Utility Solution Architect - Cloud Platform (3-8 yrs)

Responsibilities :

- Identifying, assessing, and solving complex business problems for area of responsibility, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

- Overseeing the production and implementation of solutions covering multiple cloud technologies, associated Infrastructure/application architecture, development, and operating models.

- Helping to integrate large-scale systems involving on-premises technology and public cloud platforms.

- Business problems and challenges by enabling an architecture transformation, painting a picture of, and charting a journey from the current state to a to-be enterprise environment.

- Implementing programs/interventions that prepare the organization for the implementation of new business processes.

- Managing multi-disciplinary teams to shape, sell, communicate, and implement programs.

- Developing our offerings and assets.

- Mentoring and developing our people.

Requirements :

- Years of Experience : 2+ years.

- Business case : Experience in articulating business value and developing the business case for migrating to the cloud.

- SAP HANA S/4 Solution Design : Able to drive the business need discussions and able to map the requirements to SAP S/4

- HANA system and design the process. Good knowledge and understanding of SAP Technical architecture. Good knowledge and understanding of SAP to Cloud Migration

- Cloud Assessment : Cloud readiness maturity assessment, Planning and assessment of cloud solutions/platforms, Application assessment and migration planning, Cloud operating model design, Business case development, TCO and vendor evaluation

- Cloud Architecture : Develop hybrid cloud reference architecture, Define target state cloud architecture, Experience with private and public cloud architectures, pros/cons, and migration considerations, Microservices architecture, and Hybrid cloud integration architecture

- Cloud Migration - Plan and manage cloud migrations, including validating application dependencies, ability to coordinate across different stakeholders, delivering cloud migration roadmaps, and managing execution from a cloud project management perspective.

- Cloud Deployment Hybrid Cloud architecture design, integration, and security,

Experience in :

- Cloud platforms - AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, experience in Virtualization Platforms (e. g. VMWare, Hyper-V, etc. ).

- Deployment architecture of SaaS / PaaS (Salesforce, SAP, MS, Oracle).

- Devops and Agile methodologies, processes, and tools.

- Experience in working with large US and UK and I clients (Preferred).

- Cloud architect certified (Azure, AWS, etc. ).

Key Competencies and Skills :

- Strong desire to work in technology-driven business transformation.

- The ability to develop technology solutions and value-adding propositions and take these to market.

- Strong knowledge of technology trends across Utilities and digital and how the SAP S/4 HANA solution can be applied to address problems and opportunities.

- Comfort conveying both high-level and detailed information, adjusting the way ideas are presented to better address varying social styles and audiences.

- Leading proof of concept and/or pilot implementations and defining the plan to scale implementations across multiple technology domains.

- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills - ability to convey technology and business value propositions to senior stakeholders.

- Team-oriented and collaborative working style, both with clients and those within the organization.

- Capacity to develop high-impact thought leadership that articulates a forward-thinking view of the market.

- Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships.

- Demonstrated ability to develop younger talent and build a high-performing team.

- Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor Degree.

- MBA Degree from Tier-1 College (Preferable).

- Minimum of 2+ years of large-scale consulting experience and managing teams in a consulting environment or at high-tech companies.

- Exposure to Utilities is required.