CloudWorks automation enhancement

Task: The scope of services includes the following tasks, which are independently performed by the external consultant:

- Create proposals for automation framework enhancements and present them to Uniper. Discuss them (via teams) and implement the automation framework accordingly based on best practices from comparable projects of the consultant. Document the results for a final sign-off by Uniper.

- Requirements will be shared during the course of the project by relevant stakeholders within CloudWorks. Review, analyze the requirements and design the solution accordingly. Document the final requirements and the corresponding solution design for final sign-off by Uniper.

- Develop, test and implement new self-services items in order to reduce effort and increase speed of cloud resource deployments and configurations. Document the technical details of each self-service item for final sign-off by Uniper.

- Review the existing self-service items (around 35), propose changes as required, discuss them (via teams), implement and document them for final sign-off by Uniper. The review and enhancement of the existing self-service items will be based on best practices from comparable projects of the consultant.

- Self-service items made available in cloud service portal to provision, configure and manage cloud resources need to be migrated to ServiceNow as request catalog items. The consultant will provide the relevant informations to migrate them to ServiceNow.

- For every self-service item, create build tasks and release pipeline in Azure DevOps as required. Document the implementation details for final sign-off.

- Self-service items are captured in Azure DevOps as features & epics. Implement the reporting to show the status of self-service items based on status of epics, features, product backlog in Azure DevOps.

Uniper will provide all necessary information & access to the systems (Net core, Azure Automation, Terraform, ADO, ServiceNow)