Presales Architect - Cloud
at Product company which provides back up and DR solutions
Job description
- Driving the cloud Solutioning ( AWS, Azure , Hybrid Cloud) activities for large complex deals which involve multiple service lines and / or technology domains
- Drive the translation of complex business initiatives into innovative business- technology solutions and ensure consistency across traditional solution boundaries
- Work with Internal stakeholders, Customer stakeholders and Project Managers to understand inefficiencies in clients existing business processes and applications and recommend solutions
- Supports the Global Sales Lead in engaging with senior level customers in either first meetings, or early stages to help shape and design early propositions, assisting to build the pipeline
- Ensure that the solution translated from business objectives is fit for purpose and clearly demonstrates value for money. The solution executive should be able to be confidently explain this to CxO level customer
- Lead a bid team, combining on- shore and off- shore solution architects to design an affordable, innovative solution which meets a clients requirements and business needs. This solution should fit within the affordability target set together with the Global Sales Leads
- Define solution value proposition and transformational direction which build on the synergies and benefits across service offers
- Provide expertise on commercially structuring deals to differentiate from the competition
- Excellent understanding of the competitor landscape, providing insight into the sales plan on how to beat competition
- Work alongside Global Sales Leads, generating future pipeline
- Ensure that the proposed solution covers strategy, partners (such as AWS, Azure, Google, Hybrid Cloud), stakeholder management as well as the actual solution covering Business, Application and Infrastructure as well as commercial aspects (in terms of value for money and not commercial costing etc.)
- Consultative approach, strong business acumen and commercial awareness, with the ability to translate business issues into relevant technical solutions and competitive propositions
- Recent experience in working for a Tier 1/2 Technology Services Provider or major Cloud Services provider in a pre- sales solutioning role
- Proficient in the Pre- Sales Solutioning Process lead by 3rd Party Advisors
- Prior experience leading, costing and implementing large complex Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing (ITO) pursuits, preferably 50M TCV with a large technology transformation component i.e. workload migration to Public Cloud, data center consolidations, etc.
- Strong proficiency creating business willing solutions aligned with key market growth areas; Public/Hybrid Cloud, Cyber security
- Demonstrated ability to communicate (written verbal) effectively and to influence at CxO level
Cloud Skills
- Experience and/or Certification: AWS - Solution Architect, Microsoft - MCSA/MCSE would be advantageous
- AWS , AZURE , Google Cloud Hybrid Cloud , Cloud Infrastructure , Private Cloud
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• Drive end-to-end automation from GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket to Deployment,
Observability and Enabling the SRE activities
• Guide operations support (setup, configuration, management, troubleshooting) of
digital platforms and applications
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps Workflows that support CI, CS, CD, CM, CT.
• Deploy, configure, and manage SaaS and PaaS cloud platform and applications
• Provide Level 1 (OS, patching) and Level 2 (app server instance troubleshooting)
• DevOps programming: writing scripts, building operations/server instance/app/DB
monitoring tools Set up / manage continuous build and dev project management
environment: JenkinX/GitHub Actions/Tekton, Git, Jira Designing secure networks,
systems, and application architectures
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure secure product development
• Disaster recovery, network forensics analysis, and pen-testing solutions
• Planning, researching, and developing security policies, standards, and procedures
• Awareness training of the workforce on information security standards, policies, and
best practices
• Installation and use of firewalls, data encryption and other security products and
procedures
• Maturity in understanding compliance, policy and cloud governance and ability to
identify and execute automation.
• At Wesco, we discuss more about solutions than problems. We celebrate innovation
and creativity.
Requirements :
- Good knowledge of Linux Ubuntu.
- Knowledge of general networking practices/protocols / administrative tasks.
- Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting passwords, etc.
- Scripting to ensure operations automation and data gathering is accomplished seamlessly.
- Ability to work cooperatively with software developers, testers, and database administrators.
- Experience with software version control system (GIT) and CI.
- Knowledge of Web server Apache, Nginx etc
- E-Mail servers based on Postfix and Dovecot.
- Understanding of docker and Kubernetes Containers.
- IT hardware, Linux Server, System Admin, Server administrator
Highlights:
- Working 5 days a week.
- Group Health Insurance for our employees.
- Work with a team of 300+ excellent engineers.
- Extra Compensation for Night Shifts.
- Additional Salary for an extra day spent in the office.
- Lunch buffets for all our employees.
- Fantastic Friday meals to dine in for employees.
- Yearly and quarterly awards with CASH amount, Birthday celebration, Dinner coupons etc.
- Team Dinners on Project Completion.
- Festival celebration, Month End celebration.
environments: AWS / Azure / GCP
• Must have strong work experience (2 + years) developing IaC (i.e. Terraform)
• Must have strong work experience in Ansible development and deployment.
• Bachelor’s degree with a background in math will be a PLUS.
• Must have 8+ years experience with a mix of Linux and Window systems in a medium to large business
environment.
• Must have command level fluency and shell scripting experience in a mix of Linux and Windows
environments.
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• Must enjoy the experience of working in small, fast-paced teams
• Identify opportunities for improvement in existing process and automate the process using Ansible Flows.
• Fine tune performance and operation issues that arise with Automation flows.
• Experience administering container management systems like Kubernetes would be plus.
• Certification with Red Hat or any other Linux variant will be a BIG PLUS.
• Fluent in the use of Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook / Word / Excel).
• Possess a strong aptitude towards automating and timely completion of standard/routine tasks.
• Experience with automation and configuration control systems like Puppet or Chef is a plus.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (or container orchestration equivalent) is nice to have
We are now seeking a talented and motivated individual to contribute to our product in the Cloud data
protection space. Ability to clearly comprehend customer needs in a cloud environment, excellent
troubleshooting skills, and the ability to focus on problem resolution until completion are a requirement.
Responsibilities Include:
Review proposed feature requirements
Create test plan and test cases
Analyze performance, diagnosis, and troubleshooting
Enter and track defects
Interact with customers, partners, and development teams
Researching customer issues and product initiatives
Provide input for service documentation
Required Skills:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline
3+ years' experience inclusive of Software as a Service and/or DevOps engineering experience
Experience with AWS services like VPC, EC2, RDS, SES, ECS, Lambda, S3, ELB
Experience with technologies such as REST, Angular, Messaging, Databases, etc.
Strong troubleshooting skills and issue isolation skills
Possess excellent communication skills (written and verbal English)
Must be able to work as an individual contributor within a team
Ability to think outside the box
Experience in configuring infrastructure
Knowledge of CI / CD
Desirable skills:
Programming skills in scripting languages (e.g., python, bash)
Knowledge of Linux administration
Knowledge of testing tools/frameworks: TestNG, Selenium, etc
Knowledge of Identity and Security
Main tasks
- Supervision of the CI/CD process for the automated builds and deployments of web services and web applications as well as desktop tool in the cloud and container environment
- Responsibility of the operations part of a DevOps organization especially for development in the environment of container technology and orchestration, e.g. with Kubernetes
- Installation, operation and monitoring of web applications in cloud data centers for the purpose of development of the test as well as for the operation of an own productive cloud
- Implementation of installations of the solution especially in the container context
- Introduction, maintenance and improvement of installation solutions for development in the desktop and server environment as well as in the cloud and with on-premise Kubernetes
- Maintenance of the system installation documentation and implementation of trainings
Execution of internal software tests and support of involved teams and stakeholders
- Hands on Experience with Azure DevOps.
Qualification profile
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in communications engineering, electrical engineering, physics or comparable qualification
- Experience in software
- Installation and administration of Linux and Windows systems including network and firewalling aspects
- Experience with build and deployment automation with tools like Jenkins, Gradle, Argo, AnangoDB or similar as well as system scripting (Bash, Power-Shell, etc.)
- Interest in operation and monitoring of applications in virtualized and containerized environments in cloud and on-premise
- Server environments, especially application, web-and database servers
- Knowledge in VMware/K3D/Rancer is an advantage
- Good spoken and written knowledge of English
Intuitive is the fastest growing top-tier Cloud Solutions and Services company supporting Global Enterprise Customer across Americas, Europe and Middle East.
Intuitive is looking for highly talented hands-on Cloud Infrastructure Architects to help accelerate our growing Professional Services consulting Cloud & DevOps practice. This is an excellent opportunity to join Intuitive’ s global world class technology teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career working with some of the largest customers.
JD:
Lead the pre-sales (25%) to post-sales (75%) efforts building Public/Hybrid Cloud solutions working collaboratively with Intuitive and client technical and business stakeholders
Be a customer advocate with obsession for excellence delivering measurable success for Intuitive’s customers with secure, scalable, highly available cloud architecture that leverage AWS Cloud services
Experience in analyzing customer's business and technical requirements, assessing existing environment for Cloud enablement, advising on Cloud models, technologies, and risk management strategies
Apply creative thinking/approach to determine technical solutions that further business goals and align with corporate technology strategies
Extensive experience building Well Architected solutions in-line with AWS cloud adoption framework (DevOps/DevSecOps, Database/Data Warehouse/Data Lake, App Modernization/Containers, Security, Governance, Risk, Compliance, Cost Management and Operational Excellence)
Experience with application discovery prefera bly with tools like Cloudscape, to discover application configurations , databases, filesystems, and application dependencies
Experience with Well Architected Review, Cloud Readiness Assessments and defining migration patterns (MRA/MRP) for application migration e.g. Re-host, Re-platform, Re-architect etc
Experience in architecting and deploying AWS Landing Zone architecture with CI/CD pipeline
Experience on architecture, design of AWS cloud services to address scalability, performance, HA, security, availability, compliance, backup and DR, automation, alerting and monitoring and cost
Hands-on experience in migrating applications to AWS leveraging proven tools and processes including migration, implementation, cutover and rollback plans and execution
Hands-on experience in deploying various AWS services e.g. EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Security Groups etc. using either manual or IaC, IaC is preferred
Hands-on Experience in writing cloud automation scripts/code such as Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation Template (AWS CFT) etc.
Hands-on Experience with application build/release processes CI/CD pipelines
Deep understanding of Agile processes (planning/stand-ups/retros etc), and interact with cross-functional teams i.e. Development, Infrastructure, Security, Performance Engineering, and QA
Additional Requirements:
Work with Technology leadership to grow the Cloud & DevOps practice. Create cloud practice collateral
Work directly with sales teams to improve and help them drive the sales for Cloud & DevOps practice
Assist Sales and Marketing team in creating sales and marketing collateral
Write whitepapers and technology blogs to be published on social media and Intuitive website
Create case studies for projects successfully executed by Intuitive delivery team
Conduct sales enablement sessions to coach sales team on new offerings
Flexibility with work hours supporting customer’s requirement and collaboration with global delivery teams
Flexibility with Travel as required for Pre-sales/Post-sales, Design workshops, War-room Migration events and customer meetings
Strong passion for modern technology exploration and development
Excellent written, verbal communication skills, presentation, and collaboration skills - Team leadership skills
Experience with Multi-cloud (Azure, GCP, OCI) is a big plus
Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation as well as Advanced Windows and Linux Engineering is a big plus
Experience with On-prem Data Engineering (Database, Data Warehouse, Data Lake) is a big plus
We are looking for very hands-on DevOps engineers with 3 to 6 years of experience. The person will be part of a team that is responsible for designing & implementing automation from scratch for medium to large scale cloud infrastructure and providing 24x7 services to our North American / European customers. This also includes ensuring ~100% uptime for almost 50+ internal sites. The person is expected to deliver with both high speed and high quality as well as work for 40 hours per week (~6.5 hours per day, 6 days per week) in shifts that will rotate every month.
This person MUST have:
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B.E Computer Science or equivalent
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2+ Years of hands-on experience troubleshooting/setting up of the Linux environment, who can write shell scripts for any given requirement.
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1+ Years of hands-on experience setting up/configuring AWS or GCP services from SCRATCH and maintaining them.
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1+ Years of hands-on experience setting up/configuring Kubernetes & EKS and ensuring high availability of container orchestration.
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1+ Years of hands-on experience setting up CICD from SCRATCH in Jenkins & Gitlab.
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Experience configuring/maintaining one monitoring tool.
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Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
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Candidates with certifications - AWS, GCP, CKA, etc will be preferred
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Hands-on experience with databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, MySQL, RDS).
Experience:
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Min 3 years of experience as DevOps automation engineer buildingg, running, and maintaining production sites.
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Not looking for candidates who have experience only as L1/L2 or Build & Deploy.
Location: Remotely, anywhere in India.
Timings:
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The person is expected to deliver with both high speed and high quality as well as work for 40 hours per week (~6.5 hours per day, 6 days per week) in shifts that will rotate every month.
Position:
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Full time/Direct
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We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
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We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period.
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4+ years of experience in IT and infrastructure
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2+ years of experience in Azure Devops
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Experience with Azure DevOps using both as CI / CD tool and Agile framework
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Practical experience building and maintaining automated operational infrastructure
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Experience in building React or Angular applications, .NET is must.
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Practical experience using version control systems with Azure Repo
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Developed and maintained scripts using Power Shell, ARM templates/ Terraform scripts for Infrastructure as a Code.
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Experience in Linux shell scripting (Ubuntu) is must
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Hands on experience with release automation, configuration and debugging.
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Should have good knowledge of branching and merging
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Integration of tools like static code analysis tools like SonarCube and Snky or static code analyser tools is a must.
This person MUST have:
- Min of 3-5 prior experience as a DevOps Engineer.
- Expertise in CI/CD pipeline maintenance and enhancement specifically Jenkins based pipelines.
- Working experience with engineering tools like git, git work flow, bitbucket, JIRA etc
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure with CloudFormation/Terraform
- Experience managing AWS infrastructure
- Hands on experience of Linux administration.
- Basic understanding of Kubernetes/Docker orchestration
- Works closely with engineering team for day to day activities
- Manges existing infrastructure/Pipelines/Engineering tools (On Prem or AWS) for engineering team (Build servers/Jenkin nodes etc.)
- Works with engineering team for new config required for infra like replicating the setups, adding new resources etc.
- Works closely with engineering team for improving existing pipelines for build .
- Troubleshoots problems across infrastructure/services
Experience:
- Min 5-7 year experience
Location
- Remotely, anywhere in India
Timings:
- 40 hours a week (11 AM to 7 PM).
Position:
- Full time/Direct
- We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
- We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period.
- 5+ years hands-on experience with designing, deploying and managing core AWS services and infrastructure
- Proficiency in scripting using Bash, Python, Ruby, Groovy, or similar languages
- Experience in source control management, specifically with Git
- Hands-on experience in Unix/Linux and bash scripting
- Experience building, managing Helm-based build and release CI-CD pipelines for Kubernetes platforms (EKS, Openshift, GKE)
- Strong experience with orchestration and config management tools such as Terraform, Ansible or Cloudformation
- Ability to debug, analyze issues leveraging tools like App Dynamics, New Relic and Sumologic
- Knowledge of Agile Methodologies and principles
- Good writing and documentation skills
- Strong collaborator with the ability to work well with core teammates and our colleagues across STS