Deputy Director - Cloud Solution Architect

Overview

The role will lead and support all “cloud-first” projects leveraging IaaS or PaaS. The role would join "Cloud Acceleration and Valued Office" which got started in 2021 and would lead migrating all onpremise datacenter applications and infrastructure to the Public cloud. As these are ‘cloud first’ projects, they require support to provide a ‘cloud concierge’ type of service shepherding projects through various review/approval processes, bringing together team members to assess what cloud services will be required and plan for build-out. The role of the ‘cloud concierge’ is to help sift through options and select cloud services that are the most robust and cost-effective for the project, without overengineering a solution and increasing its cost.

This role will lead cloud migrations and help to develop support models / ensure a smooth transition to sustain teams. Will require validation of cost for the proposed implementation, confirmation/testing of high availability/disaster recovery, reviews to ensure data is secured properly. Will drive cloud projects globally and work with multiple time zones. Will have accountability to ensure accurate reporting on project SLAs and KPIs.

Accountabilities:

• Work with relevant customer leaders to define and create specific implementation plans
• Manage aspects of cloud project implementation including initiation, execution, and delivery
• Engage with multiple vendors/partner teams to ensure minimal risk/business disruption
• Review / assess implementation approach, potential risks, costs, etc.
  
  

Responsibilities

• The Cloud Application Migration Product Owner will focus on migrating on-premise applications to the cloud in a methodical, agile way that enables migration at the scale and speed required to enable our digital transformation. You will define and lead cloud migration projects spanning multiple business units/sectors while ensuring a seamless transition from an on-prem to cloud operating environment.
• Work with relevant sector leaders to define and create sector specific application migration plans
• Define and follow the migration playbook with emphasis on capturing the advantages of operating in the cloud for migrated applications
• Partner with Cloud Engineering, Cloud Ops, and other teams in executing migration projects to ensure minimal risk and business disruption
• Provide deep cloud migration expertise covering infrastructure, application architectures, cloud capabilities, security, etc.
• Scripting / automation mindset and skills to automate routine tasks and extracts of data out of Azure for KPI and other metric reporting
  
  

Qualifications

• 10+ years Cloud Solution Architecture skills (Azure or AWS)
• Experience with private, hybrid or public cloud technology
• Experience migrating large scale business applications from DC to Cloud or Cloud to Cloud
• Good Understanding of Migration Framework, Process and has extensive experience working on Lift & Shift migrations
• Scripting experience (must be fluent in a scripting language such as: bash, python)
• Detail oriented self-starter capable of working independently.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with data centers, consolidation, relocation, migration, technology refresh/modernization projects
• Application Knowledge, Compute & Database experience.
• Experience with Safe Agile Methodologies (Azure DevOps)
• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent experience