Senior Technical Consultant - Network Cloud
AHEAD
IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 10+ years of consulting experience required
- Must have experience using Terraform to provision and manage resources in public cloud platforms
- Requires relevant expert-level industry certification (e.g., CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, AWS Network Specialty)
- Offers comprehensive health insurance coverage with dependent options
- Provides flexible work arrangements supporting work-life balance
- Degree in Information Technology field or equivalent experience required
Role overview
AHEAD is seeking a Cloud Networking expert to design, automate, deploy, and integrate native and third-party networking and network security resources for clients across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, as well as to optimize on-premises networks for cloud adoption. The role involves leading design and deployment efforts, serving as a technical escalation point, delivering client assessments and designs, and mentoring team members, all within AHEAD’s inclusive, people‑first culture.
Responsibilities
- Lead design, deployment and automation efforts related to public cloud platforms
- Serve as a technical point of escalation and drive incidents/problems until resolution utilizing advice and assistance from manufacturers and other team members as required
- Keep client stakeholders and project managers apprised of project status throughout the project life cycle with detailed and thorough communication
- Serve as the subject matter expert in cross-functional client workshops and engagements
- Develop a wide range of client assessment and design deliverables including written documents and precise low-level diagrams
- Constantly evolve technical skill sets with certifications, training, and conferences during free time based on business requirements
- Support and mentor less experienced team members through training sessions and on-the-job mentoring
- Represent AHEAD in a professional manner to clients, partners, and peers
- Track, maintain, and report travel and expense activities in accordance with AHEAD policies
- Track, maintain, and report weekly time in accordance with AHEAD policies
Requirements
- Experience using Terraform to provision and manage resources deployed to public cloud platforms
- Advanced knowledge in general network security, data center networking and software defined networking
- Degree in the Information Technology field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of consulting experience, or equivalent experience
- Experience working as a technical lead in small to medium sized technical networking projects
- Customer focused, and results driven
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills
- Professional communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
- Ability to work well within a team and partner environment, including mentoring and training other team members
- Relevant expert level industry certification (CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, AWS Network Specialty, etc.)
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents
- Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy
- Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance
- Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling
- Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being
- Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations
- Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership
- Access to top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab
- Sponsorship of certifications and credentials for continued learning
- Cross-department training and development opportunities
Additional details
- AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
- At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
- We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
- We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
- Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
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