Direct Client Requirement :: Data Center consultants :: New York, NY 10004

Hello,

Please go through the below requirement and let me know on recruiter@tcagroupmail.com if you have comfortable Reources or not. 

 

Role: Data Center consultants
Duration: Long Term
Location: New York, NY 10004

 

**Preferred Local Candidates**

 

Primary Duties, Responsibilities and Work Experience

·                     Design and reengineer existing Data Center layouts designs

·                     Perform inventory and discovery of existing Data Centers with regards to Servers, Networks, Infrastructure, etc.

·                     Architect new solutions for optimizing existing servers, networks, layouts and applications

·                     Collect, collate and organize technical information needed for future procurement solicitations

·                     Defend and justify conclusions and recommendations to Executive Management

·                     Provide clarifications of requirements and manage vendor questions

·                     Calculate complex requirements of growth, business continuity, and disaster recovery using best practices.

·                     Present findings and direction to Executive management of the MTA

·                     Perform data analytics and spend analysis to determine savings opportunities, contract compliance, and data center consolidation and demand management opportunities.

·                     Summarize, report and present deal, savings and category information to senior management

·                     Build strong relationships with suppliers, internal clients (e.g. IT, LOB Project Managers, Senior Management) and business partners (e.g. IT, Legal, Finance/Planning)

·                     General understanding of infrastructure management practices and processes.

·                     Subject matter expert in Managed Services.

·                     Experienced as Functional and Technical project lead.

·                     Experienced in aligning business and technology requirements.

·                     Experienced with Data Center modernization, transformation services involving mainframe, midrange technologies and data engineering, data integrity, data quality, reporting and predictive analytics.

·                     Experienced with Data Center consolidation mindset to rethink operational and organizational priorities, resulting from changing economic trends.

·                     Experienced with Data Center migration, growth beyond current capacities, hosting provider performance, real estate changes, local data center economics, density requirements, staffing considerations and green initiatives.

·                     Broad experience in IT Services/Technology/Servers/Network Equipment/ Security equipment and /Data Center Monitoring and Performance Optimization

·                     Experienced at producing high-availability infrastructure architectures adhering to DR, Business Continuity and availability best practices

·                     Ability to synthesize from the big picture into implementation.

·                     Experienced with application and infrastructure management and monitoring tools

·                     Data Services architecture capability, design and application of methodologies

·                     Experienced in supporting production infrastructure (network, computer and storage).

 

Key Skills:

·                     5 to 8 years of relevant experience

·                     Strong exposure to various aspects of the IT categories such as Data Center, Hardware, Hosting, and IT Services.

·                     Ability to perform and conduct workshops and meetings to develop client solutions and collection of existing data center costs/requirements

·                     Ability to focus on quantifying cost and information gathering. 

·                     Ability to focus on developing a business case for outsourcing.

·                     Experience includes category management and strategy, contracting, negotiation, market dynamics, commercial strategy, strategic sourcing, contract management and supply relationship management.

·                     Experience with the business and technical complexity and detail of operating and managing a complex Data Center in a complex environment.

 

The categories of work may also include focusing on the following areas:

·                     Business Architecture, Strategy, and Planning

·                     Asset Information Strategy, Standard, Systems and Data

·                     Risk and Performance Management Systems

·                     Leadership, Organizational Change, Competencies and Supply Chain

·                     Business Process Review, Re-engineering and Standardization

·                     Communications within an organization

·                     The consultant will provide expertise, insight skill and technical support and knowledge transfer that are complementary to the MTA Agency management.

·                     Must be flexible and mobile. Travel and communication will be involved – with multiple stakeholders.

 

Required Education / Certifications:

1.                   A master's degree from an accredited college with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems or Business Management; or other related field

2.                   A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college major in Computer Science, Information Systems or and six years of full-time satisfactory experience in one or more of the following: or Business Management.

3.                   Strong domain knowledge of Data Services with Data Center Management Certifications DCSS and/or DCFM

4.                   Good working knowledge of processes, procedures, project management, a problem solver using DMAIC (like ITIL, PMP, Six Sigma).

Thanks, 
Shalin
TCA Consulting Group Inc.
recruiter@tcagroupmail.com