Location: United Kingdom & Ireland (Remote/Hybrid), limited traveling to client site required
For this role, we would like our candidate to be preferably eligible for SC security clearance.
About the Role:
As a Senior Cloud Advisor, you will play a pivotal role in helping key clients define their cloud strategy and create and implement cloud operating models. Leveraging your extensive consulting experience, you will drive progress with clients, sometimes challenging their existing practices to achieve optimal outcomes. Your role will involve utilizing your background in cloud delivery models and proficiency in FinOps, with additional experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, and Cloud Operations being advantageous.
Mandatory Requirements:
1. Experience in Cloud Delivery Models: Proven track record in managing the implementation of large, complex cloud and hybrid enterprise solutions.
2. Proficiency in FinOps: Strong understanding and application of FinOps principles.
3. Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage technical and commercial Director/VP stakeholder relationships as a trusted advisor.
4. Technical Delivery: Experience in applying MS Cloud Adoption Framework / AWS Well Architected Review best practices.
5. Certifications: Pro level CSP and Associate in another platform, FinOps Practitioner, Project or Product Management or Business Architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF, PMP, PrinceII).
Desirable Skills and Experience:
1. DevOps, DevSecOps, and Cloud Operations: Additional experience in these areas is highly advantageous.
2. Public Speaking: Confidence in presenting to large audiences, both internally and externally, including pre and post-sales situations with original content.
3. Community Health: Experience in moderating community content, organizing events, and encouraging respectful discussion and behavior.
4. Marketing: Participation in partner events or having externally published papers (whitepapers, books, etc.) every six months.
5. Mentoring: Providing guidance and mentoring to more junior team members to support their career and personal development.
6. Proactive Approach: Taking action and choosing result-oriented behavior proactively.
7. Growth Mindset: Demonstrating creative thinking, innovation, and designing solutions.
8. Client Engagement: Ability to ask the right questions, listen and reflect back, anticipate and answer customer requirements, and offer innovative solutions to realize customer ambitions.
9. Content Creation: Creating reusable materials to accelerate future work and contributing thought leadership white papers for internal use.
More reasons to apply:
1. 25 days of Annual leave + an option to purchase more through our Flexible Benefits.
2. Flex benefits system – an exciting opportunity to choose your own benefits.
3. Pension - matching contribution up to 10%.
4. Private Medical Scheme.
5. Life Assurance.
6. Enrolment in our Share scheme - subject to scheme eligibility criteria.
7. Unlimited opportunities to learn in our Training platforms.
As a Disability Confident employer, we aim to ensure that people with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments and changes as needed to the application and assessment process to remove or reduce any disadvantage associated with a person's disability.
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