Job Title: IT Infrastructure and Operations Lead - Ottawa, Canada - 2iresourcing
Description
Job Title: IT Infrastructure and Operations Lead
Period: 1 year plus possibility of extension
Start Date: 01/17/2022
End Date: 01/20/2023
Site: Ottawa
Location: March Road
HOURS OF WORK: 37.5/week (Flexible hours)
Work would be done remotely
SCOPE
Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program is responsible for driving our cloud transformation/ migration from our existing Datacenter (DC) through a pragmatic and iterative approach. The DC services are provided through one of vendor partner and it will continue to play a pivotal role in our larger IT infrastructure strategy in coming years.
The Infrastructure Engineer will lead and provide overarching data center infrastructure direction and strategy for the enterprise with respect to products and managed services (Security, Network, Infrastructure etc.). They will work collaboratively with the DC services vendor, Architecture CoE, Cloud CoE, IT Operations, sourcing team and several other key stakeholders to build our future forward DC strategy and guide the IT investments and technology decisions for our existing DC IT Infrastructure.
They will also be managing our related vendor agreements and financial costs in consultation with our sourcing and procurement department.
DUTIES
• Provide a strategy and recommendation for the optimal data center management approach post 2025 (expiration of current contract) along with a comprehensive plan to achieve this outcome. Conduct required financial, legal and business impact analysis for various options to manage CPCG's data center requirements post 2025.
• Be the prime for DC vendor and advise on licensing and contracts disposition and associated roadmap for decommissioning off the current on-premise data center provider to the recommended approach.
• Manage IT investments (financial and technology) decisions for our existing DC IT Infrastructure in coming years in line with the proposed long-term DC and cloud strategy
• Engage with stakeholders across the organization to understand current state of the on-premise data center contracts, and underlying legal, financial obligations and timing sensitivities
• Develop a financial model for future cost savings of migrating off the current on-premise data center provider based on optimizations derived by renegotiating licenses and contracts for managed services, platform and 3rd party products including the current Azure cloud services
• Present findings to executive stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
Must Have:
• Domain knowledge: Deep understanding of IT Infrastructure ecosystem and leading-edge Datacenter technologies as well as knowledge and understanding of IaaS, PaaS, and managed services related to IT infrastructure services
• Business Analysis: understanding of business case development; able to effectively gather information across domains; able to synthesize information, conduct quantitative analysis, and provide recommendations
• Datacenter Financial Management: strong knowledge of datacenter operations and financial implications of products and services provided 3rd party operators
• Stakeholder Management: 10+ experience in collaborating with multiple stakeholders internally; work with all types of organization stakeholders including senior executives, management team, business partners and technical staff
• Legal Analysis: ability to understands contracts and absorb key legal terms and their implications on the business from a risk perspective and financial exposure
• License and Contract Negotiations: ability to negotiate terms and conditions that provide a risk-free and optimal path forward for our organization and 3rd parties w.r.t. outstanding contracts and licenses.
• 10+ years of experience in IT data center management
• Previous experience in providing strategic advice to (IT) executive on vendor management and strategy
Nice to have:
• 5+ years of experience in commercial contract negotiations and vendor management is highly desirable
• Experience in IT Service Management
• Experience in one or more Agile and/or Cloud transformations i.e. transitioning from traditional IT methodologies to a cloud environment
• Academic: undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, business, or equivalent (required)
• Graduate degree in engineering, computer science, business, or equivalent (Asset)
• Certifications with one or more of the leading CSPs (Asset)
• Minimum 10 years' experience in progressively advancing roles within IT.
Soft Skills:
• Exceptional interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
If you are available, please send your resume to OR OR refer someone interested.
2iresourcing focuses on Deep Information Technology and Sap . Their company has offices in Toronto. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
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