AWS Technical Consultant

Description

AWS Technical Consultant
Due to continued growth we have a fantastic opportunity for an AWS Technical Consultant to join our Cloud Solutions team. Our Technical Consultants routinely provide post-sales technical consultancy, undertake delivery and implementation engagements, as well as providing pre-sales qualification and design to consultancy engagements. A typical AWS Technical Consultant will have had five or more years’ experience in a technical consulting type role, with an excellent understanding and experience of delivering AWS centric solutions.

Salary: Competitive Package + company benefits
Location: Home Based with some travel across the UK

Responsibilities
Solution Pre-Sales and Scoping

• Lead with qualification of designs and opportunities
• Lead and present at customer opportunities and workshop sessions
• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution
• Identifies, evaluates and recommends options, implementing if required
• Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements
• Seeks to fully address client needs, enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of client personnel, by ensuring that proposed solutions are properly understood and appropriately exploited
• Lead and contribute to Statement of Works

Service Delivery

• Undertake individual consultancy assignments or work on a project as part of a larger team analysing customer requirements, gathering and analysing data and recommending solutions
• Technically manage the design and implementation of solutions, with the exception of those which are high risk/large scale
• Ensure consultancy assignments are undertaken consistently and with quality
• Highlight technical risks so that any Comms-care exposure to commercial loss can be minimised
• Produce and update assignment documentation as required
• Ensure that hand over to relevant support organisation is successfully completed
• Provide technical support as requested, for internal and external customers

• Keep up-to-date with current and future technologies, products and strategies
• Build a solid skills foundation in chosen subject matter
• Build and enhance relationships with peers
• Continue development of consultative skills

• AWS MAP engagements
• AWS Well-Architected Framework engagements
• Public and/or Private Cloud Architecture
• DevOps
• Software design
• Security (Architecture or Engineering)
• Infrastructure or Application Migrations
• Platform or Systems Engineering/Administration
• Operations in hybrid cloud environment
• Big Data or Data Analytics

Knowledge, Skills and Characteristics

• Excellent communicator both verbally and written
• Experienced, mature, influential, assertive and diplomatic
• Able to operate independently or as part of a larger team
• Able to technically manage other people
• Able to network with industry peers and customers
• Excellent knowledge of chosen subject matter
• A flexible approach to work and prepared 'go the extra mile' to exceed customer expectations
• Applies knowledge and skills through handling complex problems beyond own area of expertise
• Ability and willingness to travel (Full Driving Licence Required)

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