Cloud Solutions Architect – The EliteJob In UAE
Job Description
Our client is a 30+ year privately-owned company with a focus on their people, clients, and leading technologies. Their Cloud Services Division is a rapidly growing business helping clients manage their Cloud technology. The team is comprised of leaders that focus on delivering innovative consulting solutions that leverage leading and emerging technologies.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Collab with the Sales and Account Management team as a pre-sales resource to assist in identifying and scoping Azure Cloud opportunities.
Create blueprints for hybrid cloud infrastructures centered around Azure (network, server, storage, and management software topologies)
Deliver consulting on Multi Cloud Well-Architected Framework
Provide oversight of delivery throughout the implementation
Be a Cloud subject matter expert while understanding how to interact in a multi-cloud environment. Provide deep-dive technical expertise on Azure, AWS, and GCP during sales engagements.
3-4 days per month in travel possible
Contribute to the development of internal best practices as well as new innovative consulting services offerings that we can take to market.
Contribute to the presence and brand in the Cloud and DevOps community.
Create methods and frameworks to support sales of our strategy and risk management professional services
Support pre-sales and post-sales meetings and presentations with our clients
Ensure a strong understanding of the clients’ needs during project scoping
Create high quality and impactful proposals to clients and write SOWs for strategy and risk management cybersecurity delivery engagements
Provide outstanding support to clients and internal teams, and continuously improve our processes
Help define and bring to market new offerings and capabilities
Maintain awareness of industry trends and evaluate the applicability of new software technologies to platform development effort
Provide leadership of teams and business priorities by building relationships, listening, consulting, and influencing outcomes in both client delivery and sales
Create thought leadership and technical content such as blogs, white papers, and marketing collateral to build our marketplace eminence and support sales conversations.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university is required.
Minimum of 7 years of experience with public, private and hybrid cloud architectures
5+ years of experience working for Consulting firm with a focus on Azure, AWS, or GCP
Cloud certifications
Strong expertise in solutioning technology solutions for Fortune 500 companies
Hands-on experience with adjacent technology areas including Network, Security, Identity and Access Management, Landing Zone best practices, and Monitoring and Well-Architected Framework
Deep understanding of the current state of the art for infrastructure automation, continuous integration/deployment, SQL/NoSQL/NewSQL, networking, and cloud-based delivery models
3+ years of experience with automation platforms and tools (Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, Chef, etc.)
Technical Experience with Azure:
5+ Years with Foundational Services – Compute, Database, AI/ML, Cloud Storage
Strong preference for additional experience with AKS, data and analytics, multi-cloud solutions, AI/ML, developer tools, cloud migration, and DevOps tools/processes in Azure
Ability to mix technical expertise with simple, everyday language to deliver a story that is memorable, educational, and useful.
IaaC, Containers, Terraform, CI/CD Pipeline familiarity, Configuration Management, Service Catalogs, and Cloud Management Solutions
Motivated self-starter who loves to solve challenging problems and feels comfortable working directly with customers
Highly organized, detail-oriented, excellent time management skills and able to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, high-volume, and evolving work environment.
Comfortable managing multiple and changing priorities, and meeting deadlines in an entrepreneurial environment.
Critical Success Factors
Strong oral and written skills.
Excellent documentation skills.
Excellent time management skills
Ability to set priorities and meet obligations in a timely manner
Extremely detail-oriented
Ability to maintain the highest levels of productivity with minimal management oversight
Cloud Solutions Architect – The EliteJob In UAE
