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  • 5 experts to hire to strengthen an IT team

    5 experts to hire to strengthen an IT team

    Beyond your department’s immediate needs, it is important that you keep in mind the mid- and long-term needs of your company. As your organization’s IT leader, you must ensure that you’re building a team capable of staying aligned with the technology and business trends that are most likely to emerge in the following years. That means not only promoting continuous education among your already existing team, but also looking for new talent that will bring in those skills and ways of thinking that will future-proof it. It’s often hard to identify the right candidate or profile in all the clutter, so we at Mindquest have prepared a shortlist of experts to hire to and incorporate to strengthen an IT team if you haven’t done so yet.

    Need advice on how to start or develop your freelance consulting business in tech or IT? Need to start a new permanent or freelance assignment? Join Mindquest and get support from our team of experts.

    The top 5 experts to hire to strengthen an IT team

    A business-savvy data
    scientist

    First of the experts to hire to strengthen an IT team: the data scientist. It’s no secret that a solid data strategy is one of the key components of any respectable CIO’s digital transformation plan. Organisations all over the globe are ramping up their efforts to leverage their data in deeper, more impactful ways, from business intelligence to predictive and prescriptive analytics.

    It is no surprise, then, that the data scientist role was in the top 5 of LinkedIn’s latest emerging jobs study. According to the company, data scientist jobs have experienced a 37% hiring growth over the past three years.

    The key skills you should also look for when hiring a good data scientist include machine learning. Also data science, Python, R and Apache Spark. However, as data analysis and predictive analytics are increasingly being incorporated into the decision-making process of companies, there is a growing need for data scientists themselves to understand the business.

    A business-savvy data scientist eliminates the need for a middleman to translate data insights into business advice and transformation. Furthermore, as someone who can see both sides of the story, they can use data in more efficient and business-critical ways.

    If you don’t have such a profile in your team, consider adding it.   

    Also read our article: HR Managers: How to Assess the Technical Skills of IT Candidates

    A true AI specialist

    Often, data scientists are the ones taking over AI and machine learning duties within IT departments. Or at least being one of the main components of the AI team. That’s fine. A data scientist can, of course, become an expert in Ai through training and experience, but it’s not always the case. A true AI expert goes a bit further than the traditional data scientist, having mastered skills such as deep learning and natural language processing.

    According to the same
    LinkedIn report, the AI specialist role has experienced a 74% hiring growth in
    the last 4 years. That is because hiring a true expert in AI can result in
    great benefits across several departments and processes within the
    organisation. AI can optimize operations, help with cybersecurity, come up with
    valuable customer insights and help you communicate better with your
    stakeholders by eliminating the lower levels of customer service. But it can do
    much more. If you have yet to explore this area, we recommend that you do.

    A cloud
    cybersecurity expert

    For some time, IT leaders were after all-terrain cybersecurity experts that understood the company’s whole IT ecosystem and could deal with a wide array of cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Then, as the digital environment has grown more complex and cyber-attacks more sophisticated, that figure is no longer the ideal gatekeeper. As it happens with everything else in our economy, specialization is key.

    Then, with more and more companies moving their business-critical operations to the cloud ­­ —and with hybrid, public and private cloud models becoming more intertwined— attacks via cloud infrastructure are poised to hit a new high this year. Therefore, it is of vital importance that you look into hiring a cybersecurity expert that is exclusively dedicated to protecting your cloud real estate.

    Also read ou discover our interview: Cybersecurity Career Tips From a Ballerina Turned Pentester

    A DevOps engineer

    Moreover, a DevOps engineer is a team addition you should consider if you’re looking to optimize and speed up the software development lifecycle. With a silo-breaking mentality, DevOps engineers work to get different IT teams and processes integrated and create a workflow that’s beneficial for everybody.

    They achieve so by using
    their deep understanding of automation tools to develop digital pipelines comprising
    all stages in the production cycle — From concept and testing to deployment and
    monitoring.

    Their wholistic mindset also makes them great evangelists of DevOps philosophy across your whole team. Greater awareness of process integration and collaboration across teams can only be beneficial for everyone in the longer run.  

    Interested in DevOps profiles? Read about this expert’s DevOps career story.

    An RPA automation
    engineer

    Not to be confused with the kind of automation implemented by a DevOps specialist, RPA automation deals with processes internal to the IT team, like ticket generation, and to the overall company. An RPA expert can be of tremendous help anywhere where time-consuming, repetitive tasks can be automated.

    In conclusion, think of all the time you could save across your organization by hiring an automation engineer that would lighten your employee’s workload so that they could dedicate themselves to more productive tasks. Definitely worth it.

  • The 3 cloud specialists companies will chase

    The 3 cloud specialists companies will chase

    Let’s discover what are the 3 cloud specialists companies will chase.  

    Are you working in cloud or thinking of redirecting your career towards this rapidly expanding field? Well, you’re on the right track. About 83% of companies are expected to be in the cloud by the end of this year. That, coupled with the fact that the industry is experiencing a major skills shortage, means that greatness awaits those daring to venture into the cloudy unknown. Especially if you consider the increasing complexity of the cloud environment itself.

    Need advice on how to start or develop your freelance consulting business in tech or IT? Need to start a new permanent or freelance assignment? Join Mindquest and get support from our team of experts.

    Public, private and hybrid cloud

    In the dawn of time, there was either the public or the private cloud. Then came the hybrid cloud, a mix of both public and private cloud that takes the best of both worlds.

    Then, 2023 will be all about multi-cloud, the use of different cloud service providers to optimize business operations, lower costs and avoid vendor lock-in.  

    Top 3 – Cloud specialists companies will chase

    In a recent TechRepublic survey, over 67% of respondents said they’re currently using or planning to use services from multiple cloud vendors. If these stats hold true, the need for highly qualified cloud experts that can navigate the growing complexity will only increase.

    So, what specific roles are going to be the most sought after? Nemertes Research CIO John Burke proposes the following three.

    Cloud solution
    architect  

    Firstly, ideally involved from the beginning in the design of a cloud strategy that suits the needs of the organization, a cloud architect is the one with the big-picture perspective. This is a vital attribute when pondering the strengths and disadvantages of different cloud providers and what workloads should be assigned to each one.    

    Once the architecture
    is deployed, a cloud solution architect is responsible for monitoring its
    proper functioning and for looking into ways to optimize operations by continuously
    upgrading tools and services.

    Cloud integration
    specialist 

    Then, just to squeeze a bit more out of the architectural analogy, think of the cloud integration specialist as the construction manager. While the architect designs the building, the cloud integrator is in charge of ensuring its correct construction by managing and integrating the workflows of the many parties involved. In IT terms, that means integrating the myriad of tools, dataflows and workflows that collide in a multi-cloud environment.   

    If you prefer being down in the trenches, involved in everyday operations, this might be the right role for you.     

    Also read our article about Building the dream team for multi-cloud success

    Cloud security
    specialist 

    We’ve touched on this
    topic in other articles: when it comes to security, specialization is key. This
    is particularly true in a multi-cloud environment, where threats are especially
    difficult to detect and cauterize due to the disparities in response time and
    security tools that come from working with several vendors.

    On top of that, and as we’ve seen in our cybersecurity predictions for 2020, the vulnerabilities and sheer amounts of data of the multi-cloud are just too many and too alluring for hackers to ignore. Attackers will be doubling their attempts to breach into company systems through the cloud. They will even leverage the cloud themselves to launch more cost-effective attacks with greater frequency. Rest assured — Cloud security experts will be in high demand.           

    All in all, no matter what path you have chosen, or end up choosing in the world of cloud, this will be a land of opportunity for years to come.  

    Also read ou articles: Data security : Is your cloud data secure? and Cybersecurity Careers Overview

  • On digital IT sourcing and meeting its human half

    On digital IT sourcing and meeting its human half

    At Club Freelance, we have a priority: to constantly improve our services and processes to keep bringing more and more value to the community of IT decision-makers and consultants that we support on a daily basis. This commitment requires today more than ever greater investment in digital, something which is deeply ingrained in our vision and approach to the digital IT sourcing and placement of consultants.

    Digital IT sourcing: Our business maintains and will always maintain a human-to-human approach

    Our goal is not to
    “platformise” our activity. We believe that a successful recruitment strategy
    does not rest solely on a good match between the needs of the company and the
    skills of the candidate, but also on thoughtful interactions, strong attention
    to soft skills and a well-designed onboarding process. 

    And that is whether we
    are talking about recruiting for a permanent or for a freelance position.

    Our real added value,
    therefore, lies in the expertise of our teams. It is what allows us to build
    relationships of trust with both clients and candidates and to nurture those
    relationships through long-term support and guidance.

    Human expertise can
    be enhanced and further developed with the help of technology and digital tools

    That is why Club Freelance
    has been based since its inception on a hybrid model. We combine the very best
    that humans and digital tools have to offer to deliver high-quality, efficient
    sourcing solutions that can keep up with the complex and evolving needs of
    today’s businesses.

    Digital allows us to
    target with ever greater precision the profiles sought, to gain in efficiency
    and speed in all our processes, to better communicate with all parties involved,
    and even to improve our own knowledge of the market. All to the benefit of our clients
    and candidates.

    In short, digital
    tools offers us the opportunity to provide a richer and more personalized
    service. It is with this objective in mind that we designed our web interface.

    What does our site offer?

    A wide array of
    useful resources – for you, not just for SEO

    Support and guidance
    are at the heart of our value proposition, both for our candidate consultants and
    our recruiting clients. We are committed to providing you with the best
    resources, information and practical advice that our expertise and our own
    resources can produce.

    Our goal: to increase the
    value we bring to the table with a unique take on content that is both relevant
    and useful to you and your goals.    

    Accordingly, our new site puts much of its focus on content. Mission Control Center (MCC) is a one-stop-shop for IT career and talent acquisition advice, tech news, and in-depth analysis of industry trends – a guide for professional and business success.

    And we do not intend to stop there. Stay tuned — New content types and formats are just around the corner.

    Website features and digital IT sourcing

    Last but not least, our
    web interface comes with a host of new features to make life easier for our
    clients and candidates:

    For our community of IT consultants in search of their next gig:

    A personalised dashboard with integrated application management capabilities, allowing for the monitoring of the application process in real-time, the online management of invoicing and all other paperwork. Oh, and it also features useful statistics and a personalized calendar.

    Discover the dashboard by logging into your personal site or by setting up your account.

    For our community of IT decision-makers and recruiters

    Our community of IT decision-makers and recruiters looking for top talent will have to wait just a little bit longer. This will be the next step in our digital development and the enrichment of our service. We cannot tell you more for the moment, but rest assured – It is coming really soon, and will be packed with tons of features dedicated to businesses.

    We hope you enjoy our
    new. Please do not hesitate to send us your feedback by responding to this blog
    article or reaching out to a member of our team. Thank you for your continued
    trust, and we look forward to presenting you with the next news.

    Thomas Delfort, CEO of
    Club Freelance, and the whole team.