Job Title: Technical Consultant (DNS migration) Duration: 6 months with possible extension Location: Remote but will need to travel to Victoria on an ad hoc basis when requested Job Description
Architects at Experience Level 1 are responsible for implementing the Chief Information Officer’s vision and strategy at the enterprise level.
Architects at this level should demonstrate in their submitted examples that they have successfully led multi-discipline analysis and design teams in support of strategic projects, and that they reported to senior executives and had individuals performing functions at a senior level reporting directly to them.
Typical deliverables are plans, strategies, architectures and policies that affect the whole organization and show how to use IM/IT in the business in an innovative way to enable business transformation.
Architects at Experience Level 1 ensure that business and IM/IT are in alignment, through the linkage of the business mission, strategy and processes of an organization to its IM/IT strategy, while establishing appropriate governance mechanisms.
DNS Migration:
Migrate existing in-house DNS services and data to a third-party application, ensuring minimal disruption to operational services.
Transition Windows DNS services for a designated set of devices into the selected third-party application.
Solaris Decommissioning:
Provide expert advice on the decommissioning process for existing Solaris servers and migration to Linux based servers.
Assess and advise on the migration or retirement of custom Perl scripts currently running on Solaris servers.
BMC Remedy to BMC Helix Migration:
Migrate custom applications (that use ARS and Perl) currently running on the BMC Remedy platform to the BMC Helix.
Offer in-depth analysis and advice on data transformation and migration strategies supporting the Remedy-to-Helix transition.
Collaborate with BMC vendors to determine appropriate data mapping, transformation strategies, and development methodologies for the Ministry's existing BMC Forms.
Thoroughly analyze existing DNS data to support planning activities, ensure data integrity, and optimize deployment sequences.
Eligibility Criteria
The Contractor must have expert knowledge and experience working with the following:
Recent 5 years experience developing and deploying complex IT services.
At least 5 years experience in building custom DNS servers and services.
At least 5 years experience in building custom DHCP servers and services.
Experience dealing with the migration of in-house DNS implementations to a third-party application (preferably Infoblox)
In-depth understanding of the DNS and DHCP data structures.
In-depth understanding of Windows DNS and its integration with other DNS services.
Recent ten years of experience scripting in Perl.
Recent five years of experience in JavaScript;
Recent ten years of experience maintaining Solaris Servers.
Experience with migration of Unix scripts in Solaris to Linux compatible scripts.
In-depth understanding of Remedy Action Request System (ARS) and development of Remedy Applications.
In-depth understanding of network devices, components, and their inter-relationships to maintain data integrity for the entire network infrastructure.
Experience working with common Province of BC tools and datasets preferred (e.g. ServiceNow and CAS)
Experience working with BMC Remedy, especially Action Request System ARS and/or Helix.
Desirable Qualification
Experience working with common Province of BC tools and datasets preferred (e.g. ServiceNow, CAS)
Using Perl, JavaScript and Rest API.
Experience with Solaris Servers
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