Gateway Transition - Solution Architect

Australian Capital Territory  ‐ Onsite
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Our client requires an experienced Solution Architect with Gateway Transition experience.

The Department currently maintains an in-house Internet gateway connected to its internal UNCLASSIFIED network. The department is currently considering the options and implications of transitioning its gateway services to Verizon (in accordance with the AGIMO Australian Government Internet Gateway Reduction Program), under the arrangements developed by the Department of Defence. Our client requires a suitably skilled Consultant/Architect to identify the optimal sourcing for the department's Internet gateway services.

The role:

  • Gain an understanding of the Verizon contract, service offerings and pricing structure and develop an Executive Summary of the issues and impacts for the department to be addressed.
  • Gain an understanding of the department's present Internet gateway services and usage sufficient for the development of a TCO model for the gateway's operation and maintenance (OPEX/CAPEX).
  • Model the department's future Internet gateway requirements and forecast usage, taking into account major change programs and use trends, including:
    a) The ICN Programme - intended to replace the core components of the department's present ICT infrastructure;
    b) Data Centre Project - which will transition one of the department's computer rooms to a Tier-3 commercial hosting facility;
    c) Potential architectural changes to allow direct Internet access from some locations outside Australia. Currently all Internet traffic from Posts is relayed through the department's Canberra-based Internet gateway. It is expected that performance can be improved by allowing some Internet traffic to move directly between some overseas locations (potentially providing regional gateways) and the Internet rather than having to transit the central Canberra gateway; and
    d) Progressive trends in Internet usage by the department.
  • Skills/experience required:

  • Experience with Government Internet Gateway systems
  • Cost modelling
  • ICT service requirements analysis
  • ICT system architecture analysis/development
  • Service contract analysis
  • Stakeholder management
  • Project initiation
  • Project planning & management
  • Due to security clearance requirements for this role, candidates must be AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS who currently hold or are able to gain a security clearance.

    Interested? Please call Esther Hiltebrand quoting the job ID: 19570 for a confidential discussion or click the 'Apply for this job' button below for immediate consideration with a Resume in Word format!

    Start date
    February/March 2013
    Duration
    initial 3 month
    From
    Candle (Canberra)
    Published at
    05.02.2013
    Project ID:
    484080
    Contract type
    Freelance
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