Senior Cloud Consultant

SEYA GROUP; Contact (MT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SEYA GROUP is seeking a senior technologist to lead cloud engineering efforts in Montana. You will drive tool selection, outline technical roadmaps, and mentor teams to deliver complex engagements.

Responsibilities include whiteboard sessions, risk communication, and ensuring customer satisfaction while identifying additional sales opportunities over project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise and leadership across a range of technologies and guide best practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Cloud environments

IaC tooling

Technical leadership

Containerization / Cloud Native

Big Data / Analytics

Machine Learning

Public cloud fundamentals

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

OpenShift

Kubernetes

EKS/GKE/ECS

Git

Job description

• Provide deep technical expertise and leadership across a range of technologies. You will be the go-to person for driving tool selection, resolving complex engineering issues, and guiding best practices during engagements.
• Lead whiteboard design sessions with internal and external team members.
• Identify and communicate technical risks as they emerge over the course of a project.
• Work closely with Principal Consultants to extract project requirements during technical discovery sessions, define deliverables to meet those requirements, and break down those deliverables into a technical roadmap.
• Lead teams of cloud engineers to execute project roadmaps. Provide guidance on technical tasks, priorities and technical assistance when needed.
• Manage scope within customer engagements. Identify changing requirements as they arise, determine their impact on scope, and ensure all stakeholders are aware and agree with the changes.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the customer, as a "Trusted Advisor". Set clear expectations, challenge assumptions, solicit feedback, and take ownership of project deliverables.
• Maintain relevant certifications on cloud technologies and stay informed of key industry trends.
• Proactively identify additional sales opportunities through the duration of the project.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise and leadership across a range of technologies. You will be the go-to person for driving tool selection, resolving complex engineering issues, and guiding best practices during engagements.
• Lead whiteboard design sessions with internal and external team members.
• Identify and communicate technical risks as they emerge over the course of a project.
• Work closely with Principal Consultants to extract project requirements during technical discovery sessions, define deliverables to meet those requirements, and break down those deliverables into a technical roadmap.
• Lead teams of cloud engineers to execute project roadmaps. Provide guidance on technical tasks, priorities and technical assistance when needed.
• Manage scope within customer engagements. Identify changing requirements as they arise, determine their impact on scope, and ensure all stakeholders are aware and agree with the changes.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the customer, as a "Trusted Advisor". Set clear expectations, challenge assumptions, solicit feedback, and take ownership of project deliverables.
• Maintain relevant certifications on cloud technologies and stay informed of key industry trends.
• Proactively identify additional sales opportunities through the duration of the project.

Required Knowledge & Experience

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• 10+ years of experience in public or private cloud environments
• 2+ years experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling (eg Terraform, CloudFormation)
• 2+ years experience in a technical leadership role (eg team lead, architect)
• 2+ years of specialized experience in one of the following
• Containerization / Cloud Native (OpenShift, Kubernetes, EKS/GKE, ECS).
• Big Data / Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Strong knowledge of foundational elements of public cloud (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
• Proficiency in source code management with Git.
• Proficiency with at least one non-shell scripting language
• Experience building CICD pipelines and a strong understanding of CICD best practices
• Strong but flexible opinions on best practices for technical operations teams.

Preferred Skills

• Expertise in Kubernetes, Cloud Networking, or Cloud Security
• Advanced certifications in one of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience assessing, refactoring, and deploying large TF codebase
• 2+ years experience in a technical leadership role (eg team lead, architect)

Contract length: 12 months