The primary goal of this consultancy will be to design a cloud infrastructure for NBI that is flexible
such that our current technology services are transitioned from the numerous propriety systems
and on-premises infrastructure to a more scalable and durable cloud system. Secondly, put in place
a structure that allows for the quick deployment of systems and services that are being developed
and those likely to be developed in future.
• Future proof our IT investment with systems that will meet the test of time in terms of security, upgrades with latest features, patches, and enhancements.
• Gain efficiency and reliability from tried and tested systems while at the same time reducing
management overheads.
• Navigate complex ICT environments by leveraging hundreds of tools services spanning
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) & Software as a Service (SaaS)
by only getting what is required at the right time.
• Improve availability, reliability, and access of systems all over the world.
3. Scope of the assignment
In summary the assignment will involve the following key activities
• Strategy definition
• Planning and discovery
• Migration roadmap and action plan
• Design a new cloud architecture.
Key Action Point
Strategy Definition
Align system development with Organizational aspiration, set ups and
possible future disruptions
Planning & Discovery
Discover & Document existing systems.
2. Assess baseline requirements and needs for near future (2-5 years)
3. Create desired business case (s)
4. Prioritize systems & create desired matrix.
5. Optimize based on cost and benefit.
6. Propose a migration roadmap and action plan
Design a new cloud architecture
Design a scalable architecture for NBI, that encompasses existing proprietary cloud resources, on-premises applications, and possible future systems, such as web apps, containerized services, and possible hybrid systems.
2. Design a scalable system such as VMs, Storage, Database, Web apps and other systems in a the most optimum way possible (maximizing performance and minimizing cost of operation) giving special attention to IKP
Design access and management of resources taking into consideration the multi locational and exclusivity nature of NBI centers.
4. Design migration plan for existing proprietary services as well as transitional plan for migration on-premises applications.
5. Plan for implementation of Hybrid Systems
6. Provide effective business continuity solutions such as backup & restoration systems, co-location & load balancing, QOS etc.
7. Management and synergizing Azure infra with existing SaaS such as M365, on-premises SharePoint solutions and on-premises MS Dynamics NAV
8. Scalability Plan
9. Sustainability plan
10. Identify and document training needs for various infrastructure managers, prior to migration, and in the 2–5-year time horizon
Deliverables
Inception report
Prepare a report containing a description of the adopted methodology, assessment of existing
cloud and in premises IT infrastructure, detailed project plan and methodology on how Microsoft
Azure Cloud Services will be implemented.
Draft report
Prepare a report containing detailed functional specification and technical specification and design document and plan for duplicated Microsoft services, software’s, systems, and applications, a migration plan based on current or near current workloads. This should include plan for managing services such as existing M365 tenant, a detailed migration plan of users, computers, databases, repositories, APIs, and other devices where necessary, a detailed methodology of testing the solutions before being implemented in the production environment, user training requirements, a detailed Support and Maintenance Plan, estimates and projection of required resources
based on suggested use cases.
Final report
Prepare and final report by incorporating the feedback from the client.
Management and supervision
The consultant shall sign a contract with the NBI Secretariat. The contract shall be a lump-sum
contract where payment shall be upon submission of acceptable deliverables (see deliverables list
and payment schedule above). Nile-SEC shall be responsible for the technical oversight. The
Consultant shall work closely with the IT Officer of Nile-SEC under and the Information Systems
Specialist who will be overall contract manager. Consultations will also be made with the ICT focal
points at NELSAP-CU & ENTRO.
The consultant shall work from his/her home venue and will remotely interact with the relevant
staff.
6. Level of Effort
The level of effort is 9 man-days spread over a period of two calendar months.
7. Qualification requirements/specialized knowledge/experience required.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Engineering, or related area.
• Certification: Azure Solutions Architect is a must and DevOps Engineer, Azure Security Engineer or Azure Data Engineer are an added advantage
• Should demonstrate relevant work experience and skills designing and maintaining cloud solutions and their associated IaaS or PaaS. With good understanding on the network, security, and cost implications- Should show evidence of directly implementing 3 cloud projects in the last 5 years (two must be in Azure)
• Modern Authentication: Good knowledge and use of modern authentication mechanisms such as oAuth2, Kerberos
• Understand the concept of Kubernetes containerization, including migration of applications.
• APIs: Good use of RESTful pattern and HTTP Protocol, APIM, Swagger
• Automated Testing: Hands on experience on Automated Test tools
• Monitoring: Azure Monitoring
• Understand the use of project planning & management tools & communication during implementation
