Data Consultant, Data & AI Practice

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch) is seeking a Data Consultant to guide customers and partners through planning, delivering, and optimizing complex data transformation projects in a cloud environment. You will build strong relationships with executives to shape cloud and data roadmaps and help organizations adopt AWS data services.

You will assess readiness, define goals and outcomes, and align a cloud vision with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience and technical expertise in cloud computing technologies.
• Experience in IT implementation.
• Knowledge of AWS services including compute, storage, networking, security, databases, machine learning, and serverless technologies.
• Experience translating technical aspects of analysis and metrics into actionable insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Represent AWS in customer environments and drive discussions with senior personnel on trade-offs and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with AWS Engineering and Architecture teams to support project engagements.
• Work with customers’ technical resources to devise and recommend solutions.
• Analyse on-premises DB environments (Oracle/SQL Server) and cloud options (Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redshift, DynamoDB).
• Design environments and optimize performance for complex distributed deployments.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems.

Skills

Cloud computing

IT implementation

AWS services knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Description

As a Data Consultant you will work with customers and partners, guiding them through planning, preparing and delivery of complex data transformation projects based on varying customer needs. You will build and maintain strong stakeholder relationship with C-level executives to shape their cloud and data transformation roadmap.

On a daily basis, you will work together with customers to assess their organizational readiness to perform the cloud adoption. You will guide them to define goals, objectives and business outcomes. Together with the stakeholders, you will create and align a cloud vision to achieve those results. You identify solutions that help a customer, partner, or an internal team overcome technical as well as organizational challenges. You will collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to support pre-sales activities.

Do you have experience delivering IT solutions in agile environment - plan, organize, and manage all phases of a project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery?

Come build the future with us.

Key job responsibilities

Employ customer facing skills to represent AWS well within the customer’s environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, standard methodologies, project management and risk mitigation.

• Work closely with AWS Engineering and Architecture teams to help ensure the success of project consulting engagements with customers.
• Work directly with customers’ technical resources to devise and recommend solutions based on the understood requirements.
• Think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment.
• Analyse on-premises database environments such as Oracle, SQL Server, or other Commercial DB Engines to Open Source Engines like Aurora-PostgreSQL/MySQL or RedShift, DynamoDB.
• Consult for optimal design of environments, analysing complex distributed production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems

Be able to obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance. Further details found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Basic Qualifications

• Experience and technical expertise (design and implementation) in cloud computing technologies
• Experience in IT implementation

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of AWS services including compute, storage, networking, security, databases, machine learning, and serverless technologies
• Experience translating technical aspects of analysis and metrics into actionable insights for the advertiser and both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Job ID: A10595286