Description
Job Type; Contract
Job Location; Brussels, Belgium
Job Title; Solution Design Architect - Datacentre
Start Date: ASAP
Length: 6 months+
Rate: Negotiable
Skills Required for the Role:
* Experience in designing solutions as a delivery architect for managed services and outsourcing projects is a must. This can vary from complete solutions to additional demands/change requests going from 10K to over 1 million EUR
* 4 to 7 years professional experience in the IT industry designing high value, complex solutions in a service context
* Solid knowledge of Data Center and/or End User Services and Service Management solutions including
o Mandatory: DataCenter Technologies
? Storage and Backup (Eternus, Netapp, Symantec NBU)
? Server (Primergy blade technology), Virtualization (VMware)
? Network (Brocade, Cisco, Juniper), standard applications (Microsoft, SAP)
o Optional: Work Place Systems technologies
? End User Device Services (Rollout, migrations, packaging; Back End services)
? Citrix (Xenapp 6.5, edgesight, Netscaler)
? Microsoft (win 7-8, Office, Windows server, Exchange, SCOM, SCCM, SQL
? Symantec (NBU, EV, VCS, Puredisk SEP 12)
o Service Management
* Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture in multi-tower context
* Solid understanding of ins and outs of the different service towers and their interaction
* General knowledge of broad spectrum IT domains
* Translation of business requirements to a customer solution in a contractual context
* Strong Commercial awareness and business focus
* Knowledge of Service Management and service delivery modelling
* Knowledge of Transition and Transformation of complex environments is recommended
* Solid writing and presentation skills
* Cost model understanding, modification and creation
* Specialist university degree or equivalent experience
* Good knowledge of solution development life cycle
Experienced in specific technology area's (from past functions)
Responsibilities for the Role;
* Designs meet customer expectation and require minimal rework, following review
* Works within the contractual context of an outsourcing contract and initialises as such also contractual changes
* Solution meets the appropriate optimized cost point within contractual context
* Conformity with prescribed processes and methodologies for development of solutions and their approvals
If this role is of interest, please email your profile for more information
Penta Consulting is a global staffing solutions business providing innovative and flexible recruitment strategies for clients and the very best permanent, interim and contract career opportunities for candidates across IT & Telecoms. Ranked 8 in the 2013 Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For awards, Penta holds a Queen's Award for Enterprise among other high profile business and quality awards. Penta Consulting is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.