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3.9

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Senior Consulting Cloud Architect

Rackspace Technology

3.9

based on 564 Reviews

9-15 years

₹ 19 - 24L/yr (AmbitionBox estimate)

Remote

1 vacancy

Senior Consulting Cloud Architect

Rackspace

posted 17d ago

Job Role Insights

Flexible timing

Key skills for the job

Architecture Automation Testing Project Management GCP RFP Managed Services

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Job Description

Rackspace Technology is a leading provider of expertise and managed services across all the major public and private cloud technologies. We ve evolved Fanatical Support to encompass the entire customer journey providing Fanatical Experience from first consultation to daily operations. Our passionate experts combine the power of proactive, always-on service and expertise with best-in-class tools and automation to deliver technology when and how our customers need it.

The Rackspace Consulting Architecture team provides guidance, advice and best-practice to customers in their digital transformations. We develop future-proof technical solutions for complex business problems. We architect for innovation.

You will be engaging with customers and the wider Rackspace organization to advise, develop and deliver innovative solutions leveraging a wide range of public cloud services. The primary focus will be on helping customers to re-think their technical platforms and application landscapes and drive adoption of cloud-native technologies and innovation.

This role is aligned to our largest German enterprise customer; as a Lead Architect (Senior Consulting Cloud Architect) you will be instrumental in supporting account growth as well as technical project delivery, leading multi-functional teams while defining the long-term strategy.

German language skills (C1/C2 or native) are essential.

Primary Objectives

Work with customers and the wider Rackspace organizations on re-thinking and re-designing IT landscapes using cloud-native technologies
Design and deliver innovative Proof of Concepts for customers
Provide guidance to customers on their cloud journeys and establish a long-term trusted advisor role
Deliver high-quality work to customers as part of consulting engagements that can be delivered through workshops, presentations or architecture designs
Drive the engagements with customers from the architectural pillar, from design to delivery
Work in close collaboration with other architects, technical consultants and professional services teams within Rackspace and customer s teams
Mentor and train junior architects within the wider Rackspace Architecture community on modern cloud-native software patterns
Help identify, nurture and onboard (internal/external) talent to build out high-performing Technical Delivery teams, supporting ongoing practice growth.
Contribute to Presales efforts, RFI/RFPs, etc, and nurture account development opportunities.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in designing and delivering innovative technology solutions built on the cloud.
As a senior architect, the person should be comfortable engaging at all levels of the customer s business, from working with senior/C-level leadership to guiding IT specialists and developers on building solutions.
Extensive experience of creating Public Cloud platforms (AWS preferred, due to current demand).
Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing cloud-native systems and/or rebuilding an existing system on the cloud is required.
Must have the ability to lead architectural engagements, either directly or as part of a larger programme of work and take ownership for the successful delivery of customer value within budget, time and scope.
Acting as a thought-leader, the right candidate is able to concisely and articulately present to both technical and non-technical audiences.
You have specialist and demonstrable knowledge in Cloud Platform Architecture or Cloud-native Application Architecture
You have an articulate opinion on the advantages of using public cloud platforms from a business perspective
You can identify and plan to resolve the challenges, both technical and organizational, facing Enterprise and SMB organizations who are moving their applications to the cloud
Expert level Project Management experience and exposure.
Certified as a professional architect on at least one of the major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or as an enterprise architect

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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1.9

Rating based on 6 Senior Consultant reviews

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Good perks Employee benefits Permanent work from home

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I joined this company thinking it will be my last company as I don't wanted to change anymore. But my bad this company doesn't had any projects and with in 3 months of joining they fired my manager and I came to know next will be mine.its a mini heart attack for me Finally I moved out of this company. Please research your projects before joining.

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