Senior Cloud Consultant

• Provide deep technical expertise and leadership across a range of technologies. You will be the go-to person for driving tool selection, resolving complex engineering issues, and guiding best practices during engagements.
• Lead whiteboard design sessions with internal and external team members.
• Identify and communicate technical risks as they emerge over the course of a project.
• Work closely with Principal Consultants to extract project requirements during technical discovery sessions, define deliverables to meet those requirements, and break down those deliverables into a technical roadmap.
• Lead teams of cloud engineers to execute project roadmaps. Provide guidance on technical tasks, priorities and technical assistance when needed.
• Manage scope within customer engagements. Identify changing requirements as they arise, determine their impact on scope, and ensure all stakeholders are aware and agree with the changes.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the customer, as a "Trusted Advisor". Set clear expectations, challenge assumptions, solicit feedback, and take ownership of project deliverables.
• Maintain relevant certifications on cloud technologies and stay informed of key industry trends.
• Proactively identify additional sales opportunities through the duration of the project.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise and leadership across a range of technologies. You will be the go-to person for driving tool selection, resolving complex engineering issues, and guiding best practices during engagements.
• Lead whiteboard design sessions with internal and external team members.
• Identify and communicate technical risks as they emerge over the course of a project.
• Work closely with Principal Consultants to extract project requirements during technical discovery sessions, define deliverables to meet those requirements, and break down those deliverables into a technical roadmap.
• Lead teams of cloud engineers to execute project roadmaps. Provide guidance on technical tasks, priorities and technical assistance when needed.
• Manage scope within customer engagements. Identify changing requirements as they arise, determine their impact on scope, and ensure all stakeholders are aware and agree with the changes.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the customer, as a "Trusted Advisor". Set clear expectations, challenge assumptions, solicit feedback, and take ownership of project deliverables.
• Maintain relevant certifications on cloud technologies and stay informed of key industry trends.
• Proactively identify additional sales opportunities through the duration of the project.

Required Knowledge & Experience

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• 10+ years of experience in public or private cloud environments
• 2+ years experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling (eg Terraform, CloudFormation)
• 2+ years experience in a technical leadership role (eg team lead, architect)
• 2+ years of specialized experience in one of the following
• Containerization / Cloud Native (OpenShift, Kubernetes, EKS/GKE, ECS).
• Big Data / Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Strong knowledge of foundational elements of public cloud (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
• Proficiency in source code management with Git.
• Proficiency with at least one non-shell scripting language
• Experience building CICD pipelines and a strong understanding of CICD best practices
• Strong but flexible opinions on best practices for technical operations teams.

Preferred Skills

• Expertise in Kubernetes, Cloud Networking, or Cloud Security
• Advanced certifications in one of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience assessing, refactoring, and deploying large TF codebase
• 2+ years experience in a technical leadership role (eg team lead, architect)

Contract length: 12 months