repo management, branching, merge requests, and regular check-in disciplineGitLab CIProficient building .gitlab-ci.yml pipelines with multi-stage, multi-environment deploymentsArtifactoryFamiliarity with JFrog Artifactory for artifact storage and pipeline integrationSecret ManagementExperience integrating with 1Password Vaults for secret retrieval in scripts and pipelinesScriptingProficient in Bash, Python, and/or PowerShellCollaborationProactive communicator — comfortable asking questions, raising risks early, and working closely with a team leader and infrastructure teamSecurity CollaborationDemonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with Security teams on exclusion processes and token governanceNice to Have. Rough MilestonesMMilestone1Environment access; review of existing Aria Automation setup and CI workflows; full VM inventory and VMware dependency assessment begins; initial Security team meeting; GitLab repo and Artifactory structure established2Aria Automation templates with SSM + SentinelOne registration working in non-prod for Windows and Linux; first Security review checkpoint; GitLab CI pipeline validating templates3macOS (Intel) provisioning integration complete; Terraform and Ansible equivalents with full GitLab CI pipeline promotion workflow4Exclusions process documented and approved by Security; all token handling via 1Password validated; artifacts managed through Artifactory5Proxmox capacity planning complete; Proxmox environment validated as migration target; migration script toolkit v1 complete; non-production migration runs executed and validated6Migration scripts hardened with error handling, rollback, and post-migration validation; production migration pipeline ready with change management gates7All documentation and runbooks delivered; Proxmox platform readiness report; migration runbook finalized; knowledge transfer completedKey Constraints.