Cloud Advisory SME

As a Cloud Advisory Subject Matter Expert (SME) with 12 to 16 years of experience, your role will involve understanding client business objectives, challenges, and desired outcomes through Cloud and AI enablement. You will be responsible for conducting advisory engagements related to Cloud and Data Architecture, Industry Cloud, Mergers and Divestitures, Optimization, Operating Model, and Ecosystem Integration. Your key responsibilities will include assessing the existing application landscape to determine the suitability for cloud-led business transformation, providing technical guidance for cloud platform selection and migration/modernization, and developing hybrid cloud roadmaps and strategies for clients. Additionally, you will be involved in maintaining client stakeholder relationships, identifying downstream opportunities, and ensuring the closure of advisory commitments. You will also be required to conduct cost optimization analyses, identify opportunities to reduce cloud spending, and maximize the return on cloud investments. Ensuring security and regulatory compliance, providing training and education to clients on cloud technologies will be essential aspects of your role. To excel in this position, you must possess Cloud certification or advanced cloud certification along with previous experience in cloud delivery, advisory, and solutioning in cloud-led business transformation engagements. A strong business understanding of Industry processes, Mergers and Divestitures, operating model post cloud adoption, data structures, data availability assessment, and AI enablement is crucial. Technical proficiency in one or multiple of the following technology spaces is required: - Distributed cloud architecture design - Migration and modernization techniques - Microservices and serverless architecture - API and integration techniques - DevSecOps - Cloud-native services - Cloud resource optimization and FinOps techniques If you are passionate about cloud technology and possess the necessary skills and experience, we look forward to having you on our team.,