Location: Montreal or Toronto (Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite per week, with occasional travel between cities)
Language: Bilingual in English and French, written and spoken
Duration: 6-month contract, with two potential 3-month extensions
Background Check Requirement: Successful candidate may be subject to background verification
About the Opportunity
Our client in the media and broadcasting sector is seeking a Senior Enterprise Virtualization Strategy Consultant to lead a structured enterprise study and hands-on Proof of Concept to evaluate future-state virtualization platforms. This is a high-impact advisory engagement focused on helping executive leadership make informed, strategic decisions about infrastructure direction, operating models, and long-term cost structure.
You will work closely with enterprise architects, infrastructure teams, security stakeholders, and executive sponsors to assess the current environment, define evaluation criteria, and lead a comparative platform analysis. This role is ideal for a senior consultant who thrives in complex, regulated environments and can confidently bridge technical depth with executive-level communication.
What’s In It for You
This engagement offers the opportunity to influence enterprise technology strategy at a national scale. You will play a visible role in shaping long-term architectural direction while maintaining vendor neutrality and independence.
The team values thoughtful analysis, structured governance, and collaborative leadership. You will have the autonomy to design the approach, facilitate key workshops, and deliver executive-ready recommendations that directly inform strategic investment decisions.
Your Responsibilities
You’ll lead a comprehensive current-state assessment of enterprise virtualization environments, tooling, operations, and maturity.
In this role, you’ll define structured evaluation criteria aligned with technical, security, operational, and business requirements.
You’ll design and oversee a hands-on Proof of Concept, validating performance, scalability, resilience, and operational readiness.
You’ll facilitate stakeholder workshops to align on success metrics and decision frameworks.
You’ll deliver comparative platform analysis, including cost models, licensing considerations, vendor viability, and ecosystem maturity.
You’ll develop a future-state architecture and phased roadmap, outlining migration considerations and governance impacts.
You’ll provide regular status reporting and steering committee updates at key milestones.
Skills and Qualifications
10+ years of enterprise infrastructure and virtualization experience within complex environments.
Deep expertise across enterprise-grade platforms such as VMware, KVM-based solutions, Hyper-V, and Kubernetes or container platforms.
Demonstrated experience leading structured enterprise studies and Proof of Concept initiatives.
Strong understanding of hybrid and on-prem infrastructure architectures.
Proven ability to conduct platform evaluations, including licensing models, scalability, resilience, and operational complexity.
Experience facilitating executive and technical workshops in both English and French.
Strong documentation skills with the ability to translate technical findings into clear, evidence-based recommendations.
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