Cloud Strategist

Voted by staff and customers as one of the best places to work in the UK and a Top 100 employer; our client is a global Tier 1 consultancy involved in leading cutting-edge commercial projects to public service transformation throughout the UK. We are looking for a Cloud Strategist to join their successful, stable, and growing team. This can be working from home.

The Company considers employees as highly valued members of the business and offer an extensive benefits package plus fantastic progression opportunities for those wishing to move further in their career on a local, national, or global scale.

Cloud Strategist

Working from home with 2-3 days per week at clients or your local office

£85-95K plus extensive benefits package

Due to the secure nature of this work all applicants will be required to gain UK Security Clearance to at least SC level. You must have been resident in the UK for at least the last 5 years and cannot have been outside the UK for more than 28 days on any one occasion within this time.

To be successful in this role:

As a Cloud Strategist you will have demonstrable Consulting experience and may have worked in an Enterprise Architecture role or progressed through Solution Architecture roles with extensive experience in advising clients on migration to Private, Public Cloud and Hybrid IT architectures.

You will have an excellent understanding of the different factors which influence or inhibit Cloud Strategy and will be able to guide clients to make the right choices. Other requirements for this role include:

• Demonstrable Consulting experience, ideally from an Enterprise Architecture or Cloud Consulting background
• A broad awareness of Private and Public Cloud capabilities (e.g. VMWare, Azure, AWS) along with the desire to keep this knowledge current
• You will be comfortable presenting solutions both in written documents and workshop situations, leading and facilitating discussions at the highest level
• Excellent client and stakeholder management skills
• Must be comfortable in a working from home environment and happy to travel to clients or your local office 2-3 days per week
• Certification in AWS and/or Azure is desirable but not essential
• Experience of coaching / mentoring is desirable but not essential

Position summary:

Our client is looking for a Cloud Strategist, delivering Cloud Advisory services across multiple clients in the UK.

Job role and responsibilities:

Cloud Strategists builds relationships at client CxO and Director level to rapidly develop Trusted-Advisor status, delivering High-end IT and Cloud Strategy-focused consulting, helping clients develop their Roadmap for adoption. A significant proportion of this role entails gathering business imperatives and high-level requirements, proposal writing and client/stakeholder management. Other responsibilities for this role include working from home to:

• Drive the vision for Cloud Advisory services ensuring they address current and emerging client business needs
• Contribute to Cloud Advisory business strategy and drive the business forwards
• Contribute specialist Cloud Strategy knowledge and experience, specifically around Advisory, Assessment and Migration services
• Lead and deliver client engagements, shaping their Cloud Strategies and creating roadmaps for migration
• Use your comprehensive Cloud experience, techniques and consulting practices to support engagements
• Work closely with the Director of Advisory Services and other BU leads to actively seek out and secure new business opportunities
• Shape business plans, provide input to change governance and estimation
• Write and communicate proposals at board level, setting and managing CxO stakeholder expectations
• Provide thought leadership as required across the Cloud community

Benefits:

The company is highly regarded within the industry and is one of the largest and most successful independent technology & business services firms in the world.

Alongside a competitive salary, you will have access to an annual bonus plan and share scheme making you a member not just an employee. You will also have the option to benefit from private medical and dental insurance, flexible retirement options, childcare vouchers and a cycle to work scheme. This can be working from home.

Diversity is actively encouraged, and inclusivity is a top priority, with support networks for Parents, Women, LGBT+, BAME, Neurodiversity and Disability.