IT Cloud Strategy Consultant

at  Guidehouse

Job Family:
Management Consulting
Travel Required:
Up to 10%
Clearance Required:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust
What You Will Do:
The candidate will support strategic initiatives and operational activities at Guidehouse Clients. This position will be responsible for advising senior-level Client relationships, implementing strategic initiatives, executing long term programmatic planning efforts, strategically responding to emerging priorities, and operating within matrixed teams within a Client Office.

This Position will

• Advise on cloud strategy for government clients in assessing cloud alternatives, migration strategy, procurement strategy, identifying a suite of applications for cloud, and achieving optimization of economics, compute, storage, scale, performance, and redundancies.
• Develop supporting in-depth analysis that will include economic feasibility assessments via business case development on enterprise cloud architectures.
• Advise on overall strategy and alignment with modernization of Client IT infrastructure including cloud, hybrid, and on-premises solutions with provisions for security, low latency connectivity, and mobile service delivery.
• Develop an application rationalization strategy, a cloud migration approach, and a cloud assessment framework to optimize Client IT workloads in a hybrid or multi-cloud environment.
• Provide analysis and oversight for technical processes to provision cloud-based service models and related hosting environments for use within the enterprise.
• Support the development and use of governance frameworks for cloud management along with provisions for security, data protections, privacy, and relevant safeguards.
• Support the oversight of cloud and datacenter O&M activities and provide reporting on the status and reliability of cloud-based services and hosting environments.
• The candidate must be a strong written and oral communicator and be comfortable interacting with clients and serving as confidant of senior consulting leadership.

What You Will Need:

• Ability to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS Public Trust.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of TWO (2) years of management and/or technology consulting experience.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Minimum of TEN (10) years of management and/or technology consulting experience with SEVEN (7) years of project and/or program management experience.
• Existing TSA or DHS Suitability.
• Experience supporting federal government customers and/or prior experience within the federal government.
• Relevant certifications including but not limited to: Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Agile Scrum-master certification, SAFe certification, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification, IT Service Management (ITSM) certification, or IT Asset Management (ITAM) certification.
• Showing extensive program management skills including the ability to liaise with technical and business teams and clearly articulate technology concepts to business audiences.
• Demonstrated experience of hands-on experience providing writing support, go-to-market support, and interfacing with prospective new clientele as it relates to the field of technology management, IT strategy and/or analytics.
• Demonstrated facilitation and presentation skills targeting all levels of an organization and across business and technical functions leveraging visualization platforms (PowerBI, Tableau, Powerpoint).
• Manage acquisition policies, processes, procedures, and requirements. Oversee, develop, and provide contract and procurement policies, processes, procedures, and requirements.

What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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