[Sponsored by Japan MSP Association] A competition will be held to compete the skills of infrastructure engineers

This is Haraoka from Beyond.

This time we will be talking about "MSPJ Migration Competition 2018 in Winter", a competition for the skills of infrastructure engineers.

The other day, Beyond became a regular member of the Japan MSP Association.

We have become a regular member of the Japan MSP Association.

What is MSP Association?

MSP is a company that undertakes operations, monitoring, and maintenance of servers and networks owned by companies. Regularly check whether the system is in a state where it can provide services appropriately, and a problem is discovered. In addition, some MSPs also provide services that monitor system loads and notify customers, which can be used as a reference for additional investment. those provided data center operators their hosting services and those that are independent services that do not provide hosting MSPs guarantee service levels to customers in the form of utilization rates

Source: IT Glossary

To begin with, what an MSP is is the job of ensuring that servers are operating properly.
The Japan MSP Association is an organization that carries out activities such as improving the operational technology of IT infrastructure such as servers, and discovering and training human resources.

Organization name: Japan MSP Association
Establishment: November 1, 2014
URL: http://mspj.jp/

Activities of MSP Association

The Japan MSP Association's activities include school visits and infrastructure study sessions.

[School visit] Visited Future University Hakodate (20171018)

[Event Announcement] Fukuoka Infrastructure Study Session will be held

One of the main activities of the association is hosting a competition called the Migration Competition.
This is a competition to compete in operational technology to foster young infrastructure engineers.
Various hackathons are held all over the country for program development, but
meetings aimed at networking and technology exchange among infrastructure engineers are extremely valuable.

Migration Competition 2017 Overview

This time's topic is

We are migrating a certain e-commerce site.

Theme: I want to migrate my current system to a new environment.

[Something requested]
I would like to completely migrate the current environment to the new environment.
I would like a report on the implementation details and results.
When the system is shut down, we need to notify users, so we would like to hear from you.
It's an old environment that I've been using for a long time, so I'd like it to be updated.
If possible, I would like to switch so that it does not affect users.
I would appreciate it if you could have some information about the server.
If possible, I would like to be able to take backups since I don't have any backups at the moment.If
possible, I would like to make the system redundant as the number of users will increase in the future.
If possible, I would be happy if the necessary information for handing over to a new infrastructure engineer is compiled.

[Comment from the person in charge]
There have been a lot of organizational changes and there is no longer anyone who understands the system.
I've been using it for quite some time, so I thought it would be a good time to refresh it.
Business on the site continues, so I would be happy if the impact on users is as minimal as possible.
Oh yeah, a new infrastructure engineer is scheduled to join the company soon, so I'd be happy if that person could take over the job.
Actually, I want to do a lot of NOW-like things and make it feel good.

This is the content.
It seems very rewarding.
It looks really interesting, but there is an age limit for participation and only people under 30 can participate.

At our company, three young employees participated last year.

We participated in "Migration Competition 2017"!

In the end, they didn't win any prizes, but they were able to gain valuable experience and it seems to have been quite stimulating. Three young employees are planning to participate this year, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the results will be.

How to apply

Even if you do not belong to a member company of the Japan MSP Association, you can participate if you are under 30 years old on the day of the event, so
if you are an infrastructure engineer, why not consider participating?

We are accepting applications below, so please join us! !
[conpass] MSPJ Migration Competition Application