IT Strategy Consultant

The Enterprise IT Strategy team partners closely with product, IT, and operations leaders to shape and execute the organization’s cloud and infrastructure strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals. We analyze market trends, emerging technologies, and financial sector dynamics to identify opportunities and risks, translating insights into actionable strategies. We also design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient AWS environments while driving innovation in areas like multi‑region architecture, disaster recovery, and infrastructure automation. Responsibilities Conduct in‑depth market analysis and competitive research to identify trends, risks and opportunities with the financial sector. Collaborate with senior leadership and cross‑functional teams to gather insights, understand business needs and help develop an actionable strategy. Utilize data analytics to inform strategic recommendations, develop models and forecasts to support decision‑making process. Architect and build scalable, secure AWS environments using Well‑Architected principles. Design and build multi‑region, high‑availability and disaster‑recovery architectures. Lead infrastructure strategy across compute, networking, and storage. Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK). Drive and build FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization. Qualifications A Bachelor’s degree in business administration, technology, engineering, or related field and experience OR equivalent combination of education and work experience. At least 10 years in infrastructure or cloud engineering. At least 5 years of AWS experience at enterprise scale. Expertise in AWS services (EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, etc.). Experience with secure, fault‑tolerant architectures. Strong Infrastructure as Code experience. Networking knowledge (DNS, routing, load balancing). Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices. Understanding of cloud security and compliance. Demonstrated ability to solve complex business problems and drive strategic initiatives. Senior Level presentation experience with proven track record of creating and delivering presentations. Background in Go‑to‑Market strategy development and execution. Understanding of business case development for IT and strategic initiatives. Strategic thinking with ability to apply ITIL Service Value System principles to business challenges. Experience in large‑scale transformations. Bonus Points ITIL Certification or AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional. Financial/banking industry experience. Background working with large consulting firms. Multi‑region architecture experience. FinOps expertise. Infrastructure & Cloud transformation leadership. Experience in Blockchain, Digital Currency and Digital Assets. Experience with agile and transformation initiatives with governance/service management framework. Benefits Paid Time Off 401(k) matching program Annual incentive pay Paid holidays Medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage Health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts Adoption assistance Employee assistance program Fitness reimbursement Tuition reimbursement Associate wellbeing program Associate emergency fund Various associate banking benefits Compensation and Application Details Salary range: $99,750.00 – $214,370.00. Deadline to apply: June 3, 2026. Legal and Visa Information Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. EEO Statement UMB and its affiliates are committed to inclusion and diversity and provide employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, military service, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr UMB Financial Corporation