Strategy and Advisory Leader

RESPONSIBILITIES - 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 - 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 **REQUIREMENTS**: - Managerial/team leadership position in a cloud professional services organization or leading cloud consultancy - 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