Cognizant Infrastructure Services - Service Delivery - Tech Expert

Lead Cloud Consultant

Job Description: Lead Cloud Consultant Max Vendor Rate: $$.$$ Remote/Work From Home

Job Description:

• Baseline application and infrastructure discovery questionnaire in context to customer engagement

• Work with vendors to deploy / install discovery tools where required; assist in troubleshooting issues

• Liaise with client stakeholders, drive discovery meetings & discussions to gauge pain points & understand expectations

• Respond to customer queries in a timely manner and work with customers to agree on assumptions to be made when required data is not available

• Provide inputs to cloud value manager and analyst for application cloud suitability analysis

• Work with architects and technical experts to develop app-specific transformation recommendations in line with client requirements and expectations

• Work with appropriate client stakeholders in understanding the current financials pertaining to application hosting and build business cases for a cloud-hosted future state

• Collaborate with architects and SMEs in the proposal of migration timelines, tools to be used, migration waves and application grouping

• Research on & collaborate with cloud vendors and application providers regarding their offerings and recommend appropriate services to the client as part of the transformation solution

• Develop/assist in the development of reusable tools aimed at process improvements, effort estimate optimization, TCO estimation, etc.

• Drive discussions with AWS for review and validation of MAP deliverables

• Assist in RFP responses for potential clients by tailoring resource loading estimates, timely provision of inputs, details, documentation and presentations regarding capabilities, assessment & analysis processes, etc.

• Assist in the pre-sales process by conducting client presentations on the Cognizant assessment & analysis methodology & processes

Skills Required:

• Must have knowledge of AWS cloud economics

• Must have ability to perform gap analysis, cash flow analysis, TCO analysis, business case analysis

• Must have understanding of on-premises hosting v/s cloud hosting

• Must have understanding of cloud IaaS and PaaS

• Must have understanding of cloud migration and app modernization

• Must have strong analytical skills and be comfortable with spreadsheet analysis

• Must have ability to think laterally in order to come up with effective and cost-efficient solutions

• Must have ability to create professional quality, client-facing presentations

• Must have strong communication and presentation skills

• Must have prior experience in client-facing consulting / delivery roles

• Must be self-driven and possess good learnability

Nice to have familiarity with VBA script

Nice to have understanding of cloud transformation - microservices / serverless rearchitecture, app containerization, SaaS transformation

Nice to have prior experience in assessments / cloud assessments / AWS Migration Accelerator Program

Nice to have AWS / Azure / GCP Cloud Certification