Principal Consultant-AWS

Description

The AWS Principal Consultant engages with clients and internal teams to provide design and engineering activities for AWS projects and solutions. This role is expected to be a thought leader in the areas of technical solutions provided for our customer. The Principal Consultant is also responsible for working with Management to align delivery teamsonbest practices and upskillingarchitecture and engineering resources.

The AWS Principal Consultant engages with clients and internal teams to provide design and engineering activities for AWS projects and solutions. This role is expected to be a thought leader in the areas of technical solutions provided for our customer. The Principal Consultant is also responsible for working with Management to align delivery teamsonbest practices and upskillingarchitecture and engineering resources.

• Professional services delivery for CDW customers globally on major Public Cloud platforms
• Aggregate oversight of technical solutions across multiple projects to ensuresynergyin our approach and broad visibility to the solutions delivery team
• Works closely withother CDW consultinggroupsfor cohesive technical solution approaches focusing on bridging the gap between sales and delivery
• Focuses on technical standardization and opinionated approaches for client solutions
• Assistsmanagementwith technical growth plans for engineers and architects
• Assists with SOW reviews and approval as needed.
• Assists 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 technologies in Public Cloud
• Training and Mentoring Engineer sand Architects to take on Cloud and Dev Ops projects
• Providing Engineering Services for AWS, coordinating engagement strategies, and qualifying technical resource augments
• Proficiency in automation tools and technologies relevant to IT operations, such as configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD), infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation), and containerization platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Deep understanding of AI and machine learning algorithms, including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP)
• Continuous learning and staying 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.
• Ability to analyze complex systems, workflows, and dependencies to design effective automation solutions that address business needs and requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Dev Ops principles and practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, and automated testing.
• Experience in implementing Dev Ops workflows and pipelines to automate software development, testing, deployment, and operations processes.
• Performing Billable work at other DV clients (Consulting Engagements)
• Support Presalesarchitectson large deals tovalidateconsultingestimates as well as provide neededexpertisefor Cloud/Dev Ops projects
• Meet Training and certification requirements for selected Vendors (AWS,Hashicorp, Docker, CKA, etc.)
• Help develop and mature our Cloud Solutions practice areas in response to client needs and market demand.
• Travel estimate is 10%
• Internal projects when applicable

• Bachelor'sDegree and7+years of IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 yearsinlarge enterprise consulting.
  
  Or,10+yearsof IT Infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in large enterprise consulting
• The candidate shoulddemonstrateleadership andprovideexpert advice on technical matters and architecture design. They should bea subject matter expert,stayingupdated with the latest technology trends, andhave the ability todevelop IT services offerings.
• Proven abilitytomaintainclient relationships asa trusted advisorand…