IT Executive Search, Recruitment Services Helps Australian Company With Successful Cloud Migration, Digitalised Operations
We helped the company hire an excellent VP of Tech Operations and a new IT team leading to successful outcomes.
Summary:
The client, an Australian aviation sector company, planned to replace multiple work management systems across offices and have in place one common enterprise-wide platform shared by all departments and offices.
The move involved the recruitment of a VP of IT Operations, a project management team, developers, and DevOps engineers. The objective of the new team was to coordinate with an external IT solutions provider and complete the project successfully.
In-house efforts lasted 7-8 months but did not result in the right-fit candidate retention during the hiring process.
The company approached Alliance Recruitment Agency for IT recruitment and executive search services. The quality of the recruitments exceeded client expectations and brought outstanding outcomes.
The Situation
The client, an Australian aviation sector company, had 30+ years of data stored in old work management systems across offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and other locations. As part of a move to transition to digitalised operations models, the client created a Cloud platform infrastructure to manage all work across locations through the enterprise-wide system.
The company planned to recruit a new team to oversee the successful management of the Cloud migration project, to be undertaken by a third-party solutions provider.
The Australian company needed an international IT recruitment partner with highly-knowledgeable and expert IT recruiters and headhunters to meet its talent needs. It chose Alliance Recruitment Agency.
Requirements:
- The company needed an in-house team to oversee the migration of a vast amount of confidential and sensitive data stored in hundreds of formats from on-premise servers to the Cloud platform in a secure, streamlined manner.
- The new IT team members to be recruited involved IT Security Analyst, IT Security Administrator, Compliance Manager, DevOps engineers, Web Developers, and Mobile Software Developers, among 20+ professionals.
- A new role – Vice President of Tech Operations – was created for overseeing the transformational movies and for monitoring IT operations through the new digital infrastructure.
Challenges
The major challenges were the following:
- Confusion About Complex Job Roles and IT Talent Identification: The in-house hiring managers and HR managers had an uphill task in identifying the right kind of roles and technical talent requirements in terms of certifications, knowledge, and expertise levels.
- Budget Constraints: TThe client had already invested a huge amount in acquiring the new infrastructure and solutions. It wanted the most affordable IT recruitment solutions.
- Pandemic Constraints: The pandemic wave had begun, and finding people to be actively involved in new ventures was a tricky job.
- Talent Shortage: Many new roles required advanced and mid-level certifications in information security. The ideal candidates were those with advanced training, experience, and academic degrees.
Recruitment Solutions And Approach
Alliance Recruitment Agency has extensive experience in IT recruitment and in tech leadership hiring. Our IT consultants leveraged this experience and deep technical knowledge to make the entire hiring procedure smooth, fast, and perfect.
We enabled the new VP recruitment and the new IT team recruitments within 45 days.
Key Facts About Our Approach
- For the VP role, we focused on technology leaders with extensive experience in overseeing Cloud migration and digitalised operations models using platforms similar to the one the client was using, in addition to a strong background in the aviation industry.
- Most VP candidates were reluctant to move around offices and work on-site – so we suggested a hybrid and interim hiring model.
- The new VP was hired through a 5-step virtual screening procedure, which included paid consultations, in-depth technical interviews, and presentation sessions of possible solutions.
- The new VP had his own home office and preferred a hiring model that allowed flexible remote working due to the constraints during the pandemic wave, and the hybrid model facilitated the preference.
- For tech recruitment for the new IT team, we conducted a detailed consultation with hiring managers and shared our expertise to help them map roles with talent.
- We suggested cost-effective contractual hiring models that allowed flexible remote working; we focused on highly-qualified international talent in Australia looking for better job opportunities through extended work permits.
- Guidance to the client – to add an external expert in the interview panel for technical interviews and assessment/test selection for various roles
- Enabled end-to-end virtual recruitment processes to complete interviews, offer management, and onboarding through our online digital tools
Outcomes for the Client
1. Positions were filled within 45+ days despite all the constraints and challenges – time, budget, pandemic, and local talent shortage.
2. 30 candidates were sourced within 21 days, out of which 24 cleared all tests and technical interviews with good scores, and positions were closed within 35 days.
3. The client got an outstanding VP of Tech Operations who successfully led the migration projects and change management initiatives. From an interim role, he was offered a permanent role within 6 months of recruitment.
About Alliance Recruitment Agency
We are a wide network of recruitment and executive search teams offering a range of recruitment solutions worldwide.
Our ability to source highly specialised candidates within a short period of time is one of our key strengths. Our extensive recruitment experience also makes us an affordable recruitment partner, as we are able to get a lot done with less time, investment, and hassles.