Senior Data Center Migration Architect

Procom Consultants Group; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional IT services and staffing company is seeking a Senior Data Center Migration Architect for a contract in Dearborn, MI. The selected candidate will design application services data center architecture for a significant migration project, provide strategy for a hybrid cloud environment, and lead teams in migration activities. This role requires experience with data center transformations and managing large teams, with strong communication skills to interact with C-level executives. Contract duration is over 12 months, starting ASAP.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design application services data center architecture for significant migration.
• Provide architecture strategy for a hybrid cloud environment.
• Direct teams to perform analysis, remediation, and migration activities.

Skills

Data center migration strategy development

Designing large scale data center transformations

Working with C-level executives

Pivotal and VMware solutions

Managing large teams

Cloud application development

Application architecture assessment

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

Senior Data Center Migration Architect

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Senior Data Center Migration 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.
• 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.

Senior Data Center Migration 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

Senior Data Center Migration Architect 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.