Migration Planning & Coordination
• Manage all cutover activities for servers in scope within the assigned move group
• Engage with PA team to confirm design sign-off status and resolve any outstanding design issues
• Mobilise the migration execution teams to develop comprehensive cutover plans
• Ensure completion of intake forms and initiation of server replication processes
• Coordinate cutover execution and post-migration hypercare activities
• Schedule and lead cutover planning and cutover sessions
Cutover Plan Management
• Review and validate cutover plans for completeness and accuracy
• Ensure alignment between technical execution plans and designs
• Track and manage cutover plan dependencies and critical path items
Stakeholder Engagement & Pre-Cutover Activities
• Engage with Sanlam business and technical teams to ensure timely completion of pre-cutover activities, including:
◦ Account vending completion
◦ Active Directory (AD) group creation
◦ Perimeter firewall requests and approvals
◦ DNS request submission and processing
◦ Other infrastructure prerequisites
• Collaborate with application teams to ensure application-specific readiness
Reporting & Risk Management
• Provide regular status reporting on move group progress, including:
◦ Migration milestones and completion metrics
◦ Server cutover status and success rates
◦ Schedule adherence and forecast
• Identify, document, and escalate risks and issues impacting the move group
• Develop and implement mitigation strategies for identified risks
• Maintain accurate risk and issue registers with appropriate ownership and action plans
• Update heatmap
• Collect sign-offs on cutover plans, cutovers and hypercare completion