Principal Consultant - Modern Datacenter / Hybrid Cloud
FUTURALIS, United States
Job Description
• Perform the advisory consultant role with authority for your deep areas of technical subject matter expertise (Modern
Datacenter / Hybrid Cloud)
• Lead and deliver advisory and consulting engagements including project / program approach and engagement design, high level technical leadership and service / solution designs, and delivery of near-term and long-range strategy
• Understand and assess client business and technology challenges and needs using a professional and structured discovery
approach, requirements gathering and a keen problem-solving skillset
• Create client solutions that meet business and technology requirements and deliver successful outcomes that delight clients
• Develop effective and creative approaches to client challenges and deliver solutions for client projects that maximize value,
minimize cost, and accelerate time to success
• Participate and lightly facilitate project management mechanics and successful project outcomes
• Foster successful handoff and collaboration with executive, architecture, engineering, and operations client teams
• Bring a solid generalist working knowledge of multiple IT technology domains relevant to large enterprise IT teams to be
able to successfully interact with different technology domain team experts, anticipate needs/challenges, build effective
solutions with successful outcomes and be a continuous learner of industry trends, technology trends, etc.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships as a trusted advisor manage realistic and appropriate customer expectations
• Engage clients and partners across a broad spectrum of technical and non-technical roles with tailored, interpersonal and
business communication skills.
o Verbal lead and conduct client and partner meetings, interviews, workshops, etc.
o Written creating technical proposals, strategic project documentation and related deliverables,
technology/solution whitepapers, etc.
o Presentations creating and delivering client presentations, video on demand and webinar material, speaking
engagements, etc.
o Diagrams developing conceptual, architectural, and procedural diagrams
• Foster key partnerships with manufacturers, service providers, and partners
• Maintain relevant industry and technology solution knowledge, skills, and experience
Requirements
• Minimum of 10 to 15 years of experience in senior information technology leadership (strategy, architecture and engineering
roles preferred) relating to Modern Datacenter / Hybrid Cloud
• Minimum of five years of technology consulting experience roles in Modern Datacenter / Hybrid Cloud strongly preferred
• Strong preference given to having the blended experience of roles across enterprise IT client organizations, technology
manufacturers, and technology solution providers
• Strong preference given to active, relevant industry and/or manufacturer architect-level certifications in Modern Datacenter /
Hybrid Cloud domains
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related experienced strongly preferred
• Advanced technical degree in computer science, engineering or MBA considered
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills, good listener, ability to connect with different personalities
• Demonstrated business acumen and executive presence
• Ability to solve complex, abstract problems
• Excellent collaboration and team-oriented skills including working with distributed, virtual teams
• Strong user of modern collaboration and office automation tools and services
• Organized and methodical with strong prioritization and multi-tasking skills
• Self-starter and self-directed ability
• Creative, thought-leading, and innovative thinker but grounded in practical realities is essential
• Enjoys and maintains a culture of self-driven, lifelong learning. Maintains a broad knowledge and understanding of the
current and anticipated future of the technology industry including trends, technologies, products/services and standards