The cloud governance team identifies risks in the enterprise cloud transformation, and develops and implements effective governance frameworks, policies, and processes. The purpose is to minimize risks and maximize business benefits of cloud transformation. The cloud governance team usually consists of cloud governance experts, auditors, and cloud trainers. The following table lists their responsibilities and skill requirements.
Table 1 Roles and responsibilities of a cloud governance team
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Role |
Responsibility |
Skill Requirements |
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Cloud governance expert |
- Identify and evaluate various risks in cloud transformation and develop mitigation measures.
- Develop and maintain the cloud governance framework, including policies, standards, processes, and guidelines. Promote the implementation and execution of cloud governance best practices.
- Ensure that cloud governance policies are aligned with business objectives.
- Continuously optimize the cloud governance framework to adapt to changing business needs and technology trends.
- Monitor the compliance and security of the cloud environment.
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- Have an in-depth understanding of cloud architecture, cloud security, and cloud cost optimization.
- Be familiar with cloud services and best practices of mainstream cloud platforms.
- Have extensive experience in risk management, compliance management, and IT governance.
- Have excellent cross-department communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
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IT department |
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Public service administrator |
- Identify public IT services and resources required by each business unit, such as NTP servers, AD servers, self-built DNS servers, OBS buckets, and container image libraries, or PaaS services such as CodeArts.
- Deploy and maintain these public IT services and share them with all business units in the enterprise.
- Ensure that public IT services run securely and smoothly.
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- Be familiar with IaaS and PaaS services of mainstream cloud platforms and be able to deploy these services.
- Be familiar with technical solutions for resource sharing on cloud platforms, such as network-based sharing, resource permission policy-based sharing, and Huawei Cloud Resource Access Manager (RAM).
- Have good cross-department communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
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IT department |
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Auditor |
- Regularly audit the cloud environment to evaluate whether it complies with related regulations, standards, and best practices.
- Identify security vulnerabilities and compliance risks in the cloud environment.
- Write audit reports and provide improvement suggestions.
- Work with cloud governance experts and related teams to resolve identified risks.
- Track and monitor the implementation of improvement measures.
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- Be familiar with cloud security, compliance audit, and risk assessment methods.
- Be familiar with related regulations and standards, such as DJCP 2.0 and ISO 27001.
- Be able to analyze data and write reports.
- Have good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Have basic knowledge of cloud technologies.
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IT department |
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Cloud trainer |
- Develop and deliver cloud computing training courses covering cloud infrastructure, cloud architecture design, cloud O&M, and cloud security.
- Promote best practices of cloud adoption journey to reduce cloud migration risks.
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- Have solid cloud technology knowledge and practical experience.
- Have excellent teaching and communication skills to clearly convey complex cloud technology concepts to others.
- Be familiar with different training methods and tools.
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Outsourced to a cloud service provider |
