Job Opportunity for a Cloud Architect - GCP (Remote until Covid) - Edison, NJ

Hello,

 

Hope you are doing well! My name is Himanshu and I am a Technical Recruiter at Bright Apple Inc. Bright Apple Inc is a global contingency staffing firm. 

 

We have an opportunity for Cloud Architect - GCP with one of our clients in Remote role, Edison, NJ

Please see the job details below and let me know if you would be interested in this role. 

 

If interested, please send me a copy of your resume, your contact details, your availability and a good time to connect with you.

 

 

Job Title: Cloud Architect - GCP

Location: Edison, NJ (Remote until Covid)

Duration: 8 – 12 months (Contract/Fulltime)

 

Must Haves:

• Knowledge and good understanding GCP, google cloud
• Specialized knowledge Cloud workloads, UNIX, security(OS security, IAM, AD or SaaS based products)
• One should have experience of provisioned and maintained SAP/Oracle/Other ERP workloads, that's a plus
• Expert in GCP
• Solid Unix background
• Hands on hands-on in Cloud workloads
• That includes utilizing cloud and open source tools for Linux deployments including Linux clusters
• Aws or azure or GCP

Required: Unix Background, GCP experience

Work you will do: 

As a Lead Cloud Consultant, you will be joining a dynamic and growing Cloud Practice within the Global IT Solutions Organization. You will be responsible for a wide range of activities that span the entire spectrum of current state discovery to delivery of recommendations, architectures, plans, roadmaps, and financial benefits for our clients as they journey to the Cloud or enhance their current experience. This team of highly capable strategic consultants will form the "tip of the spear" for the delivery of a wide range of public, private, and hybrid platforms.

The core focus of the team will be on 6 major Pillars of opportunity:

• Business: Value Realization
• People: Roles and Readiness
• Governance: Prioritization and Control
• Platform: Applications and Infrastructure
• Security: Risk and Compliance
• Operations: Manage and Scale

Sample Practice Focus Opportunities within these 6 pillars include:

• Client and Analyse the drivers motivating a client to move to the Cloud and present findings and observations.
• Client the current state of the client infrastructure and applications and present findings and observations related to readiness.
• Client the current state of the client IT organizational structure and present findings and observations related to readiness.
• Client at a high level the current state of the client IT related processes and present findings and observations related to readiness.
• Develop and present end state Cloud Architectures based on the current state discovery.
• Develop and present detail Roadmaps and plans to transition to the defined end state Cloud architecture.
• Offer CenturyLink integration opportunities for non-Cloud assets working with CenturyLink teams to maximize the client opportunity.
• Build the business case for moving to the cloud.
• Analysis of current IT depreciation schedule and how it can be maximized related to Total Cost of Ownership via cloud services.
• Work with the client to develop the Cloud TCO / ROI analysis / and Funding requirements.
• Assist in the development of internal communication plans to enable adoption.
• Assist in the development of required organizational processes and structure for Cloud adoption and management.
• Analysis of current SLA's if applicable and offer observations relevant to a Cloud deployment.
• Assist in the development and training of client personnel for adoption and management of Cloud assets.
• Offer the development of a Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCOE).
• Assess change management processes for cloud applications.
• Evaluate on-boarding cloud operations tools.
• Offer candidates for retirement given deployment of Cloud architectures and related processing.
• Document a plan for future scalability and innovation using cloud infrastructure.

Specific Role Qualifications:

 

• Previous Big 4 or major consulting experience preferred.
• 15 + years' experience in Hosting and Infrastructure design and implementation
• 5+ years of experience with AWS and Azure technologies.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, required.
• A combination of Microsoft certifications desired – Microsoft Azure Solutions Exam 532; Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Exam 533; Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions Exam 534; Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions Exam 473.
• A combination of Google certifications desired – Google Associate Cloud Engineer; Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• A combination of VMware certifications desired – Data Centre Virtualization (Professional); Cloud Management and Automation (Professional); Advanced Cloud Management and Automation (Professional); Design Cloud Management and Automation (Professional).
• Broad and comprehensive knowledge of Cloud providers, Amazon, Azure, Google.
• 5+ years of experience working on strategic initiatives within a large, matrixed and complex organization; previous consulting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience developing executive communications, both written and verbal.
• Strategic thinker with the proven ability to identify opportunities, formulate supporting business cases and gain support from stakeholders.
• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of others and develop relationships across the organization.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clarity and precision in both written and verbal capacities.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Bias towards delivering impactful results.

Education: Bachelor's degree.
Location: Open

Oversee the development of future component architectures and migration plans. Conceive, design, prototype, and test new methods, algorithms, and models. Define and enforce appropriate technical standards and procedures. 2-4 years' experience.

 

 

Best Regards,  

 

Himanshu Sharma 

Recruitment Consultant

525 Route 73 STE 104 Marlton NJ 08053 

Tel : 908-574-4082 

E-Mail: himanshu@brightappleinc.com Website: www.brightappleinc.com