Cloud Advisory Senior Manager

Company: Accenture Published: 6th January 2023 Closing Date: 30th June 2023

Summary – Key points

  • Main responsibilities will be advise and guide Accenture clients on their journey to cloud adoption / migration /optimization. Average of 60% of their time will be delivering projects, 40% will and supporting client commercial activity (PoVs, design/architecting, client workshops, demos and proposal development).
  • Should have a deep technological knowledge and experience in both cloud and private/on premise infrastructure technologies as well as in application architectures and cloud migration patterns.
  • Good presentation skills, understanding of business needs and cloud value  is also desirable.
  • Should have deep understanding of ITIL /ITOM Agile/SCRUM methodologies and tools, cloud operating model and FinOps.
  • Deep Cloud Experience in al least one public and one private providers is a must (Professional certifications in Architecting are a plus).
  • Experience delivering migration projects and/or cloud services for multinational clients will be a plus.
  • Minimum experienced required:
    • Work Experience: + 10 / 15 years
    • Cloud: + 4 years
    • English: high

 

Role Description

  • They design and oversee “Hands on” implementation and operation, as well as detailed Cloud Architecture, migration and build for both Public and Private Cloud solutions.  
  • They help clients understand, plan and implement best practices around advanced cloud-based scenarios, and support migrations of enterprise application workloads to the cloud.
  • They assist the customer over technical and business hurdles of cloud adoption and application migration.
  • This role covers a broad range of relevant technologies including: networking, security, compute, storage, database, enterprise applications, operating model, ITSM life cycle, and requires strong business leadership and process skills including project management, cost analysis, change and risk management.
  • Cloud disciplines to be covered: Cloud and IT Architecture and IT Design Cloud Migration patterns and tools, Cloud Operations and optimization, Cloud Automation and Cloud Security.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert to influence decision makers on cloud adoption / migration / operations / managed services operating model and tools
  • Opportunity shaping through client-facing communication, understanding client’s needs and concerns, and influencing further client’s direction.

Requirements

Required experience and qualifications:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field
  • Experience in cloud migration methodologies and tools.
  • Deep knowledge of IaaS, PaaS and containers (docker, kubernetes..) solutions (public and private)
  • Knowledge of CMS and brokering, automation and monitoring tools (Phyton,Terraforms, Cloudformation, Ansible, cheff, puppet, Dynatrace, NewRelic, Splunk, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana, etc)
  • In-depth knowledge of cloud industry trends, including public, private, hybrid Cloud platforms, and technologies such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Serverless, Kubernetes, Low-code/No-Code, CI/CD toolchains, and related practices with Agile, and DevOps
  • Knowledge of DevOps frameworks and Agile methodologies
  • Assessing current maturity state of cloud deployments.
  • Ability to work with executive level, driving discussion and obtaining buy-in and commitment (depending on level).
  • Actively participating in sales cycles for IT consulting engagements.
  • Managing complex deliveries through various project management methodologies (Scope and risk management, service reporting, financial management, etc).
  • Ability to estimate and manage own and others work load
  • Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with technical, service managers and executive audiences
  • Full working fluency in Spanish and English
  • Strong interpersonal and team working abilities
  • Certified as AWS professional and Azure Solution Architect Expert
  • Google/VMware/OVHcloud certification is plus
  • Strong self-learning ability

Location

Details

  • Company: Accenture
  • Type: Full-time
  • Seniority: Manager
  • FinOps Certifications Required: None

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