Data Centre Consultant - Senior or Intermediate Level
Dell EMC -
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPosted 4 years ago31People have clicked1 open position
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Job Description
- Contribute to complex solutions/engagements (Data Center migration, Replatforming)
- Help define and execute the Migration process
- Assess migration feasibility, identifying dependencies & common infrastructure platform components
- Engage with Business, infrastructure, security and IT operations teams at a customer and identify repeatable patterns to drive profitable outcomes for both the customer and Dell Technologies
- Work with large scale architectures and assist customers and other consultants define collaterals and artefacts that adhere to Dell Technologies best practices.
- Ensure solution/engagement meets Dell Technologies governance and quality standards
- Support programme/project manager in the successful delivery of the solution/engagement
- Contribute to developing of the data centre practice by sharing and actively participating
- relationship.
Job Requirements
Key Candidate Attributes
- C-Level communication skills
- Pro-active and can-do attitude
- Complex problem solving and negotiation skills
- Listening, requirement gathering skills
- Very good interpersonal skills that allow the candidate to interact with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to adapt quickly to varying client cultures, workplaces, and project and role assignments
- Desire to expand and deepen current knowledgebase
- Proficient in managing expectations and establishing credibility for oneself and Dell Technologies
- Proven sense of urgency when dealing with client and internal requests
- Understand and own the program technical scope
Mandatory Knowledge, Key Skills and Experience
- Typically requires 5+ years of related experience for Intermediate Level and 8+ years or related experience for Senior level.
- Expertise as an IT transformation consultant
- Solid IT infrastructure experience (servers, storage, network, application, security, Data Protection, BC/DR)
- Demonstrable experience of managing customer relationships / consulting experience
- Proficiency in IT hardware, software and operating systems environments
- Ability to spot technical risk and issues, and propose mitigation plans
- Structured and process driven approach with great attention to the details.
- Experience in projects on integrated multi-tier solutions and in large data Centre migrations.
- Excellent Presentation skills including the development and delivery of materials
- Exposure to running effective workshops and achieving desired outcome
- Knowledge and working experience of Data Centre technologies and processes
- Broad knowledge of infrastructure technologies across server, storage, networks and management technologies with a strong appreciation of cloud strategies, tools and technologies
- Working Knowledge of Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) and software-defined storage architectures
- Consulting experience in service provider area or on innovative platform projects (big data/mobile/social media project)
Highly Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Due to a diversified project base, five or more of the following highly desirable items may be advantageous in a Dell Technologies career:
- Consulting experience within tier 1 IT consulting firms and Solution providers
- Knowledge of Dell Technologies product portfolio
- Demonstrable experience in Microsoft, SAP or Oracle products
- Fluency in languages other than English
- Delivery of, or experience gained on projects worth 5M USD
- Certified in ITIL V3 Foundations level or TOGAF foundational level
- Experience in Automation and orchestration projects
- Experience in Development and/or support projects of IT Service Catalogues
- Experience around Cloud and virtualisation assessments and strategy design
- Experience producing enterprise transformation and migration plans, detailed instructions and schedules
