Cloud & Data Centre Expert
7–10 years of relevant professional experience in cloud computing, data centre infrastructure, architecture, operations, or technology consulting.
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication, Engineering, or a related discipline.
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Relevant professional certifications in cloud, data centre, cybersecurity or infrastructure architecture will be an added advantage.
The Cloud & Data Centre Expert will provide technical expertise for the design, assessment, planning and implementation of cloud and data centre infrastructure, with a focus on enterprise and Government workloads. The role will involve evaluating existing infrastructure, defining future-state requirements, developing technology architectures, and providing recommendations on cloud adoption, data centre capacity, security, resilience and operations.
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Assess existing (As-Is) and future (To-Be) cloud and data centre infrastructure, including compute, storage, network, security, backup and disaster recovery.
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Develop and review cloud and data centre architecture, including public, private, hybrid, community and sovereign cloud environments.
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Assess workload requirements and recommend appropriate cloud deployment and migration models.
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Analyse data centre capacity, utilisation, scalability and future infrastructure requirements.
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Define requirements for compute, storage, network, GPU, backup, DR and other IT/non-IT infrastructure.
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Evaluate data centre availability, redundancy, resilience and disaster recovery architecture, including DC-DR and multi-site configurations.
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Provide expertise on connected, disconnected and air-gapped operational environments, particularly for critical and sovereign workloads.
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Assess cloud/data centre security, data residency, access control, encryption, key management, logging and monitoring requirements.
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Evaluate data centre and cloud service providers, infrastructure capabilities, SLAs, service models and technical compliance.
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Support development of technical specifications, RFPs, SOWs, SLAs and evaluation criteria for cloud and data centre procurement.
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Conduct technical assessments of cloud service providers (CSPs), data centres and infrastructure facilities against defined standards and requirements.
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Support capacity planning, TCO/cost analysis, infrastructure sizing and technology benchmarking.
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Assess data centre facilities from an infrastructure perspective, including power, cooling, physical security, availability and scalability.
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Provide inputs on sustainability and energy/water efficiency of data centre infrastructure, where relevant.
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Coordinate with Government departments, CSPs, data centre operators and technology vendors for data collection, technical assessment and implementation planning.
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Prepare technical reports, assessment frameworks, architecture documents, dashboards and presentations for senior stakeholders.
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Keep abreast of emerging technologies and trends in cloud computing, AI infrastructure, data centres, sovereign cloud and hyperscale infrastructure.
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Strong understanding of Cloud Computing – IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
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Knowledge of AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or equivalent cloud platforms.
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Strong understanding of data centre architecture and infrastructure.
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Knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualisation and containerisation.
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Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, backup and business continuity.
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Knowledge of cloud and data centre security principles.
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Understanding of sovereign cloud, data residency and data localisation requirements.
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Knowledge of air-gapped/disconnected environments and secure network architectures.
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Ability to undertake capacity planning, sizing and infrastructure requirement assessment.
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Strong analytical, documentation and stakeholder-management skills.
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Good understanding of technical procurement, RFP/RFQ preparation and vendor evaluation.
One or more of the following would be desirable:
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AWS / Azure / Google Cloud certifications
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CCNA / CCNP
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VMware / Virtualisation certifications
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TOGAF
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ITIL
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Data centre-related certifications such as CDCP/CDCS
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Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP
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Cloud & Data Centre As-Is / To-Be Assessment
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Infrastructure Capacity & Utilisation Assessment
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Future 5-year Infrastructure Requirement Plan
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Cloud/Data Centre Reference Architecture
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Technical Specifications and RFP/SOW
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CSP/Data Centre Technical Evaluation
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Capacity, Cost and TCO Analysis
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Security, Resilience and DR Assessment
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Technical reports, dashboards and management presentations
