Description
We are currently searching for 4 Architects (WIN/UNIX/NETWORK/DB) to work in Rijswijk, The Netherlands for 4 months plus extensions. This is a fantastic contract opportunity for a large multi-national client.
Job Description.
- Establishing a services oriented infrastructure approach and a 3 year roadmap for service evolution.
Scope of the service
- Assess the maturity of the current state of the service catalogue
- Assimilate and refine the company's objectives for services oriented infrastructure and the roadmap.
- Conduct interviews with services owners to document delivered services
- Map and categorize all technology within IT Service Catalog framework
- Assess impact of IT strategy on service evolution
- Conduct workshops with service owners to assess impact of IT strategy on specific services and incorporate in service evolution plans
- Design processes for maintaining services information and production of service evolution roadmaps.
- Produce metrics detailing key performance indicators and effectiveness of the Service Catalog and progress to target state
- Propose an efficient and effective service catalog tool and document the integration with the organisations enterprise architecture tools
Service Deliverables
- An updated version of the service catalogue according to a predefined template
- A 3 year roadmap for each service combined into an overall infrastructure roadmap
- A process definition document describing the processes to ensure data quality and the periodic update of the service catalogue and the 3 year services roadmap
Expected skill set and experiences
- ITIL v3
- Creating and maintaining a service catalogue
- Producing roadmaps for service evolution
- Experience with service oriented infrastructure(SOI) Broad infrastructure knowledge Servers: IBM Z, P, Xseries
- Operating systems: zOS, zLinux, Windows, Linux, AIX
- Storage Systems: SAN, NAS
- Networking: LAN, MAN, WAN
- Virtualization software: VMWare, Windows, Zen,
- Middleware: Apache, IIS, JBOSS,
- Application Frameworks: J2EE, .NET
- Database Management Systems: DB2, MSSQL, NOSQL
- Data centre services: Power, Cooling
- Knowledge of service catalogue tools
- Technical writing skills
- Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills to organize and conduct workshops
- Ability to work in a small team and deliver against milestones
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment
- Excellent knowledge of the English language both oral and written.
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture (TOGAF) for the transformation planning aspects
- Integration of IT cost calculation with the service catalogue