Systems Engineer Principal
Job Reference:
LM People Job Code/Title:
Location:
Programme / Functional Group:
LMUK6957
E1466I / Systems Engineer Prin
Belgium
International
Description of Business Environment:
The Application Migration Architect will have responsibility for ensuring the completeness
of application and data migration technical planning, execution, and the development of
supporting artifacts, including requirements discovery and analysis. The project involves
the consolidation of IT services and application and data migrations into a centralized data
center for improved operating efficiencies and centralized management. The discovery,
anaylysis, and planning as led by the Application Migration Architect will lead to the
formulation of the migration solution design, identification of solution alternatives and
associated assessments, identification of applicable technologies to execute migrations,
and the development of test, execution, and sustainment plans.
Specific Job Description:
 Lead the technical aspects of the migrations program
 Identify and document application salient characteristics (i.e. ports, protocols, SSL,
DNS, hostnames, storage, etc.) required for sustained operations and maintenance at
the conclusion of the migration
 Creation of required data collection artifacts
 Responsible for technical deliverables, for data quality and completeness of
requirements generated from migrations database; if manually generated, responsible
for completing or assigning
 Ensure Migration best practice and technical guidelines, artifacts prescribed, etc. are
adhered to in a timely manner; e.g. application flows, technical architecture, test plans
and any other success driven artifact are completed.
 Responsible for working closely with SMEs to ensure a successful execution of data
collection and analysis
 Responsible for development of transformational options and activities
 Responsible for performing a gap analysis and assessment to determine completeness
of compute, virtualization, storage, network, and security information
 Raises Issues and identifies Risks in a Timely Manner
 Responsible for Technical Execution plan in coordination with the PM and the Lead
Architect
 Works closely with the application stakeholders to insure optimal peformance and
accessibility post migration
The successful candidate collaborates with internal teams to define and implement
solutions and lead preliminary and critical design review sessions detailing the overall
approach for performing the migrations.
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The role will require a University Degree in Computer Science, Software Development
or related discipline, preferably equivalent to a Master’s and supplemented by relevant
postgraduate qualifications, supported by relevant certificates/ diplomas. Exceptionally
extensive relevant experience may be considered if the above qualifications are not
met.
The role will need experience of project management, resource planning and change /
transition management skills with demonstrable experience in large ICT projects,
supported by project references and description of role/responsibilities/activities.
The role will require demonstrated practical and leadership experience in moving
applications and data from virtualised / non-virtualised LAN local environments to new
virtualized, centralised enterprise WAN environments in at least two projects during the
last five years, supported by project references, point of contact, and description of
role/responsibilities/activities.
The role requires demonstrated practical and leadership experience in migrating and
consolidating MS Exchange and MS SharePoint environments in at least a project
during the last five years, supported by project references, point of contact, and
description of role/responsibility/activities.
The role will require demonstrated practical and leadership experience in coordinating
transitions and changes in the international environment, supported by project
references, point of contact, and description of role/responsibilities/activities.
The role requires demonstrated practical and leadership experience in applying ITIL
release and deployment process activities supported by project references, point of
contact, and description of role/responsibilities/activities.
The person for this role shall have hands-on experience with managing MS Windows
server & clients, VMWare vSphere and/or MS Hyper-V, DHCP, DNS and Active
Directory and UNIX/Linux environments supported by project references, point of
contact, and description of role / responsibilities / activities
The role shall need demonstrated practical knowledge and experience in using the MS
Office suite, MS Project and SharePoint sites
The person in this role will need a demonstrated spoken and written fluency in English.
Desired Skills:
Experience working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
ITIL v3 Intermediate Level Certification having earned at least 12 points in the Service
Capability area
Exceptional level of skills and experience in relevant technologies
The successful candidate should have at least one or more of the following
certifications: from Microsoft, VMware, Cisco, BMC, EMC, and/or NetApp
Project Management and/or Agile Certifications
Standard Job Description:
Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk,
and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at
all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation,
operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of
customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical,
schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade
studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer
requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Typical Minimum Education & Experience:
Ideally require Bachelors degree from an accredited college. Will also consider
individuals with equivalent experience / combined education.
Considered the most senior authority in the discipline.