Application Decommissioning Consultant - Hybrid/Remote Working in Glasgow

Application Decommissioning Consultant
Application Decommissioning Consultant Overview
* The Application Decommissioning Consultant will lead and coordinate application decommissioning discovery activities across complex enterprise technology environments.
* Act as the end-to-end discovery lead across Application, Infrastructure, Network, Database, Security, Integration and Operations workstreams.
* The primary requirement is proven experience delivering application decommissioning, retirement, rationalisation or technology modernisation programmes.
* Take ownership of dependency discovery, decommissioning approaches, execution strategy and the development of governance and supporting documentation.
Application Decommissioning Consultant Responsibilities
* Define information requirements and assessment templates across each technical workstream.
* Develop and maintain an integrated Dependency Register.
* Define comprehensive decommissioning Runbook templates covering technical workstreams, governance approvals and backup requirements.
* Challenge and reconcile conflicting information received from different SME groups.
* Define the recommended decommissioning approach for each application.
* Identify prerequisites, dependencies, sequencing considerations and activities required for execution.
* Develop a high-level decommissioning roadmap and execution strategy.
* Review and update the Decommissioning Strategy, including governance, RACI, approval gates and success criteria.
* Produce consolidated Assessment Reports and supporting discovery deliverables.
* Develop the Decommissioning Entry Criteria Checklist.
* Facilitate technical discovery workshops across multiple SME groups.
Application Decommissioning Consultant Skills and Experience
* Proven application decommissioning, retirement, rationalisation or technology modernisation experience is essential.
* Experience of application/technology consulting, application rationalisation, transformation or IT Service Management experience.
* Strong understanding of complex enterprise application landscapes and technical dependencies.
* Experience working across Application, Infrastructure, Network, Database, Security, Integration and Operations teams.
* Strong knowledge of Java/web applications, APIs, integrations and databases.
* Understanding of batch processing, cloud infrastructure and network ...