Cloud Computing - Project Management Consultant

Task description

The scope of services includes the following tasks, which are performed independently:

• Manage the workstream Database & Storage in the Hosting and Cloud Technology (HaCT) team - oversee and provide advice and guidance on all activities of the Database&Storage stream
• Manage a team of external offshore DBAs (currently 6 DBAs) to deliver infrastructure related parts of business projects, technically consult on modernization to PaaS, drive the team to optimize and automate the rest of DB services that are running on IaaS as agreed with Uniper Stakeholders and based on the service roadmap. Create technical and process documentation where required and review documentation produced by DBAs for suitable quality and flag for rework, if incomplete/insufficient
• Define work items based on requirements by Uniper for the team that match and drive the roadmap as well as the business needs
• Review and challenge the deliverables and present them to Uniper for a signoff. This includes checking if the deliverables are in desired quality / match the requirements) - flag incomplete/insufficient deliverables for rework by the DBAs.
• Conduct team meetings to share input coming from management and other channels as well as addressing day to day topics
• Consult application teams on the usage of Azure DB and storage technology based on own knowledge and experience, be a role model for the DBAs in terms of customer consulting and communication
• Explore new services and service updates of the relevant Azure technologies and derive their impact for Uniper
• Create documentation, guidelines, how-to's and governance for the relevant technologies (updates) and present them to Uniper for a signoff
• Maintain the service catalogue of the workstream based on requirements by Uniper
• Technically consult on, drive and shape the stream roadmap, consult other HaCT teams and the HaCT roadmap
• Consult on and steer the supplier hand-over (supplier is changing throughout the assignment) Produce documentation as and if demanded by Uniper stakeholders for this.
• Provide professional consultancy (mostly to app teams) on usage of DB and storage concepts on Azure
• Identify topics (agreed by Uniper) to advertise and promote with articles, blogs, videos in cloudworks hub (A central platform to share information about how we use cloud within Uniper).
• Interface with Uniper License Management and provide requested deliveries (like VM specs of VMs in scope)
• Provide the audit team with the necessary information/data during the audit process (like logfiles, server details and database features usage)
• Overview the (few left over) on-prem assets in the area of DB and storage
• Drive and implement the design for the “long term backup” migration from on-prem to Azure as part of the UTZ Exit project based on the Uniper requirements and with the own knowledge and experience

Uniper provides all necessary information, access to the systems (ADO, ServiceNow) in advance:
1. Uniper KID - Uniper user account, password to connect to Uniper resources.
2. Uniper mail account (marked as “external”) - A new Uniper email address to communicate with Uniper stakeholders.
3. Hosting and Cloud Technologies (HaCT) Database DL, SNow group - User account will be added to Operations DL and ServiceNow HaCT resolver group.
4. Uniper teams access - Access to all required Microsoft teams.
5. Uniper RDA VDI - VDI to connect to Uniper network.
6. Azure Portal Access - Access to azure resources.
7. Azure devops access - Access to azure devops project, devops wiki (technical documentation).
8. Access to on-premise wiki - wiki access to all required Hosting and Cloud Technologies (HaCT) documents.
9. Access to ServiceNow - User account will be provided required role in Uniper ServiceNow environment