What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal - Cloud Architect - Business Consulting position at Infosys?
Job Description
Infosys Consulting is currently seeking a Principal - Cloud Architect for their Technology Transformation practice.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of experience in the management consulting industry. Candidate must be an experienced Cloud practitioner, with experience delivering IT and Cloud based strategies for clients across multiple Cloud solutions. Candidates must be comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization develop Cloud solutions to foster business values and to achieve organizational outcomes. Candidate must have evolved facilitation skills and be comfortable in mentoring, training and / or offering professional advisory services. This is a highly visible role with exposure to a wide range of stakeholders, which will require a combination of core technical skills and soft people skills to have success.
- Possess a good understanding of the major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) for comparative analysis and advisory on CSP selection
- Deep understanding of customers unique needs in any of the industries (Financial services, Health & life science, retail, manufacturing and SURE)
- Provide expert guidance and insights of Industry cloud to support client in evolving cloud landscape in their organization
- Provide guidance and support to leverage full potential of cloud services and best practices to migrate applications, modernize applications and innovate to meet based on organization and industry needs
- Design art of the possible Cloud end state for an organization, conduct gap analysis between the target Cloud capabilities and traditional IT capabilities to define the Cloud adoption strategy and roadmap
- Evaluation the implications of Cloud adoption on the IT Operating model and support establishing a Cloud center of excellence
- Architect and deploy resilient, secure, and scalable cloud-based solutions tailored to the customer needs(multi-tenancy, Platform as a service, micro services, container services)
- Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid Cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other Cloud services
- Define and enforce Cloud solutions and architecture best practices & guiding principles
- Define Cloud adoption and migration strategies and implementation plans
- Collaborate cross-functionally with customers to design, implement, and optimize cloud infrastructure and applications
- Stay abreast of the latest cloud services (AWS / Azure / Google), features, and best practices to ensure customers benefit from their knowledge
- Perform Proof of concepts to prove viability, scalability and feasibility of solutions to the customer business needs
- Own and manage contributions to business development proposals and sales pursuits for consulting and / or transformation engagements
- Work as a member of a client engagement delivery team, typically split across multiple geographies and or industry domains, own and deliver high-quality outputs on time
- Build, manage and sustain relationships with senior level client managers
- Demonstrate thought leadership by creating consulting go-to-market offerings and uplift Infosys brand by publishing market facing thought papers
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This job description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties and responsibilities that are required of the employee.
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits : -
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Infosys Consulting is the global management and technology consulting practice of Infosys, a global leader in technology services and consulting. We combine the power of time-tested methodologies, people-driven innovation and disruptive technology to enable leaders of the world's top brands pursue a path of smart transformation. Together with our clients, internal and external partners, we co-create and execute pragmatic strategies and solutions that transform organizations and define the future of business. Our dynamically growing consultancy offers our consultants :
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