Sogeti is looking for a talented, local Director, Cloud Advisory Architect to join our Chicagoland team built on the success of our people and partnerships. Come be a part of our “People centric” culture!
Sogeti is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capgemini and the Technology and Engineering Services Division of Capgemini. We have more than 25,000 professionals in 15 countries and has a strong local presence in over 100 locations scattered throughout the US, Europe and India.
We offer an environment that celebrates innovation and helps you to achieve a good balance between your professional and personal life. We strive to be THE employer of choice!
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
You would be hired as a permanent Sogeti Consultant. An expert in field who will provide guidance and experience a variety of exciting projects, work within different workplaces with diverse teams and various industries.
All Sogeti Prospective Candidates Must:
Possess a Bachelors and/or Masters Degree from an accredited institution.
Be a US Citizen or a current permanent resident Green Card holder. Sponsorship now or in the future is unable to be provided for this role.
JOB SUMMARY
You will be at the forefront of guiding cloud transformation journeys. You will leverage your expertise in cloud technologies and consulting experience, you will design and deliver innovative cloud solutions that address unique business challenges and drive tangible value.
Keys to Success
Possess: abilities in strategic development and ongoing management of system and application architecture.
Be: skilled at alignment of business and technology strategies to ensure optimal technology investments.
Areas of Specialty: institution of architectural review processes and procedures to ensure standardization and quality within IT solutions.
We are looking for a bright minded, self-motivated, team player with a strong background and skilled with a high degree of intellectual curiosity and abilities with:
Cloud Strategy Consulting: Collaborating to assess current IT landscape, understand business goals and develop tailored cloud strategies that align with objectives. Interacting with key decision makers to deliver and drive projects (CIO, CTO, Directors and Business Stakeholders).
Architectural Design and Planning: Designing large-scale, highly available, complex and resilient cloud architectures that leverage best practices and align with industry standards, ensuring security, compliance and performance.
Cloud Migration and Implementation: Leading planning and execution of cloud migration projects, providing guidance on workload assessment, dependency mapping and migration strategies to minimize risk and disruption. Charting, designing, implementing, managing teams and providing multiple solutions for enterprise clients and users.
Cloud Optimization and Cost Management: Identifying opportunities to optimize cloud resources and improving cost efficiency through rightsizing, usage optimization and implementing cost management best practices.
Technical Leadership and Guidance: Providing technical leadership and guidance to large teams (heavy offshore based staff) and stakeholders, serving as a trusted advisor on cloud architecture and technology trends.
Solution Development and Delivery: Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop proof of concepts, prototypes and production-ready solutions that demonstrate the value of cloud technologies to our clients.
Continuous Learning and Innovation: Staying abreast of emerging cloud technologies, trends and best practices, and proactively share knowledge and insights with teams and clients.
Qualifications:
- 15-20 years of progressive, leadership experience in establishing broad technical knowledge across applications development, cloud services, data center infrastructure service and operation, data management, analytics, integrations, migrations and security.
- Experience leading multi-cloud-AWS/Azure/GCP services and architecture in the context of large-scale deployments for both SaaS and PaaS models.
- Hands-on experience with relevant tools for supporting cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) platforms and DevOps processes (CI/CD, IaC (Infrastructure as Code), APM (Application Performance Monitoring)) including container technologies (Docker Swarm, Kubernetes).
- Adept in monitoring and observability tools (Splunk, CloudWatch, New Relic).
- Expertise demonstrating success in leveraging both standard best practices, such as IT Service Management practices based on ITIL, as well as emerging methods like DevOps that are optimized for Agility.
- Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development.
- Certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GCP Cloud Architect) preferred.
Benefits our employees enjoy working at Sogeti USA:
401(k) Savings Plan: matched 150% up to 6%. Our 401k is in the top 1% of 401(k) plans offered in the US!
Employee Stock Option Plan
Annual Individual Bonus Plan
Medical/Prescription/Dental/Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
100% Company-paid Mobile Phone Plan
Personal Time Off (PTO)
Career Planning and Coaching Program
Continuing Education: $12,000 Annual Tuition Reimbursement plus access to over 20,000 online courses and certifications through Capgemini University, as well as Coursera and Degreed.
Paid Parental Leave
Adoption Assistance
Counseling, Employee Assistance and other Support Programs for Physical, Financial, Family & Social, Emotional & Spiritual Wellbeing
Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state or local law.
Please be aware that Capgemini-Sogeti may capture your image (video or screenshot) during the interview process and that image may be used for verification, including during the hiring and onboarding process.
In order for you to be reviewed and receive feedback on your application, all prospective candidates must possess all requirements (exact or comparable). If you do not receive feedback, you are welcome to reach out to me at any point for more specifics.
Paige Evans, Senior Corporate IT Recruiter | Illinois
Sogeti
E: paige.evans@sogeti.com
Schedule a time on my calendar at: https://calendly.com/paige-evans-sogeti
