Lead Cloud Solution Architect - App Modernization

As a Lead Cloud Solution Architect - Application Modernization (AWS), you function as both a consultant and technical leader. As a consultant, you will meet with the business and IT leaders of our clients, understand their ambitions and pain points, and develop a vision of how to best solve their problems. As a technical leader, you will actualise the vision by designing and delivering engagements involving WWT's service offerings and technical teams.

You will be responsible for leading execution of strategic Cloud Application Modernisation engagements, providing technical expertise and industry insights to ensure successful outcomes for our customers. You are intimately familiar with approaches, methodologies, and tools - especially AI-enabled tools - that accelerate modernisation efforts while ensuring quality.

You will have the technical acumen with a cloud focus to provide guidance and support to other members of the team to ensure project success. Teamwork is critical to the role, working together to deliver a high quality, reliable service to our customers. We are seeking highly qualified technical experts for this role. You will have a strong broad-based generalist foundation with specialised, proven experience within the AWS Cloud space.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Lead execution of AWS Cloud solutions engagements at customer sites across the UK and Europe, and provide feedback to drive continuous improvement

Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, adeptly understanding their unique needs and crafting tailored recommendations that drive value and foster long-term partnerships

Produce architecture designs and solutions for building and maintaining cost-efficient, scalable, and secure AWS cloud environments

Lead the creation of High-Level and Low-Level Designs for areas of expertise

Deliver with strong analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills and effective interpersonal and communication skills to ensure successful client projects & team performance

Represent WWT's technical expertise to team members and customers through an in-depth knowledge of AWS cloud technologies

Maintain expert level knowledge on WWT solution offerings and industry cloud technologies including the completion of assigned courses and relevant AWS certification exams when applicable.

Stay current with emerging technologies and advancements within existing technologies

Solutions Development

Provide industry expertise and technical know-how to support development and maturing of AWS solution offerings and capabilities

Work with WWT account teams to educate them on AWS cloud capabilities and drive business development and sales across UK and European markets

Work with Sales engineers/Cloud consultants to review and validate understanding of customer requirements and translate initial scope into actionable items

Build relationships across the organisation to scope and deliver cross-functional and cross-domain solutions such as Digital, Security, AI, Analytics, Automation, and Data Center

Spearhead the strategic design of innovative solutions by leveraging deep knowledge of the evolving AWS technology landscape and maximising internal WWT capabilities

Actively pursue business opportunities at large, complex customers; work with clients and internal WWT teams to develop and negotiate statements of work, including project scope, deliverables, timelines, and costs.

Build productive solution development teams, leveraging junior team members to support their growth and development, We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!

Do you have experience in Virtualization?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Proven track record / experience in a related field required

Extensive experience designing, deploying, and implementing Private, Public, and Hybrid Cloud technologies in accordance with industry best practices

Bachelor's Degree in a related field (e.g. Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering)

Understanding of Public, Private, & Hybrid Cloud Strategies

Expert level experience with AWS Cloud Platform technologies

Expert level experience with Application Modernisation approaches, methodologies, and tools

Specialised expertise in the following:

Cloud strategy and adoption patterns

Cloud modernisation and migration

Application architecture and development in the cloud

Experience with CI/CD pipeline development for automated cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, application code deployments and associated agile tools

Deep understanding of AWS Cloud ecosystem products and solutions

Strong organisational and analytical skills

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with great attention to detail

Independent and self-motivated and thorough

Troubleshooting skills (patience and determination to find and solve problems)

Ability to understand technology interdependencies and how various components integrate with one another

Strongly Desired Skills

Expert-level industry certifications related to AWS Cloud Platform (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional)

Specialised expertise in one or more of the following:

Cloud container management and Kubernetes platforms (e.g. EKS, Fargate)

Cloud AI and data platform technologies (e.g. Bedrock, Redshift, Kinesis, Glue)

Application architecture and development in the cloud (e.g. .NET Core, Java, etc. in Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, or containers)

Core Cloud infrastructure - Networking (e.g. Direct Connect, Cloud WAN), Security (e.g. AWS Network Firewall, 3rd party ISVs), Compute, and Storage

CI/CD pipeline development using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, Ansible) and agile tools (e.g. AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions)

Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, etc.

Fluent understanding of Agile and/or ITIL

Understanding of Cloud cost models and optimisation strategies

Experience working with and integrating other vendors such as VMware, Palo Alto, NetApp, Red Hat and other cloud technologies and ISVs

Experience and working knowledge of infrastructure concepts and technologies such as Virtualisation, Networking, Data Center, and Security

WWT offers a competitive compensation and benefits package for UK-based employees. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best.

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients. Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organisations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualise, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities. With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognised 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all. Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today! What is the Solutions Consulting & Engineering (SC&E) Team and why join? Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organisation that is Customer Focused and Solutions Led. We deliver end-to-end and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction, increase profitability and growth. Our success is enabled by our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence and engineering brilliance. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients' most complex challenges.