Midrange Design Assurance & Optimisation Lead

TITLE: Midrange Design Assurance & Optimisation Lead

LOCATION: Cork

DURATION: 6 month contract

DAILY RATE CONTRACT

START DATE: as soon as possible

JOB DESCRIPTION:

My client is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join their team in Cork as a Midrange Design Assurance & Optimisation Lead ASAP and be one of the owners of all infrastructure design compliance for Midrange within the IT Supply Chain

The role of the Midrange Design Assurance Lead is to ensure the design of all Midrange (ie Unix (AIX, HPUX, Solaris, Linux) and i86) elements of all systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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To ensure there is design adherence to Regulatory compliance and Security requirements.
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Ensure systems design documents including High Level Designs are produced modified and signed off for any change or new service.
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Working with the other members of Platform Design Assurance, contribute the definition of feasibility pricing as requested by Infrastructure Demand Management
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To ensure that the Midrange domain knowledge for the operation and development of end to end business services across the company is maintained and knowledge bases developed and kept up to date
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For new Applications engage early in the development process and broker the selection of the appropriate Midrange solution understanding the potential impacts on existing systems and services, and how it will integrate into the overall company data model and be consistent with the all standards.
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Ensure that any recommended platform choice' for this service is aligned to the current capacity and volume commitments in the contracts with the suppliers (eg if there are any minimum commitment risks - the impacted technology will be recommended for the new solution provided it will deliver the required service)
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Be responsible for leading any service performance escalation with the Midrange Service provider to their conclusion
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Be responsible for ensuring that the Midrange element of all system designs are aligned to agreed infrastructure architectural principles and that the appropriate functional and non-functional requirements are included in the design and mandate adherence to compliance and Security requirement.
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Be responsible for ensuring all System design documents including HLDs are produced modified and signed off and feedback to Platform Architecture where there is need to add to or modify architectural principles
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Assist the Vendor management team and other SIAM teams to ensure relevant vendor costs are managed

REQUIREMENTS:

IT KNOWLEDGE:

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Knowledge (5-10+ years) of Midrange Design and Implementation
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Knowledge of the principles of Business analysis, defining requirements SLAs and cost evaluation
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Qualifications in Midrange related disciplines - advantageous
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Knowledge of business environment, service requirements and culture

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a technical discipline advantageous

If you think you are a good fit for this role then please send your up-to-date C.V. and contact details to Katya at the email address above or phone.