Consultancy: Cloud Migration Consultant, ICTD Digital Core, New York, USA, 12 months (on-site)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a connected world

The overarching strategic goal of UNICEF’s Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) is to transform and build partnerships with our stakeholders to successfully implement UNICEF programmes globally through the use of innovative technology-enabled solutions.

How can you make a difference?

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Migration Consultant for the NYHQ Cloud Adoption Project in defined activities related to NYHQ 3UN Data Center Cloud Lift and Shift. The work is on-site in UNICEF New York HQ, US.

Scope of Work and Key Responsibilities:

* Inventory, Coordination and Information Gathering

With the supervision of the Project Manager, the consultant will assist by locally coordinating with server owners, stakeholders, and cloud operators to ensure a smooth migration process.

Responsibilities

• Build Master Inventory of Candidate Assets for the migration and attach proper action for each, planning dates, prerequisites, dependencies, and other associated essential details.
• Collaborate with server owners to gather necessary information about the servers to be migrated.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure their requirements are understood and addressed.
• Actively Contribute in the Creation And Updating Relevant Project Document Deliverables
• Additionally: Assist in documenting and organizing gathered information for future reference.

* Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

In direct collaboration with the Cloud Operator and Cloud Architect, the consultant will assist in provisioning cloud resources for the migration project and winding down source On-Prem resources.

Responsibilities

• Work with the cloud migration project manager to determine the required cloud resources for the migration.
• Assist in the preparation and pre-configuration of source resources before lift and shift activities
• Assist in the configuration of destination resources before, during and after lift and shift
• Follow existing Cloud Provisioning Standards and Policies, collaborate in the enhancement of existing processes for this and future Cloud Migration Projects
• Perform Testing and Reporting on Testing
• Additionally: Collaborate with the cloud infrastructure tooling team to ensure proper ingestion of migration assets and automated creation of cloud resources.

* Cloud Operations of Migrated Resources

The consultant will assist in the ongoing cloud operations of the migrated resources.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the Monitoring and Health of the migrated cloud resources.
• Collaborate with the cloud operations and on-prem infrastructure teams to ensure a smooth transition and operation of the cloud resources.
• Additionally: Participate in the evaluation of file sharing options and provide recommendations for the best approach in the Azure environment.

Work Assignment Overview

Activity Category

Deliverable Output

Deadline

Inventory, Coordination and Information Gathering

• Gathered information from server owners about servers to be migrated
• Draft Inventory of Candidate Assets for migration with attached actions, dates, prerequisites, and dependencies
• Draft Server and App Owners Mapping

Month 1

Inventory, Coordination and Information Gathering

• Updated Inventory of Candidate Assets for migration, Draft list of Cloud Resources
• Application Dependencies
• Draft Testing Plan
• Migration Plan includes Recommended Plan to Include Actions to Keep, Migrate, Decommission

Month 2

Inventory, Coordination and Information Gathering

• Coordinated with stakeholders to address their requirements
• Mapping per-application, on prem VMs and Cloud Resources
• Acceptance Notes from all Stakeholders, Server and App Owners
• Preliminary Testing Steps grouped by Resource Type

Month 3

Inventory, Coordination and Information Gathering

• Updated Inventory of Candidate Assets for migration, Draft list of Cloud Resources
• Application Dependencies
• Updated Planning Document including schedule of migration grouped by Phase
• Updated Testing Plan
• Draft Pilot Plan

Month 4

Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Updated Testing Protocol
• Preliminary Testing Report
• Draft Operational Process
• Pilot Results Report
• Draft DRP Document

Month 5

Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Updated Testing Protocol
• Preliminary Testing Report
• Updated Operational Process
• Preliminary Cloud Resource Inventory
• Draft Health Report
• DRP Testing Pilot

Month 6

Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Updated Testing Protocol
• Preliminary Testing Report
• Updated Operational Process
• Preliminary Cloud Resource Inventory
• Draft Health Report
• Updated DRP Document including DRP Testing Results

Month 7

Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Updated Continued Testing Report
• Updated Operational Process
• Updated Cloud Resource Inventory
• Updated Health Report
• Updated DRP Document
• Draft Acceptance Inventory

Month 8

Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Continued Testing Report
• Operational Process Converted into Preliminary SLA Document
• Updated Cloud Resource Inventory
• Updated Health Report
• Updated DRP Document including DRP Testing Windows Scheduled
• Draft Acceptance Inventory

Month 9

Cloud Lift and Shift Activities

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Final Testing Report
• Updated SLA Document
• Updated Cloud Resource Inventory
• Updated Health Report
• Updated DRP Document
• Updated Acceptance Inventory
• At least 40% Migrated Assets

Month 10

Cloud Operations of Migrated Resources

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Updated Migration Schedule
• Final SLA Document
• Updated Cloud Resource Inventory
• Updated Health Report
• Updated DRP Document, DRP Testing Results
• Updated Acceptance Inventory
• At least 60% Migrated Assets

Month 11

Cloud Operations of Migrated Resources

• Updated Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status
• Completed Migration Schedule
• Final SLA Document
• Updated Cloud Resource Inventory
• Updated Health Report
• Completed DRP Document
• Updated Acceptance Inventory At least 90% Migrated Assets

• Exit Reports

• Final Inventory of Assets for migration with Migration Status

• Completed Migration Schedule

• Completed Cloud Resource Inventory

• Completed Acceptance Inventory

Month 12

Financial Proposal:

Please indicate your ability, availability and rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including all deliverables and travel, daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a financial proposal will not be considered.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Professional Experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or similar is desirable.
  • Certifications on Windows Client, Windows Server, Device Management Technologies, Azure Cloud are desirable.
  • Proven Knowledge of Data Center Operations on Intel-based Servers is required.
  • Proven Experience Supporting Applications and Servers is required.
  • Proven experience following and contributing to Process, Inventories, Service Support and Documentation is required.
  • Experience of System Tools like VMWare, HyperV, Windows Server, Linux, Application and Server Monitoring, Scripting, Management Tools like Active Directory, GPOs, Terraform, Ivanti is required.
  • Capacity to Interact in a Project Environment, Willingness to Learn New Technologies is required.
  • 5 Years Experience working in a Data Center Environment is required.

  Language Requirements:

  Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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