IT Infrastructure and Architecture Consultant

# IT Infrastructure and Architecture Consultant
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* IT Infrastructure and Architecture Consultant
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* July 8, 2026
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* By Roberte OkoyaMission Context: This mission is part of a comprehensive approach to analyzing and securing the information system. It aims to complement functional, data, cybersecurity, and organizational audits with an in-depth study of the technical infrastructure, the existing and target IT architecture, monitoring, and the physical security of the facilities. This mission should secure the technical roadmap, strengthen service continuity, structure transformation decisions, and provide management with a complete, realistic, and measurable framework for managing the evolution of the IT foundation. 2. Mission Objectives :
• Analyze the existing technical infrastructure and its suitability to business needs and business continuity requirements.
• Evaluate the physical security of the facilities and identify associated risks.
• Define a target physical and logical architecture consistent with the IT strategy.
• Assess the level of monitoring of systems and networks, as well as the operational management methods.
• Clarify the IT transformation roadmap and the priorities for evolving the technical foundation.
• Propose a framework for monitoring achievements, IT performance, and change management. 3. Scope of Intervention
• Audit of existing technical infrastructure and environments.
• Site visits and analysis of hosting conditions, cabling, access, and physical security.
• Review of the current physical and logical architecture.
• Definition of the target architecture and principles for the evolution of the IT foundation.
• Analysis of system and network monitoring devices.
• Identification of ad-hoc infrastructure support needs.
• Contribution to the IT strategy and the digital and security master plan. 4. Implementation Methods The mission will be conducted using a progressive approach combining document analysis, interviews, workshops, site visits, and structured feedback to stakeholders.
• Analysis of available technical and organizational documentation.
• Interviews with technical teams, IT managers, and relevant stakeholders.
• Scoping workshops to clarify the issues, constraints, priorities, and development scenarios.
• User questionnaires to gather operational needs, pain points, and expectations.
• Site visits to observe infrastructure, equipment and physical security devices.
• Interim and final reports to management, the IT department, and steering committees. 5. Expected Deliverables
• Infrastructure audit report.
• Site visit reports.
• Infrastructure and technical environment mapping.
• Physical security assessment of facilities.
• Target physical and logical architecture diagram.
• Digital maturity matrix.
• Digital and security master plan 2027-2030.
• Change management plan.
• Methodology for monitoring IT achievements and performance.
• Recommendations regarding system and network monitoring.
• Infrastructure support plan.
• Monitoring dashboard and reporting support for the CEO/Executive Committee. 6. Required Profile The consultant must have proven experience in the analysis, design, and transformation of IT infrastructures, with the ability to work on technical, organizational, and management aspects.
• Significant experience in auditing infrastructures, IT architecture, networks, systems, hosting, and complex technical environments.
• Ability to analyze an existing architecture and formalize a target physical and logical architecture.
• Sound understanding of cybersecurity, business continuity, monitoring, and physical security issues related to facilities.
• Experience in conducting interviews, facilitating workshops, and presenting findings to business units, IT departments, CEOs, and steering committees.
• Ability to produce structured, informative, and decision-oriented deliverables.
• Autonomy, methodological rigor, analytical skills, and the ability to synthesize information. 7. Expected Skills
• IT Architecture: urban planning, mapping, technical architecture, target architecture, and transformation roadmap.
• Infrastructure: servers, storage, virtualization, networks, backup, hosting, workstations, and hybrid environments.
• Monitoring and Operations: monitoring tools, system and network monitoring, availability indicators, incident management, and service continuity.
• Security: physical security of technical facilities, access control, risk management, cybersecurity principles, and operational resilience.
• Consulting and guidance: diagnosis, recommendations, roadmap, prioritization, decision support, and change management.
• Communication: ability to simplify technical topics, create presentation materials, and interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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