Data Center Transformation Architect

Capgemini; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking an experienced professional for an Infrastructure Architect role located in Toronto, Ontario. This position will start remotely and transition to onsite in downtown Toronto. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 8 years of experience in infrastructure architecture and project management with a focus on successful project delivery and team leadership.

Strong communication skills and the ability to create strategic roadmaps are essential. Relevant certifications (ITIL, PRINCE II) are preferred. Capgemini promotes a diverse workplace and encourages all qualified applicants.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of infrastructure architect experience is required.
• Experience with Data Center Migration projects is a must.
• Ability to create strategic roadmaps and transformation recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and execute Data Center Transformation projects.
• Monitor project progress and ensure optimal resource utilization.
• Maintain communication amongst stakeholders.

Skills

Infrastructure architect experience

Technical project management

Project delivery results

Communication skills

Sales oriented

Education

Relevant certifications (ITIL, PRINCE II)

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Nutanix

Job description

About Capgemini

A global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. It is a multicultural company of over 200,000 team members in more than 40 countries. The Group reported 2018 global revenues of EUR 13.2 billion.

About Infrastructure Services

The Cloud Infrastructure Services Global Business Line is Capgemini’s consulting and infrastructure build-and-run provisioning offering, and supports the group’s cloud-based services. As part of the integrated cloud offering from Capgemini, Cloud Infrastructure Services delivers a broad range of cloud services to build and support the hybrid cloud estate by encompassing the leading public cloud players and leading private cloud technologies. With EUR 1.5 billion annual revenue, Cloud Infra Services helps clients virtualize and optimize their IT estates through infrastructure outsourcing services such as data center, helpdesk, network support, and service integration and service maintenance support. Our other services also include infrastructure transformation services—helping clients consolidate and migrate entire workloads and data centers.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of infrastructure architect experience (required)
• 8+ years of technical project manager experience (preferred)
• Infrastructure Transition and/or Data Center Migration project experience is a must
• Proven track record of successful project delivery results
• Ability to execute datacenter infrastructure assessments with the ability to create strategic roadmaps, business cases and transformation recommendations
• Ability to work independently and repeatedly accomplish all work within Project plan
• Commercially astute with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Sales oriented with the ability to identify, pursue and assist in closing potential sales opportunities
• Experience working within both project-centric and project matrix resourcing models
• Monitor schedule deviations and assist in the development of alternative methods for corrective action at project level
• Working knowledge of quality assurance methods, tools, and techniques
• Ability to travel in accordance with requirements of assignment/client
• Certification strongly preferred (ITIL Foundation V3, IPMA, PRINCE II, as well as relevant technical certifications)
• Technical knowledge and skills in the infrastructure domain, such as: understanding of the different architectural layers (e.g. Network, Storage, Databases, etc.), experience with virtualization technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper\-V, Nutanix, Containers, LPAR, etc.), experience/exposure to Cloud migrations (i.e. Public, Hybrid, or Private cloud), ability to assess the logical setup of AS-IS environment and create a transformation roadmap, identify and map interdependencies from an application and infrastructure layer, experience of greenfield data center build projects and well versed with Uptime Institute’s Tier concept and PUE values
• Presentation and communication skills for senior management and C-class executive levels
• Management knowledge and skills, such as: staffing and management of a team of project resources composed of both internal and external personnel, maintain strong focus on customer satisfaction by delivering exceptional project performance and predictable, repeatable project results, responsible for developing the transformation strategy, responsible for designing the target architecture and experience in writing detailed design documentation
• Responsible for Data Center Transformation project preparation and execution of the transformation strategy
• Monitor and control project progress, ensuring optimal utilization of project resources
• Ensure compliance towards established governance structure; owning sponsor status reports, minutes, and coordinate status reports and approvals on deliverables both for Capgemini and the client
• Maintain open communication amongst stakeholders
• Exposure to the full procurement life cycle (e.g. working with third parties to receive quotations, assisting in the commercial aspects of procuring data center related hardware and/or licensing, etc.)
• Manage standards, procedures, and practices for record keeping of contractual agreements
• Identify potential project risks and incorporate risk mitigation strategy and contingency plan
• Familiar with ITIL processes
• Ensure clients and third parties deliver on their obligations where required

Location and Remote Work

Position located in Toronto, Ontario Canada – Remote work to start then onsite Downtown Toronto.

Equal Opportunity

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application Note

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Capgemini.