Seeking Senior Cloud Strategist for 12 month assignment with 6 month extension option for a new large Cloud Migration project with the Land and Resources I&IT Cluster.
High Level Project Description: LRC is looking to strengthen and scale cloud adoption through the hosting of our Ministry application portfolio by migrating applications out of OPS data center operations to a Microsoft Azure cloud data center.
Responsibilities: Plan any necessary changes for cloud migration or cloud use.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Cloud Migration Experience - 50%
- Experience developing\implementing enterprise cloud migration strategies utilizing Microsoft Azure.
- Experience and knowledge of enterprise security requirements. Experience applying government IT standards (either OPS Standards or other federal and\or provincial equivalents).
- Experience with creating cloud migration strategies, defining delivery architecture, creating the migration architecture, designing the orchestration plans, etc.
- Experience in creating and executing migration run books
- Experience to provide support to ensure that the appropriate level of change management is measured and evaluated
- Experience planning and guiding an organization in the various stages of using or migrating to cloud services
- Experience scrutinizing existing client environments & recommend solutions that enable a to-be cloud vision
- Experience assisting with sound practices in cloud brokerage and technical application management
- Supporting the crafting of cloud strategies using IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS with the ability to analyze and synthesize analysis of alternatives
- Conducting financial and ROI analysis of infrastructure, operations, and management costs
- Acting as Cloud SME in the implementation of large, medium, and small cloud projects
- Providing hands-on support of mission areas in the rationalization and cloud readiness assessment of existing applications
Communication and Leadership Skills - 25%
- Experience creating high quality, client facing assets targeting Cloud solutions and presenting them to key stakeholders.
- Experience developing & designing architecture, roadmaps, implementing strategies & transformation plans for clients to migrate to cloud.
- Working with stakeholders to embed an agile, cloud-native process in all cloud acquisitions to enable the agency to quickly and effectively harness the power of cloud computing
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
- Actively participating in business development and internal improvement activities
Desirable Skills - 25%
- Strategic thinking.
- Experienced with cloud architecture, infrastructure ,cloud networking/integration
- DevOps knowledge and automation skills
- Security and best practices compliance know how Vendor and stakeholder management and negotiation skills
- Project management skills
- Knowledge and experience with various cloud technology/providers
- Analytical thinking skills
Must Haves:
- 5+ Years experience developing\implementing enterprise cloud migration strategies utilizing Microsoft Azure.
- Experience and knowledge of enterprise security requirements. Experience applying government IT standards (either OPS Standards or other federal and\or provincial equivalents).
- Experience with creating cloud migration strategies, defining delivery architecture, creating the migration architecture, designing the orchestration plans, etc.
- Experience in creating and executing migration run books
- Experience to provide support to ensure that the appropriate level of change management is measured and evaluated
- Experience planning and guiding an organization in the various stages of using or migrating to cloud services
- Experience scrutinizing existing client environments & recommend solutions that enable a to-be cloud vision
- Experience assisting with sound practices in cloud brokerage and technical application management
- Supporting the crafting of cloud strategies using IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS with the ability to analyze and synthesize analysis of alternatives
- Conducting financial and ROI analysis of infrastructure, operations, and management costs
- Acting as Cloud SME in the implementation of large, medium, and small cloud projects
- Providing hands-on support of mission areas in the rationalization and cloud readiness assessment of existing applications
Nice to Have:
- Previous Public Sector experience is an asset.
Note of interviews and start date:
- The client is aiming to schedule interviews by April 29th.
- Due to timing constraints, the preferred start date is May 6th.