Transformation Lead

Tata Consultancy Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Irvine, CA seeks Transformation Lead to guide infrastructure programs, plan data center consolidation, and drive cloud migration initiatives. You will coordinate across teams to optimize migration, automation, and ITIL-aligned change management, ensuring delivery and client satisfaction.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, risk management, and collaboration with vendors, teams, and leadership to achieve transformative results.”

Qualifications

• Requires strong project and program management experience.
• Expertise in data center management and consolidation.
• Experience with agentic AI and Gen AI solutions.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow AIOps and observability tools.
• Foundational understanding of AWS platform (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Understanding of application and workload move planning (cloud, P2V, V2V, P2P, Lift and Shift).
• Broad IT infrastructure knowledge including servers, storage, networks, databases, DR strategies.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud – Infrastructure
• Knowledge of Networking and Storage
• Knowledge of Server Virtualization and Automation
• Experience in Change Management and ITIL
• Experience in client management and managing escalations

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure program planning and forecasting of project schedules and budget.
• Plan DC migration to AWS Cloud, identify prerequisites, risks and mitigations.
• Identify dependencies across infrastructure components for seamless migration.
• Coordinate and manage change management and approvals.
• Identify tasks to be automated as part of migration.
• Envision future state of infrastructure and contribute to transformation discussions.
• Conduct strategic discussions with client for infrastructure projects.
• Define requirements and perform effort estimation.
• Negotiate prerequisites, risks and program scope.
• Plan projects and milestones; identify risks and mitigations.
• Report program status to TCS and client leadership.
• Manage stakeholders and foster collaboration across teams.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors and partners.
• Ensure delivery accountability across the program.
• Manage client expectations, escalations, and mitigations.
• Review project deliverables for content and quality.
• Recruit team members needed for the program.

Skills

Project management

Program management

Data center management

Cloud migration planning

AI/Gen AI solutions

ServiceNow AIOps

AWS IaaS/PaaS/SaaS

Move planning (P2V/V2V/Lift and Shift)

IT infrastructure

ITIL/change management

Client management

Tools

ServiceNow AIOps tools

Observability tools

AWS cloud infrastructure

VMware/virtualization

Job description

Job Description

Transformation Lead

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Project and Program Management


• Expertise in Data Center Management and Consolidation


• Expertise in Agentic AI and Gen AI solutions


• Experience with ServiceNow AIOps and observability tools


• A foundational understanding of AWS Platform (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)


• Understands application and workload move planning (cloud, P2V, V2V, P2P, Lift and Shift) and the approaches around each


• Overall understanding of IT infrastructure inclusive of server, storage, network, database, systems, DR Strategies and practices


• Knowledge of AWS Cloud – Infrastructure


• Knowledge of Network and Storage


• Knowledge of Server Virtualization, Automation


• Experience in Change Management, ITIL


• Experience in client management and managing escalations

Roles & Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Program planning and forecasting of project schedules and budget


• Planning DC Migration to AWS Cloud Platform, identifying pre-requisites, risks and mitigation strategies


• Planning move groups identifying dependencies across infrastructure components for seamless migration from DC to AWS Cloud Platform


• Coordination and managing change management and approvals


• Working with team to identify tasks to be automated as part of migration


• Should be able to envision future state of infrastructure and contribute to strategic discussion on transformation initiative specifically – Data Center Consolidation, Cloud Migration, Infrastructure Automation


• Conduct strategic discussions with Client for Infrastructure projects with respect to


• Understanding and defining requirements


• Effort estimation


• Negotiations


• Defining pre-requisites and risks for the program/projects


• Project planning


• Identification of risks and mitigations strategies


• Program Status reporting and communication with TCS and Client Leadership


• Stakeholder management and building collaborative environment to drive complex transformational initiative


• Collaborating with various teams at client and within TCS for delivering program objectives


• Collaborating and managing third party vendors and partners


• Effectively managing projects under programs and holding project managers and stakeholders accountable for their respective delivery


• Effectively manage client expectations, escalations and mitigate the same


• Review project deliverables for content and quality


• Identifying and recruiting team members required for the program

Team management – Managing effective utilization of team, driving efficiency, motivating team to delivery the outcomes

Salary Range- $120,000-$155,000 a year