Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Lead, Digital & Technology Services

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

Alvarez & Marsal's Corporate Performance Improvement practice is looking for a Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure leader who bridges cloud strategy and hands‑on execution for clients operating complex multi‑cloud and hybrid environments. This role requires someone who has optimized large commercial cloud footprints and designed cloud operating models - not just migrated workloads.

• Enterprise cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP) with hybrid cloud design patterns across classification levels
• Assessing Workload classification, migration sequencing, and cloud‑native refactoring (6
  
  Rs framework or equivalent)
• Designing for high elasticity, Horizontal and Vertical scaling as well as Dynamic Provisioning.
• Assessing Cloud operating model design - platform teams, product teams, customer support, vendor management
• Multi‑tenancy design and enterprise cloud governance experience
• In depth knowledge of Commercial cloud cost models, licensing, and commitment-based pricing strategies (reserved instances, savings plans, committed‑use agreements)
• Dev Sec Ops , Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipeline design fluency
• Federal cloud environments preferred - experience with FedRAMP, IL certifications, and multi‑classification cloud architectures is a strong advantage
• AI/ML workload placement strategy and cloud‑native AI services - must demonstrate active use of AI tools in delivery; AI fluency is required for this role
• General understanding of cloud cost management and fin‑ops.

• Serve as senior technical advisor on cloud strategy and hybrid infrastructure engagements
• Lead workload rationalization assessments - classifying workloads for rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, or retirement
• Design hybrid/multi-cloud target architectures across classification levels and operating environments
• Develop cloud migration roadmaps with decommission gating to ensure on‑premises capacity retires as workloads migrate
• Advise on cloud vendor strategy, including multi‑vendor approaches, lock‑in mitigation, and contract terms optimization
• Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development

• 8-12+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure leadership, with consulting or advisory delivery
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise migration programs (500+ workloads)
• Deep understanding of security requirements in regulated environments (FedRAMP, IL certifications, HIPAA, SOC2)
• Federal cloud experience preferred - deep transformation experience in regulated industries can substitute
• Bachelor's degree required; cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GCP Professional Cloud Architect) strongly preferred
• Comfortable with travel up to 80%
• Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available

Has optimized large commercial cloud footprints - not just built them. Understands COTS application…