CallCenterNinjaWorking closely with our clients, Cloud Solution Architects design, build, and implement strategies that significantly enhance business performance. By developing specialized expertise in strategic, industry, functional, technical, and cloud-centric domains, they navigate a diverse project environment offering vast opportunities for career growth.
The opportunity to impact exciting client initiatives is boundless in the constantly evolving business landscape.
Here are just a few of your day-to-day responsibilities.
Identifying, assessing, and solving complex business problems within the cloud computing domain, requiring an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
Performing security design reviews to assess the implications of introducing new or differing technologies, particularly within cloud environments.
Gaining experience in cloud process automation and standardization to enhance operational efficiency and security posture.
Leading the identification of a client’s high-level business needs and creating detailed functional specs and documentation, including requirement traceability matrices, work-flow diagrams, and use-cases, tailored for cloud solutions.
Designing new business processes based on customer requirements, conducting user review sessions, and running stakeholder agreement meetings, applying thought leadership in cloud transformation.
Driving enterprise business, application, and integration architecture with a focus on cloud solutions, facilitating the transition to modern, cloud-based environments.
Enabling architecture transformation, illustrating and guiding the journey from the current state to a “to-be” enterprise environment optimized for cloud technologies.
Architecting solutions in key public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, ensuring the design and implementation support the strategic business goals.
Implementing programs/interventions that prepare the organization for the adoption of new business processes within a cloud-first approach.
Participating in client presentations & orals for proposal defense, effectively communicating the benefits and strategies of cloud adoption.
Deepening understanding of public cloud vendor cost models and best practices in cost optimization and financial operations(FinOps) within cloud deployments.
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. Essential for foundational knowledge in technology and its practical applications.
While not required, an MBA from a prestigious institution is preferred, particularly with a concentration in Technology Management, Information Systems, or a related area, to enhance business and technology alignment skills.
Minimum of 4-7 years large scale consulting experience in roles that have demanded deep involvement in cloud computing architectures, solution architecture, DevOps practices, and integration strategies. This should include experience managing teams and projects within a consulting framework or innovative tech companies, demonstrating a capability to lead in dynamic, technology-driven environments.
Experience:
Cloud Assessment: Proven experience in conducting cloud readiness and maturity assessments, evaluating cloud solutions/platforms, and planning application migrations. Ability to design cloud operating models, develop business cases, and perform TCO and vendor evaluations effectively.
Cloud Architecture: Demonstrated ability in evaluating various cloud providers to design optimum cloud architectures that meet business requirements. Experience in developing and reviewing cloud reference architectures, defining target state architectures for both public and private clouds, and building microservices on cloud platforms including domain-driven design and containerization.
Cloud Migration: Extensive experience in planning and managing cloud migrations, validating application dependencies, and coordinating across different stakeholders. Ability to deliver cloud migration roadmaps and manage execution from a project management perspective, with a deep understanding of cloud migration patterns such as Re-host, Re-platform, and Re-factor.
Cloud Native: Experience in cloud-native application development, including design, architecture, and integration considerations. Proficiency in DevOps practices and data integration across and within cloud platforms.
Cloud Deployment: Expertise in hybrid cloud architecture design, integration, and security.
Familiarity with major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), virtualization platforms (e.g., VMWare, Hyper-V), and deployment architectures for SaaS/PaaS (e.g., Salesforce, SAP).
Knowledge of DevOps and Agile methodologies, cloud management platforms (e.g., vRealize, Gravitant), and infrastructure provisioning and management tools (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
Professional Certifications: Cloud architect certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are highly preferred, showcasing expertise in cloud platform architecture.
Client Engagement: Experience in working with large clients in the US and UK&I regions is preferred, demonstrating the ability to manage complex client relationships and deliverables.
Technical Proficiency: Deep understanding of the end-to-end infrastructure on cloud (storage, compute services, databases/warehousing, workspaces), ETL operations, data cataloging, data access management, governance, security, and the management of API/Microservices platforms.
Strong desire to work in technology-driven business transformation
Strong knowledge of technology trends across IT and digital
Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
Team oriented and collaborative working style
Capacity to develop high impact thought leadership
Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships
Proven track record in working creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
Proven track record to quickly understand the key value drivers of a business
Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements
Qualifications:
Graduation degree in Technology based subject or Engineering with strong academic background
Certified on DAMA (Data Management) or Azure Data Architecture or Google Cloud Data Analytics or AWS Data Analytics
Experience:
Experience in large-scale consulting experience and/or working with hi tech companies in data architecture, data governance, information security and information management.
We are looking for experienced professionals with information strategy, data architecture, data on cloud, data modernization, data operating model and data security experience across all stages of the innovation spectrum, with a remit to build the future in real-time.
The candidate should have practical industry expertise in one of these areas - Financial Services, Retail, consumer goods, Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Transportation, Hospitality, Automotive/Industrial, Mining and Resources.
The right candidate should have competency and skills aligned to one or more of these archetypes -
Data SME - Experience in deal shaping & strong presentation skills, leading proposal experience, customer orals; technical understanding of data platforms, data on cloud strategy, data strategy, data operating model, change management of data transformation programs, data modeling skills.
Data on Cloud Architect - Technical understanding of data platform strategy for data on cloud migrations, big data technologies, experience in architecting large scale data lake and DW on cloud solutions. Experience one or more technologies in this space: AWS, Azure, GCP, AliCloud, Snowflake, Hadoop, Cloudera
Data Strategy - Data Capability Maturity Assessment, Data & Analytics / AI Strategy, Data Operating Model & Governance, Data Hub Enablement, Data on Cloud Strategy, Data Architecture Strategy
Data Transformation Lead - Understanding of data supply chain and data platforms on cloud, experience in conducting alignment workshops, building value realization framework for data transformations, program management experience
Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills - ability to convey technology and business value propositions to senior stakeholders
Capacity to develop high impact thought leadership that articulates a forward-thinking view of the market
Other desired skills -
Strong desire to work in technology-driven business transformation
Strong knowledge of technology trends across IT and digital and how they can be applied to companies to address real world problems and opportunities.
Comfort conveying both high-level and detailed information, adjusting the way ideas are presented to better address varying social styles and audiences.
Leading proof of concept and/or pilot implementations and defining the plan to scale implementations across multiple technology domains
Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements