Senior Enterprise Virtualization Strategy AdvisorTEEMA • Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Senior Enterprise Virtualization Strategy Advisor
TEEMA
- Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Montreal, Québec, Canada
Über
Location of the mandate: Montreal or Toronto
Length of the mandate: Sept 25, 2026
Hours per week: 40
Language Requirements: Bilingual
Job Description
Context
As part of an enterprise-wide virtualization study including real Proofs of Concept (POCs), the client is seeking a senior advisor with a profile that sits between an architect, a hands-on operational engineer, and a trusted advisor.
Tasks
• Lead an exploratory approach and assess the current state of the enterprise infrastructure, integrations, tools, activities, and skills to identify gaps, risks, and constraints.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to define functional and non-functional requirements and establish clear success criteria for the study and proof of concept.
• Identify and evaluate shortlisted enterprise platforms using a harmonized framework considering technical compatibility, architecture, licensing and costs, vendor viability, and ecosystem maturity.
• Design and oversee a structured proof of concept to validate performance, availability, security, data protection, observability, and operational readiness, while tracking risks and dependencies.
• Analyze proof of concept results, provide comparative assessments, recommend a platform, present key pros and cons and risks, provide cost insights, and explain organizational impacts.
• Develop a phased roadmap for implementing the future architecture, including migration approach, prerequisites, dependencies, long-term governance, and operational considerations.
Requirements
• 20 years of IT experience
• 10 years of architecture experience specializing in virtualization
• Participation in multiple virtualization solution selections, studies, and proof of concepts (e.g., VMware, KVM-based platforms, Hyper-V, Kubernetes/container platforms)
• Experience making technical recommendations in transformation contexts
• Experience as a technical project lead
Bilingual: French 5/5 and English 4/5, or vice versa
Job Description
Requesting Team: Architecture and Strategic Development (ADS) – Technologies and Infrastructure (T&I)
Project Requirements
Project Description
The objective of this mandate is to retain the services of an independent consultant who will oversee and manage a structured study, including a hands-on proof of concept, to evaluate enterprise virtualization platform options. The study will support an informed strategic decision regarding architecture, operating model, cost structure, and associated risks for a future platform.
This is strictly an advisory and assessment mandate and does not constitute a commitment to acquire or implement any specific technology.
Key Project Objectives
Ensure that the study and proof of concept produce clear, objective, and measurable outcomes, including:
• Assess the current virtualization environment, architecture, tools, and operational maturity.
• Establish evaluation criteria aligned with business, technical, operational, and security requirements.
• Design and manage a structured proof of concept to validate shortlisted platforms.
• Compare options based on cost, performance, scalability, resilience, security, and operational complexity.
• Provide leadership with fact-based recommendations and a roadmap for the future solution.
Services
• Conduct exploratory analysis and current-state assessment of enterprise infrastructure, integrations, tools, activities, and skills.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to define functional and non-functional requirements and success criteria.
• Identify and evaluate enterprise platforms using a harmonized evaluation framework.
• Design and oversee a structured proof of concept validating performance, availability, security, data protection, observability, and operational readiness.
• Analyze POC results and provide comparative assessments and final recommendation.
• Develop a phased roadmap for future architecture implementation.
Deliverables
• Current state assessment report
• Requirements and evaluation criteria document
• Proof of concept plan (scope, architecture, success metrics, timeline)
• Periodic POC execution reports
• Platform evaluation and comparative analysis
• Final recommendation report
• Executive summary
• High-level roadmap and target architecture
All deliverables must be suitable for executive leadership and technical audiences.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead overall governance of the study and proof of concept
• Provide independent and objective advisory services
• Facilitate workshops and coordinate stakeholders
• Produce high-quality documentation and recommendations
• Hold weekly or bi-weekly milestone meetings
• Provide regular project updates including risks, issues, and required decisions
• Report key milestones to the steering committee
Service Requirements – Desired Profile
Technical Competencies
• Strong expertise in enterprise virtualization platforms and architectures (VMware, KVM-based platforms, Hyper-V, Kubernetes/container platforms)
• Strong understanding of on-premises and hybrid infrastructures
• Experience designing and overseeing proofs of concept
• Knowledge of observability and operational tools (monitoring, logging, alerting, automation)
• Proven ability to perform current-state assessments and maturity analyses
• Experience defining functional and non-functional requirements
• Strong ability to evaluate platforms and conduct comparative analysis including:
• Licensing and cost models
• Vendor roadmaps and ecosystem maturity
• Scalability, resilience, and operational complexity
• Ability to develop target architectures and phased roadmaps
• Experience with total cost of ownership analysis and high-level cost-benefit assessments
Leadership and Communication
• Proven experience leading multi-stakeholder studies and proofs of concept
• Strong project discipline and governance
• Ability to coordinate internal teams and external vendors while maintaining vendor neutrality
• Experience facilitating technical and executive workshops
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to produce clear, high-quality documentation
• Ability to translate technical findings into evidence-based recommendations
• Experience in large, complex, regulated enterprise environments
All candidates retained for an internal process will be interviewed by Cofomo via phone or Teams. Please provide email address and phone number.
All candidates submitted by our SUPPLIER must have agreed in writing to work directly with Cofomo. The Right to Represent (RTR) form must be included in the submission.
Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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