Infrastructure Management
Infrastructure Management (IM) is the management of essential operation components, such as policies, processes, equipment, data, human resources and external contacts for overall effectiveness.
Globe One recognises the importance of this and have actively worked within the Infrastructure Management domain for some time, assisting companies in finding the right contractor (project based) or permanent member of staff for ongoing infrastructure projects.
Although Infrastructure Management can be divided into 3 main categories: System Management, Network Management & Storage Management, the skill sets required on a company by company basis can change dramatically.
Recent examples of roles we have worked on for our clients including the skill-sets are shown below:-
IT Specialist Consultant
Technical Skills
-Windows 2003 and/or UNIX variants, RBDMS, networking (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP)
-programming and scripting ability
Personal Skills
-Ability to work to deadlines
-Customer facing
-Ability to learn new technologies
Enterprise Consultant
Technical Skills
-AIX accredited, FSP setup, TCP/IP routing & DNS & security configuration
Personal Skills
-Project delivery, documentation, client facing
Technical Architect
Technical Understanding
-Open systems (UNIX/LINUX), enterprise databases, middleware
Management Skills
-Analysis and design of large, complex, high performance, high availability and scalable enterprise applications
-Proficiency with design and infrastructure management methodologies and processes
Personal Skills
-Strategic understanding, ability to influence, business acumen, decision maker
The roles shown above as examples are not the full job description we received, merely an indication of the style of IM role the client gave us. They show the typical kind of skill-set required by some of our clients within the IM domain.
Additional roles we have worked include, but are by no means restricted to, the following vendors: Hewlett-Packard, Citrix, IBM, Microsoft & SecureWave.
