Required CCOE Skills and Experience

October 1, 2021

The formation of the CCOE team must be done by properly assessing the skills sets of every member selected for the team.

Below, I have detailed the specific skill sets and experience required. This can be used as the criterion for the selection of the CCOE team.

CCOE Leader

Key Experiences

Experience deploying and operating services on a public cloud framework
Familiar with service designing and pricing in the context of cloud-based solutions
Experience with working on cross-function initiatives requiring collaboration among business and technology stakeholders
Involved in deploying change leadership/management initiatives to realign how business works
Experience with technical and security architecture, database architecture, virtualization, software design, software development, IP networking, Linux, Agile development, SCRUM, application life cycle management, .NET, Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, Pig/Hive, technical solution architecture, SOA, Windows Azure, Amazon AWS.

Technical Skills
Application architecture, automation, and orchestration, governance, DevOps methodologies, Integration architecture, Outsourcing/External Hosting, Information Security

Non-Technical skills
Critical Thinking, Domain Expertise, Change leadership, Communication and Collaboration, Vendor management skills, Leadership skills

CCOE Security Architect

Key Experiences

Experience supporting security incident response activities (including detection, analysis, containment, response, and prevention procedures)
Expertise in application, infrastructure, and network security, along with penetration testing
Experience with integrating security requirements best practices into workflows and services for teams throughout the organization.
Expertise in scripting automation using Python & Bash.
Experience designing secure architectures per relevant regulatory controls (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO-27001/2, etc.)

Technical Skills
Security and Cost Governance, translating technical requirements, Object-Oriented design, Network administration, Security Configuration

Non-Technical skills
Learning agility, Teamwork, Relationship management, Influence, Creativity

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Cloud Engineer

Key Experiences

Experience in estimating usage costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms
Expertise in continuous integration and distribution pipelines to deploy applications
Experience with testing and debugging code modules
Experience with migrating applications to cloud provider networks
Experience with security response, monitoring, and auditing
Creating and testing a disaster recovery plan

Technical Skills
Quality Assurance, Automation, Information Security, DevOps methodologies, Database management, Security/Code Testing

Non-Technical skills
Leadership, Strategic Planning, Creative problem solving, Customer Centricity, Collaboration and Innovation.

Network Engineer

Technical Skills
Networking and Routing, Automation, network architecture, network security management, network security configuration, Virtualization, Analytics skills, etc

Non-Technical skills
Collaboration and communication, Strategic planning, Auditing, and Monitoring, etc

IT Financial Manager

Key Experiences

Experience ininventory costing, infrastructure auditing
Experience of costing in the cloud ecosystem
Experience in setting budgets for digital transformation projects

Technical Skills
Inventory costing, architecture, Vendor negotiation skills, etc

Non-Technical skills
Critical thinking, Leadership, Collaboration, Reporting, mathematical skills, supervisory skills, etc

There may be many more skillset screening and criteria setting as per the members you include in the team. Apart from cross-functional cloud skills, one needs to ensure that domain expertise is screened properly while selecting the CCOE team members.