Lead Cloud Consultant

Job Description: Lead Cloud Consultant Max Vendor Rate: $$.$$ Remote/Work From Home

Job Description:

Baseline application and infrastructure discovery questionnaire in context to customer engagement

Work with vendors to deploy / install discovery tools where required; assist in troubleshooting issues

Liaise with client stakeholders, drive discovery meetings & discussions to gauge pain points & understand expectations

Respond to customer queries in a timely manner and work with customers to agree on assumptions to be made when required data is not available

Provide inputs to cloud value manager and analyst for application cloud suitability analysis

Work with architects and technical experts to develop app-specific transformation recommendations in line with client requirements and expectations

Work with appropriate client stakeholders in understanding the current financials pertaining to application hosting and build business cases for a cloud-hosted future state

Collaborate with architects and SMEs in the proposal of migration timelines, tools to be used, migration waves and application grouping

Research on & collaborate with cloud vendors and application providers regarding their offerings and recommend appropriate services to the client as part of the transformation solution

Develop/assist in the development of reusable tools aimed at process improvements, effort estimate optimization, TCO estimation, etc.

Drive discussions with AWS for review and validation of MAP deliverables

Assist in RFP responses for potential clients by tailoring resource loading estimates, timely provision of inputs, details, documentation and presentations regarding capabilities, assessment & analysis processes, etc.

Assist in the pre-sales process by conducting client presentations on the Cognizant assessment & analysis methodology & processes

Skills Required:

Must have knowledge of AWS cloud economics

Must have ability to perform gap analysis, cash flow analysis, TCO analysis, business case analysis

Must have understanding of on-premises hosting v/s cloud hosting

Must have understanding of cloud IaaS and PaaS

Must have understanding of cloud migration and app modernization

Must have strong analytical skills and be comfortable with spreadsheet analysis

Must have ability to think laterally in order to come up with effective and cost-efficient solutions

Must have ability to create professional quality, client-facing presentations

Must have strong communication and presentation skills

Must have prior experience in client-facing consulting / delivery roles

Must be self-driven and possess good learnability

Nice to have familiarity with VBA script

Nice to have understanding of cloud transformation - microservices / serverless rearchitecture, app containerization, SaaS transformation

Nice to have prior experience in assessments / cloud assessments / AWS Migration Accelerator Program

Nice to have AWS / Azure / GCP Cloud Certification