BA - Data Center

Apex Systems • Skokie, IL • 1h ago

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Job Description:

Business Analyst Data Center

Role Title:Business Analyst Data Center

Location:Remote

Engagement:Contract through end of year

Domain:Data center consolidation, colocation migration, infrastructure / applications (healthcare environment)

Role Overview

This Business Analyst will focus on the data center consolidation and colocation migration program, with an immediate goal to plan and support the decommissioning of three data centers by year-end.

The role centers on:

Understanding what applications and servers are in each data center

Determining what it will take (technically and organizationally) to

move them into colocation sites or other destinations

Identifying re-IP challenges, hard-coded IPs, and

application-specific constraints

Driving structured engagement with application teams and vendors so

infrastructure can execute with clear requirements

Key Responsibilities

1.Data center inventory and scoping

Work from existing inventories of servers and applications for:

The two Swedish data centers

The one Plainfield data center

Validate what exists in each location:

Servers, applications, OS versions, IP ranges

Application ownership and vendor relationships

Confirm and refine inventories to ensure leadership has an accurate

and actionable picture of what must be moved, upgraded, or left in place.

Application and vendor discovery for colocation moves

For each application / system in scope:

Engage application owners and vendors to understand:
- Whether the application can be moved as-is
Whether it can tolerate re-IP or has hard-coded IP addresses

What steps, environmental changes, or downtime windows are

required

Identify cases where:
- A new environment must be built (e.g., due to vendor
requirements)

Vendor or FDA-related constraints limit upgrade/migration

options

Document how each application can be moved and what dependencies

exist.
Analyze level of effort and requirements

Translate discovery into clear, structured requirements for each

application/data center component, such as:

Level of effort to move

Need for vendor involvement

Downtime / cutover strategy

Whether an in-place move is possible or whether an intermediate

location is required

Differentiate between:

Short-term colocation move requirements

Overlapping life cycle considerations
Planning inputs for data center decommissioning

Provide the program with:

A prioritized list of applications/servers per data center

A view of which systems can move, which require exceptions, and

which may need intermediate solutions if they cannot move by deadline.

Help leadership ensure that:

If something remains in a data center after closure date, it is

due to an explicit, documented decision, not lack of visibility or planning.
Documentation and ongoing tracking

Create structured documentation and tracking mechanisms that:

Show the state of each application in relation to the data

center consolidation goals.

Can be used as a living document as the program evolves.

Build dashboards / status reports that:

Show progress toward decommissioning each data center

Highlight blocked items, owners, and escalations

Support communication up to CIO/CTO level.
Stakeholder engagement and escalation

Work closely with:

Infrastructure and data center engineers

Application teams across multiple entities

Vendors

Ensure consistent follow-through:

Schedule and facilitate meetings between app owners and tech

owners when needed.

Track responses, non-responses, and missed commitments.

Required Experience & Skills

Core experience

Experience as a Business Analyst on infrastructure / data center / migrationoriented initiatives.

Proven track record wo

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