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Data center migration automation

Vanguard 2015 - 2023
Outcome: 6,000+ virtual servers migrated on standard headcount, on automation instead of overtime.

The problem

Moving more than 6,000 virtual servers between data centers would normally mean a surge of manual effort or extra hires, with every hand-touched move adding risk and slipping the schedule.

What I did

  • Built automation to orchestrate the migration end to end across the virtual fleet.
  • Maintained golden images, VMware templates, and CI/CD pipelines for Ansible AWX Windows workloads to keep migrated systems consistent.
  • Standardized validation so each migrated server was checked automatically instead of by hand.

Tech

Ansible / AWXVMwarePowerShellCI/CD