Data Center Architect

Procom Consultants Group; Dearborn (MI); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services provider is seeking a Data Center Architect for a contract opportunity in Dearborn, MI. The successful candidate will design data center architectures for applications migrating from legacy to advanced technology environments. Responsibilities include leading teams, analyzing application portfolios, and collaborating with C-level executives. Candidates should have extensive experience in data center strategy, project leadership, and cloud infrastructure. This position offers a contract of 12+ months, with an ASAP start date.

Qualifications

• Experience developing data center migration strategy and key components.
• Experience designing and leading large scale data center transformation.
• Ability to provide expert strategic advice for cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design the application services data center architecture for major migrations.
• Provide representation of the project to C-level executives.
• Direct teams in analysis, remediation, and application migration activities.

Skills

Data center migration strategy development

Leadership in large scale data center transformation

Collaboration with C-level executives

Team management (10+ members)

Service framework development

Cloud application development and deployment

Application characteristics analysis

Technical and architecture planning

ITIL framework knowledge

Problem-solving and critical thinking

Tools

Pivotal

VMware

Job description

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.

With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian‑Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.

Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:

• Application Development
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
• Infrastructure & Network Services
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Security & Privacy

Specialties:

• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)

Job Description

Data Center Architect

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Data Center Architect for a contract opportunity in Dearborn, MI.

Design the application services data center architecture for a major application migration project for a large manufacturing company to plan the transfer of applications from a legacy data center into a cutting edge technology data center. Provide architecture strategy for a hybrid cloud environment. Provide front line representation of the project to C-level executives. Analyze application portfolio to create application migration groups. Direct onshore and offshore teams to perform analysis, remediation, and application migration activities. Design the migration factory. Individual selected will be able to clearly demonstrate their acquired knowledge of data center architecture, data center operations and data center transformations to an expert level.

Data Center Architect Mandatory Skills

• Experience developing data center migration strategy and key components of a data center migration
• Experience designing and leading the transformation of large scale data center is required
• Experienced working with C-level executives on project status, project vision, strategic direction and industry best practices
• Experience with Pivotal and VMware solutions Experience managing 10+ member teams, define KPIs for the project activities, and measure the teams’ progress against defined KPIs
• Understanding of how to develop a service framework
• Ability to provide expert strategic advice for cloud application development, cloud application deployment, designing a private cloud infrastructure, private versus public cloud options, virtualization, containerization, and DevOps
• Ability to discover application characteristics of mainframe, midrange, and Wintel applications that will help define migration groups
• Experience assessing applications and application architecture
• Prepare a technical and architecture plan to achieve the stated goal and adjust the plans according to progress and interdependencies
• Experience with ITIL framework is required
• Using problem‑solving, critical thinking skills, and independent thinking to overcome challenges
• Communicating in writing and verbally and with clarity
• Accountability for meeting commitments and deadlines. Demonstrates principled leadership and sound business ethics; shows consistency among principles, values, and behavior; builds trust with others through own authenticity and follow-through on commitments.
• Monitors progress of self and others and redirects efforts when goals are not being met.

Start Date

ASAP

12+ months

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.