Lead Consultant, Cloud

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the deep Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the development of cloud infrastructure solutions which includes multi/hybrid cloud design and implementation
• Constantly explore new solutions and technologies, integrate learning and recommendations into the development process
• Demonstrate good expertise in all major Cloud Service Providers’ products and solutions
• Specialize in the best practice design, operations, and support of private/public/hybrid cloud infrastructure including Network, Storage, Compute and Security
• Ensure proposed design gels and aligns to Application, Enterprise, Security architecture
• Create architecture artefacts and documentation to effectively explain architecture design concepts and solutions to various level of stakeholders
• Recommend new services to complement and enhance infrastructure elements to stream-line and support applications development and deployment
• Apply knowledge of Agile software development and DevOps to infrastructure as code development and deployment.
• Lead continuous enhancement and exploratory work to design, develop, test and deploy new Cloud Infrastructure technologies using agile methods
• Project management of cloud infrastructure setup and implementation

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineer, Information Technology or related discipline
• Has minimally 8 years’ experience in designing/implementation/consulting of large-scale private/public/hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions
• The candidate should have attained professional certifications in the following areas with at least 5 years of implementation experience in:
  • AWS/Azure/Google Cloud/VMware
• Possess hands-on experience and good technical skills with proven track records in IT infrastructure and/or emerging IT technologies engineering in the following area:
  • Platform, storage, database and virtualization
  • Cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS) 
  • Container technologies like Dockers, Kubernetes and AWS ECS
• Knowledge of with DevOps techniques and Agile practices is an added advantage
• Proficient in multi-tiered architecture, design and implementation
• Experience with Web and server technologies including Virtualization, Web services, EAI, with knowledge of J2EE and SOA concept
• Knowledge of client/server and distributed computing knowledge with messaging, SOAP, .NET and AD
• Strong working knowledge and ability to apply architecture concepts, frameworks and methodologies to projects
• Experienced in business and technical analysis, architecture design, project management
• Ability to communicate IT architecture methods, concepts, standards and policies
• PMP, ITIL and TOGAF certification is an added advantage
• Good written and verbal communication and presentation skills, able to interact professionally with all levels of the organization