Overview
Education: B.E./B.Tech/MCA in Computer Science
Experience: At least 13-16 years of experience in leading a team of cloud engineers and cloud solution architects, managing overall delivery and managed services at customer sites.
Responsibilities
- Lead a big team of cloud engineers, cloud solution architects, and manage overall delivery and managed services at customer sites.
- Establish and maintain solid collaboration with business and act as a bridge between customers and leadership.
- Provide technical guidance to the team, ensure timely closure of issues, and foster a culture of automation and agility.
- Single point of contact for cloud, on-premises IT infrastructure used for private cloud and management and support of Azure cloud and Azure Stack HCI setup.
- Develop and maintain technical roadmaps for Azure cloud solutions.
- Coordinate with various IT infrastructure administrators for implementation and commissioning of IT infrastructure.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, infrastructure engineers, and business stakeholders.
- Ensure solutions meet business requirements and are scalable, highly available, and cost-effective.
- Develop and maintain architectural artifacts, including solution designs, reference architectures, and best practices.
- Provide guidance and recommendations on cloud-related technologies and trends.
- Work with customers to understand their requirements and develop customized cloud solutions.
- Ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and meet regulatory requirements.
- Participate in pre-sales activities, including solution presentations and technical demonstrations.
- Monitor progress of IT infrastructure setup.
- Guide teams for timely resolution of issues.
Preferred Skills/Knowledge
- Strong knowledge of data center, on-premises, private cloud, Azure cloud, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and hyper-converged infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of software-defined storage and software-defined networking.
- Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices and regulatory compliance.
- Experience with agile development methodologies.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Certifications in Azure cloud technologies are a plus.