Cloud Implementation Team

The cloud implementation team is responsible for migrating or directly deploying business systems to the cloud. This requires the designing and implementation of technical solutions based on a detailed survey and evaluation of the enterprise's existing IT infrastructure and business systems. The cloud architecture team is responsible for the designing part, and the cloud implementation team is responsible for the implementation part. The cloud implementation team usually consists of survey and evaluation engineers and migration implementation engineers. The following table lists their responsibilities and skill requirements. The two roles listed in the following table are temporary. After all business systems are migrated to the cloud, these roles are no longer needed. So these roles can be temporarily undertaken by engineers with relevant skills from the IT department or outsourced to professional cloud migration service providers.

**Table 1** Roles and responsibilities of a cloud implementation team
Role	Responsibility	Skill Requirements	Source
Survey and evaluation engineer	Status survey: Conduct comprehensive survey and document recording on the enterprise's existing IT infrastructure, business systems, application architecture, data storage, and security policies, including hardware configurations, software versions, dependencies, performance metrics, and security vulnerabilities. Requirement analysis: Communicate with business departments to understand their requirements and expectations for cloud transformation, such as performance improvement, cost optimization, and disaster recovery. Then, convert these requirements into specific technical indicators. Feasibility evaluation: Evaluate the feasibility of migrating existing systems to the cloud platform, including technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and risk assessment. Capacity planning: Plan the capacity of cloud resources such as compute, storage, and network bandwidth based on service requirements and future development trends. Cost estimation: Estimate the cost of cloud migration based on the pricing model of the cloud service provider and compare it with the cost of the traditional IT architecture. This can provide a basis for decision-making.	Be familiar with mainstream cloud platforms and cloud services. Have solid knowledge of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage, databases, and middleware. Be familiar with various operating systems and application software. Understand different migration policies and methods. Have experience in conducting survey and evaluation on IT infrastructure and business systems. Excel in communication and teamwork.	IT department or outsourced to a professional cloud implementation service provider
Migration implementation engineer	Migration solution implementation: Migrate and deploy business systems based on the technical solution designed by the cloud architect and the report provided by the survey and evaluation engineer, including environment setup, data migration, application deployment, and configuration adjustment. Test and verification: Perform comprehensive testing and verification on the cloud-based system to ensure that the system functions properly, the performance is stable, and the system is secure and reliable. Troubleshooting: Handle various problems and faults that occur during the implementation in a timely manner to ensure smooth implementation.	Be proficient in mainstream cloud platforms and cloud services and have relevant certification qualifications. Be familiar with various migration tools and technologies, such as data migration tools, container-based technologies, and automatic deployment tools. Be familiar with various operating systems and application software. Have solid script writing skills (such as Shell and Python) to implement automatic operations. Excel in communication and teamwork.	IT department or outsourced to a professional cloud implementation service provider