Strategy and Advisory Leader (Cloud)

at  Epam Systems

Do you tick all the boxes? You have an opportunity to join EPAM at the Director level to spearhead our work in Australia and help build a local team. Your team would join our highly capable and motivated global teams to develop cloud solutions. Are you an industry visionary and technologist at heart with a passion for designing intricate cloud solutions? Can you guide and advise both business and IT teams on creating new, cloud-native applications and services? Do you possess strong soft skills, solid stakeholder management abilities, and technology governance experience? Are you driven to transform businesses so they can operate and thrive successfully in a cloud-first world?

REQUIREMENTS

• Managerial/team leadership position in a cloud professional services organization or leading cloud consultancy
• Large-scale software development or application engineering experience with recent coding experience in two or more of the following languages: Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Node.js, .NET, Python, PHP, or Ruby
• Experience designing and building applications using container and serverless technologies
• 7+ years of experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability
• Deep expertise in solution architecture, including web services, relational and non-relational databases, front-end and/or back-end technologies
• Good exposure to Agile software development methodologies and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration (CI), and automated deployment
• Experience working with highly scalable, performant, and mission-critical architectures
• Avid technologist with deep expertise in modern cloud architecture and a history of successful implementation of complex cloud solutions
• Ability to suggest competitive and innovative technical decisions, gain client buy-in, and deliver on commitments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical ideas in business-friendly language
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Cloud certifications are an additional advantage

WE OFFER

• By choosing EPAM, you’re getting a job at Great Place To Work-Certified™ in 2024, Glassdoor’s Top 100 Best Places to Work in 2023 & one of Most Loved Workplace, as recognized by Newsweek, 2021 - 2023
• Employee ideas are the main driver of our business. We have a very supportive environment where your voice matters
• You will be challenged while working side-by-side with the best talent globally. We work with top-notch technologies, constantly seeking new industry trends and best practices
• We offer a transparent career path and an individual roadmap to engineer your future & accelerate your journey
• At EPAM, you can find vast opportunities for self-development: online courses and libraries, mentoring programs, partial grants of certification, and experience exchange with colleagues around the world. You will learn, contribute, and grow with us

• Build and lead a team of cloud experts serving your target geography and industries
• Design services and continuously improve our methodology and consulting offerings
• Drive EPAM’s cloud go-to-market strategy. Organize and participate in various events, and produce publications and presentations within and beyond the organization
• Collaborate closely with the EPAM Sales and Account Management teams to achieve practice and regional business plans, as well as customer acquisition targets
• Establish and develop mutually beneficial relationships with Cloud Australia partnership organizations, driving joint business development efforts
• Engage with customer organizations at the executive/C-level, helping customers drive enterprise-wide cloud transformation agendas
• Work closely with businesses to identify solution requirements and key case studies/scenarios for future solutions
• Enable cloud journeys, analyze TCO, create business cases, and make the cloud dream a reality
• Design and prototype cloud solutions, and create solution architecture documents covering deep technical aspects of the implementation
• Create a unified strategy for cloud transformation governance, automation, security, implementation, and operations
• Analyze existing application portfolios, and develop next-gen application architecture, transformation, and modernization roadmaps
• Conduct cloud solutions architecture reviews/audits and create review/audit reports
• Lead the implementation of solutions from establishing project requirements and goals to solution “go-live.”
• Oversee development efforts and provide technical assistance as needed
• Lead clients through the technical and organizational challenges of cloud transformation on a day-to-day basis
• Participate in the full cycle of pre-sale activities, including RFP processing, proposal development, and direct communications with potential clients
• Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and best practices
• Create thought leadership on cloud solutions and hybrid clouds
• Serve as a cloud evangelist, consulting and providing technical guidance on cloud solutions design, build, governance, security, operations, and cost control best practices