Senior Cloud Strategy & Transformation Advisor

NTT America, Inc.; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Principal Cloud Strategic Advisor to define and execute cloud-enabled business strategies. You will partner with leaders to optimize cloud investments and accelerate outcomes through hyperscaler ecosystems.

The role demands strong consulting, commercial, and stakeholder skills, plus deep knowledge of cloud platforms, transformation, and modernization across enterprises.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, IT, CS, or engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive cloud strategy, consulting or advisory experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor on cloud strategy and digital transformation.
• Facilitate leadership discussions to align cloud initiatives with goals.
• Translate cloud concepts into business outcomes and recommendations.
• Advise on cloud operating models, governance, and roadmaps.
• Lead cloud transformation strategy development and roadmaps.
• Define target-state capabilities across infra, apps, data, security.
• Guide public/hybrid/multi-cloud and cloud-native modernization.
• Help build scalable, sustainable cloud foundations.
• Create business cases, ROI models, and value frameworks.
• Identify cost optimization, efficiency, and revenue opportunities.
• Support executive decisions with scenario planning and risk reviews.
• Advise on FinOps and cloud investment optimization.
• Monitor cloud market trends and hyperscaler innovation.
• Identify AI, data, automation, security opportunities.
• Provide cloud industry thought leadership and best practices.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, consultants, sales.
• Support strategic pursuits and client engagements.
• Influence decisions across units; contribute to large programs.

Skills

Cloud strategy

Stakeholder management

Consulting

Business transformation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Google Professional Cloud Architect

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Principal Cloud Strategic Advisor to define and execute cloud-enabled business strategies. You will partner with leaders to optimize cloud investments and accelerate outcomes through hyperscaler ecosystems.

The role demands strong consulting, commercial, and stakeholder skills, plus deep knowledge of cloud platforms, transformation, and modernization across enterprises.