Oracle Stack Hosting and Maintenance Architect - REMOTE - UN-agency-client - EN-speaking

We are looking for one "remote Oracle Stack Hosting and Maintenance Consultant" to start ASAP an initial 8-week contract (extensions possible) for an international Org' - client in ROME, where 100% REMOTE work is possible. Possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability. English speaking environment. Please note, this project requires candidates who have LEASE administration expertise.

• Our client is an international organisation in Rome and a great reference in any CV!
• On-Site in Rome would be great, but up to 100% Off-site/Off-shore is possible.
• A competitive rate will increase chances to be selected.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Through interviews with the current 3rd party host, establish all the components that are currently hosted for and how they are hostedwhether on standalone or shared.
2. The vendor should provide alternatives to the current state for both hosting and maintenance.
3. Include a cost analysis based on the information from the Review phase include a cost analysis based on the information from the Review phase.
4. Knowledge of PeopleSoft tables and Postgres database would be a distinct advantage
5. Knowledge of Oracle BI Server

Skills

• Databases: Oracle 19c, PostreSQL
• Reporting tools: Oracle Analytics Server 6.4, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), BI Publisher 12c
• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
• Middleware tools: Oracle Data Integrator 12c, Oracle Golden Gate 12c.
• Strong Communication

SOME MORE Technical Context

UN-CLIENT runs the following Oracle enterprise solutions:

- Peoplesoft HCM

- Peoplesoft Financials

- Flexcube

- Oracle Data warehouse

- Oracle Business Intelligence

All applications are on-premise versions. All applications are hosted by a third party in their data centres. The third party currently provides support and maintenance for the hardware, OS and database level. Some application support is provided for specific components.

The Oracle applications are highly integrated with each other. Oracle data warehouse is highly integrated with other applications non-Oracle products, both on the cloud and in UN-CLIENT's data centre. There are integrations from Peoplesoft to third party applications.

Tasks

Under the general supervision and technical coordination of the ICT Management, the consultant will:

1. Review and document of the current Oracle environment as well as the hosting and management services. This review will not assess the quality of the service but merely document what is hosted and how its managed. The document should provide details of the technical architecture, infrastructure and applications and outline the scope of support and maintenance.
2. Propose alternatives for hosting and management. The alternatives should be documented with cost estimates.

Detailedtasksdescription

1. Review of the current state

Through interviews with the current 3rd party host, establish all the components that are currently hosted for UN-CLIENT, how they are hosted - whether on standalone or shared infrastructure and all the layers of the environment from hardware to software, including description of physical and virtual infrastructure components (Servers, storage, memories) and application dependencies and middle-ware components. In also speaking with UN-CLIENT stakeholders, the integration points from the third part to UN-CLIENT systems should be clearly understood. This information should be clearly documented as the as-is situation.

1. Proposal for future state

The consultant should provide alternatives to the current state for both hosting and maintenance. The proposal can have 1 alternative or several. All options can be considered if they include a cost analysis based on the information from the Review phase. Options may include moving to alternative third parties or cloud environments. UN-CLIENT currently has a fully managed service and all services currently provided must be covered in alternative proposals.

In addition, the consultant should provide a high-level migration/implementation roadmap for the recommended option(s), including estimated costs (one-time costs for migration and annual operating costs of the future state), timelines, resource requirements (for migration and for operations post migration), and risk mitigation strategies.

Required experience:

• Demonstrable experience of carrying out a similar exercise of other large corporate clients, including assessment of an IT environment, commercial or similar proposals for hosting of Oracle solutions for third parties.
• Oracle partner would be an advantage
• Experience of hosting and managing Oracle enterprise solutions for third parties would be an advantage.

AWARD & OTHERS

• The applicants attention is drawn to the important role that the curriculum vitae plays in the evaluation.
• Curriculum vitae shall illustrate the specific skills relevant to this request.
• We would like to receive CVs of suitable candidates together with pricing quotations, based on a daily net rate.
• Please apply when you are available immediately or on short notice (and Full-time).
• Please respect, that I am NOT working with agencies/companies.

PROVIDER

infom consulting is an owner-managed business and consulting firm in Germany. The company supports large corporations and larger SMEs across Europe. Our IT experts are realising projects for the European Institutions, United Nations agencies, International Organisations and multinational companies across the EU.

TO DO - QUESTIONS

1. INTRO': Can you please provide a 3-4 sentences summary how you fit It's a kind of Intro' to be used for your presentation to the UN-client, which will help a lot.
2. RATE(S): Can you tell me your daily rate (all in) in Euro, please? 100% OFF-site work will be possible.
3. CV: Can you send your CV in DOC-format highlighting the specific skills relevant to this request, please?
4. Can you tell me your availability (or notice period), please? We need one single key-consultant, who needs to be available full-time, 8 hrs per working day, Mon-Fri, 40 hrs/week, to work with team.