Principal Technical Consultant, Platform Engineering
Serving as a technical thought leader and SME for our ecosystem of partners, customers, and service providers in the realm of Modern Apps & Platform Engineering. This role involves leading the development, design, implementation, and engagement of client solutions. The Principal Technical Consultant manages, mentors, and delegates to engineers on projects, and maintains career advancement plans for the team within internal initiatives and broader organizational support. The role requires strategic thinking, strong leadership, and deep technical expertise across various domains.
Responsibilities
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, with high quality standards, exceeding client expectations.
- Design and implement complex, mission-critical, enterprise-grade technical solutions.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, drive business growth, and identify upselling opportunities.
- Develop high-quality technical and non-technical deliverables and presentations for client teams and leadership.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their technical challenges and develop tailored solutions.
- Create and present solution designs, options, and innovations to senior leadership.
- Develop and maintain technical roadmaps and innovation plans.
- Implement CI/CD solutions.
- Establish project estimates, plans, identify risks, and oversee technical solution delivery.
- Mentor and coach team members, fostering growth and excellence.
- Lead collaboration within technical communities.
Qualifications
- Ability to develop solutions collaboratively in front of clients.
- Strong consulting and business acumen.
- 10+ years of IT experience, with 5+ years in Cloud, DevOps, Automation, Application Modernization, Digital Transformation.
- Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Pro, AWS DevOps Engineer Pro, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Terraform Associate, etc.
- Hands-on experience with core platform services: Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, Containers, Security, Identity.
- Experience with organizational adoption of transformational initiatives like Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Transformation.
- Hands-on with IaC tools: Terraform, Ansible, ARM, CloudFormation.
- Experience with deployment services: Harness, GitHub, Ansible, Jenkins, etc., including branching strategies.
- Programming experience in Java, Python, or similar languages.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of cloud-native application design, DevSecOps, IaC, CI/CD pipelines.
- Understanding of enterprise organizations and IT functions across industries.
Why AHEAD
We value diversity and inclusion through initiatives like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD. We foster growth by investing in top technologies, cross-department training, and certifications.
Benefits
Our USA employment benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid holidays and time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- And more! Details at aheadbenefits.com
The compensation range reflects On-Target Earnings (OTE), including base salary and target bonus, and varies based on experience, qualifications, and location.
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