AWS Platform Mod Architect

Description:

Our model provides the ability to engage customers beyond staffing when asked for more ownership, capabilities, or methodology while enhancing client/consultant support.

We partner with progressive leaders to create opportunity, accelerate business transformation and help build the enterprises of tomorrow. We work with 80% of the Fortune 500 to address their technology, strategy, and talent needs. We innovate so industries stay ahead of what’s next. As a full stack technology and talent services provider, we partner with our customers across the globe to own change. Join us.

We live in the tech world. We’re out in front of the trends and tools that shape industry and create fresh opportunities. All-in, fully engaged, partnership is how we approach everything – our commitments and our people. Our people are at the center, fueling our high-performance and our inclusive culture.

We’re doers, looking for doers who do the right thing. Roll-up your sleeves thought-leaders focused on creating possible. Team champions who declare success only when everyone achieves their ambitions. Sound like the career experience you’ve been searching for? We’re looking for a Sr. AWS Architect to join our team. A practitioner who accelerates outcomes, affects positive change, and moves business forward.

Let’s partner. Together, we can accomplish amazing things.

The Sr Cloud Architect position is a leadership position in the organization that is responsible for managing multiple consulting and delivery projects, teams/programs. The Sr Architect , provides consulting and delivery assurance of services for clients through a range of internal and external functions. The position of Sr. Cloud Architect is distinguished from Cloud Architect positions by the nature of the engagements or programs involved; deal sizes range from transactional solutions of $2-5M. As a Sr. Cloud Architect, the architect, is expected to have the experience to perform all the duties described below for engagements that are focused on consulting/delivery management within the defined subject matter area, including resource management, deliverables development, project planning and executions, adherence to contract attributes and costing, customer interaction, and other key aspects of solution-based managed services.

For a Sr Cloud Architect, these engagements will typically be delivered for North American customers or at the customer location, usually North America based. They are expected to have adequate level skills required for complex deliverable-based, fully outsourced, or extremely large-scale engagements or programs and lead the delivery effort to a larger cross-functional project/program. This role may require up to 25% travel.

The ideal candidate will bring their deep expertise in Cloud Services primarily on AWS, Microservices and Serverless architectures, Cloud Native Development, CI/CD and DevOps, presales, delivery, and operational excellence. They will provide expert level support for strategic ongoing and new TGS client initiatives. They will work amongst our other key partners to assist in the development of robust cloud offerings and bring holistic solutions across key focus areas of TGS Enterprise Modernization strategic objectives.

Additional responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Provide leadership, expertise, and support for DevOps and AWS Cloud engagements through a range of internal and external functions in the following areas:

Engagement Support: provide support of newly won deals through the transition and delivery phases while partnering with the Delivery organization to ensure projects are started and delivered according to the Enterprise Modernization’s portfolio guidelines

Engagement Delivery: drive the transition phase as well as the setup of the engagement operating model, help define metrics and support the delivery for defined statement of work. Help identify opportunities for service improvements

Practice Support: provide input, expertise, and implement changes into the design, development and improvement of service offerings and back-office procedures; assist in the research and development of new offerings and analyze competing offerings to ensure practice is current and competitive within the market; create and maintain practice artifacts that document key methods, processes and delivery tools

Human Resources: assist with interviewing, hiring, and on-boarding of project team members during initial engagement phase

Pre-Sales Support: as required, support Solution Architects and Solution Executives with technical opinions, methodology recommendations, work estimates, and solution support

• A general description of any bonuses, profit sharing, commissions or other compensation offered for the position should be included: Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, commissions, profit sharing, etc.

• A posting close date added to the description:

The expected posting close date is 11/20/24.

Skills:

Architecture, Aws, Solution architecture, Cloud, Python, Devops, Devsecops, Design, Cloudformation, Security, Java, Terraform, Enterprise architecture, Development, Governance securities, Data, Api, Amazon web services, Automation, Microservices, Linux

Top Skills Details:

Architecture,Aws,Solution architecture,Cloud,Python,Devops,Devsecops,Design,Cloudformation,Security,Java,Terraform,Enterprise architecture,Development

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Engagement Delivery Support Responsibilities

• Partner with our Delivery organization to ensure project initiation and transition phase is executed according to the Enterprise Modernization portfolio guidelines and that the assigned Delivery Manager/Service Manager is provided the knowledge required to deliver the engagement effectively

• Facilitate internal communication and assembling a solution delivery team for new engagements

• Provide solution consulting and advice during the initiation and transition phases to the Delivery Manager as needed

• Attend project kick-off meetings, status reviews, and other delivery meetings as requested by the Delivery Manager

• Ensure engagement methodology is followed by team from opportunity assessment to project closeout

• Develop collaborative relationship with the Delivery team to support the organization from a delivery perspective

• Help define the team's performance metrics in alignment to customers KPIs and OKRs

• Identify opportunities for service improvement through problem management, service optimization, automation, etc.

Pre-Sales Support

• Work with Solution Architects and Solution Executives, when needed, to develop scope, prepare estimates, prepare implementation plans, and ensure project risks are assessed during sales cycle for project services and outsource engagements

• As needed, understand client business and technical requirements and communicate internally with Solution Architects and Solution Executives to ensure solution matches client needs

• As needed, support Solution Architects and Solution Executives in process to calculate risk premium, prepare and review estimates, and prepare project pricing

Practice Support

• Collect and provide input into the design, development and improvement of service offerings and internal DevOps and Cloud accelerator programs

• Implement service offering changes in process and procedures

• Maintain and organize Enterprise Modernization portfolio intellectual prope

Experience Level:

Expert Leve

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.