Principal Consulting AWS Architect

Overview

The Principal AWS Consultant engages with clients and internal teams to provide design and engineering activities for AWS projects and solutions, acting as a thought leader on technical solutions for customers and aligning delivery teams on best practices.

What you'll do

• Provide professional services delivery for CDW customers globally on major public cloud platforms.
• Provide aggregate oversight of technical solutions across multiple projects to ensure synergy and broad visibility to the solutions delivery team.
• Work closely with other CDW consulting groups for cohesive technical solution approaches, bridging the gap between sales and delivery.
• Focus on technical standardization and opinionated approaches for client solutions.
• Assist management with technical growth plans for engineers and architects.
• Assist with SOW reviews and approval as needed.
• Assist with technical screening for new candidate interviews.
• Lead technical deployment engineering with customers on workload design on major public cloud vendors.
• Provide workshops and training events for customers and industry leaders on emerging public cloud technologies.
• Train and mentor engineers and architects to take on cloud and DevOps projects.
• Provide engineering services for AWS, coordinate engagement strategies, and qualify technical resource augments.
• Apply proficiency in automation tools and technologies relevant to IT operations, such as configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD), infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation), and containerization platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Apply a deep understanding of AI and machine learning algorithms, including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP).
• Continuously learn and stay updated with the latest advancements, research papers, and breakthroughs in AI and related fields.
• Oversee team projects to ensure delivery excellence and act as an escalation point.
• Analyze complex systems, workflows, and dependencies to design effective automation solutions that address business needs and requirements.
• Apply strong knowledge of DevOps principles and practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, and automated testing.
• Implement DevOps workflows and pipelines to automate software development, testing, deployment, and operations processes.
• Perform billable work on other DV clients (consulting engagements).
• Support presales architects on large deals to validate consulting estimates and provide needed expertise for Cloud/DevOps projects.
• Meet training and certification requirements for selected vendors (AWS, HashiCorp, Docker, CKA, etc.).
• Help develop and mature cloud solutions practice areas in response to client needs and market demand.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree and 10+ years of IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting, or 14+ years of IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting.
• Demonstrate leadership and provide expert advice on technical matters and architecture design.
• Be a subject matter expert, staying updated with the latest technology trends, with the ability to develop IT services offerings.
• Proven ability to maintain client relationships as a trusted advisor and mentor engineers for project design and coordination.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in making technology recommendations.
• History of building constructive relationships at all organizational levels and the ability to research complex technology solutions and present them to clients.
• Remain calm and productive in situations of change, ambiguity, and risk.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Anticipate future trends and create strategies that add value.
• Willingness to travel to other CDW locations or client sites.
• Demonstrated knowledge of public cloud platforms, aware of multi-platform solutions and capabilities.
• Expertise in automation and infrastructure as code.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, including master and worker nodes, API server, etcd, kubelet, kube-proxy, and container runtimes.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking concepts, including service discovery, load balancing, network policies, and container networking interfaces (CNI).

Details

• Location: Remote – USA.
• Pay range: $156,000 - $240,800 depending on experience and skill set; salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials.
• Annual bonus target of 10%, subject to terms and conditions of plan.
• Willingness to travel to other CDW locations or client sites.