Job Description:
Infosys Consulting is currently seeking a Senior Consultant Cloud Architect for their CIO Advisory practice.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5+ years of experience in the management consulting industry. Candidate must be an experienced Cloud practitioner, with experience delivering IT and Cloud based strategies for clients across multiple Cloud solutions. Candidates must be comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization develop Cloud solutions to foster business values and to achieve organizational outcomes. Candidate must have evolved facilitation skills and be comfortable in mentoring, training and/or offering professional advisory services. This is a highly visible role with exposure to a wide range of stakeholders, which will require a combination of core technical skills and soft people skills to have success.
- Possess a good understanding of the major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) for comparative analysis and advisory on CSP selection
- Design art of the possible Cloud end state for an organization, conduct gap analysis between the target Cloud capabilities and traditional IT capabilities to define the Cloud adoption strategy and roadmap
- Evaluation the implications of Cloud adoption on the IT Operating model and support establishing a Cloud center of excellence
- Develop Cloud deployment design (multi-tenancy, Platform as a service, micro services, container services)
- Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid Cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other Cloud services
- Define and enforce Cloud solutions and architecture best practices & guiding principles
- Define Cloud adoption and migration strategies and implementation plans
- Own and manage contributions to business development proposals and sales pursuits for consulting and/ or transformation engagements
- Work as a member of a client engagement delivery team, typically split across multiple geographies and or industry domains, own and deliver high-quality outputs on time
- Build, manage and sustain relationships with senior level client managers
- Demonstrate thought leadership by creating consulting go-to-market offerings and uplift Infosys brand by publishing market facing thought papers
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent required. Will also consider four years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education
- 5 year or more years of experience in design/implementation/consulting experience with enterprise technologies, Cloud migration and deployment; Database and Middleware
- At least 4+ years working with AWS / Azure Cloud services, with a good solid understanding of core services. Valid AWS / Azure certifications preferred
- Strong communication & collaboration skills with ability to translate complex technical topics to senior client stakeholders
- Ability to travel up to 100% will be required in the future
- U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. Infosys will not sponsor H-1B or other work authorization for this role at this time.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Big 4 consulting or equivalent experience in a leadership capacity
- Hands-on experience of DevOps tools and DevOps practices for Cloud workload deployments
- Hands-on experience with micro services design, and distributed applications, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or server less technology
- AWS/Azure Cloud certifications at the expert or professional level Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the Cloud (AWS, Azure)
- Working knowledge of Cloud software tools and migration methodologies
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
- Strong understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis, and design
- Experience working in a vertical environment preferred
- Ability to clearly communicate high level strategy and technical details effectively across disciplines, locations, and organizations
- Demonstrates ability to conduct research and present information across levels
- Demonstrates ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
- Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture (e.g.: TOGAF, Zacman, IAF, ITIL, COBIT)
About Us:
Infosys Consulting is the global management and technology consulting practice of Infosys, a global leader in technology services and consulting. We combine the power of time-tested methodologies, people-driven innovation, and disruptive technology to enable leaders of the worlds top brands pursue a path of smart transformation. Together with our clients, internal and external partners, we co-create and execute pragmatic strategies and solutions that transform organizations and define the future of business. Our dynamically growing consultancy offers our consultants:
- Ability to design and implement end-to-end solutions at scale
- A flat organization structure with direct access to our senior-most leaders
- An entrepreneurial environment full of bright, highly motivated consultants
- Opportunities for motivated consultants to impact local communities
- The ability to design your career and drive your professional learning and development
- A truly global culture
We have offices in over 20 countries. Our U.S. hub offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York, Seattle and Palo Alto. For more information, visit: http://www.infosysconsultinginsights.com or reach us at [email protected]
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