AVD Technical Architect - SME

Job Description

• Overall 12+ years of cloud transformational & consulting projects migration experience. The purpose of this role is for managing all large-scale multiple Cloud transformation & Migrations projects within cloud practice.
• The candidate must be dynamic, committed and capable of preparing/tracking & managing the Project schedules. Should have very good experience in project/program management especially on any cloud transformation /migration/consulting projects.

Primary skills:

• Preparation of the project plan/schedules, track schedule and report
• Precise coordination between Delivery, Architects, offshore, onsite resources and customer
• Assembles project team, identifies needed resources, assigns responsibilities and develops timeframes to facilitate successful completion of project activities and deliverables.
• Manage Governance, collate projects status & report at regular intervals
• Prepare the daily, weekly & monthly status reports and publish as per the schedule
• Steer/attend daily, weekly & monthly calls and adhoc calls when needed
• Prepare, track & report schedule and cost variance of project(s)
• Identification of issues, risks and track till closure or mitigation/resolution
• Manage onsite/offshore teams across the globe, track the projects status and take appropriate actions in case of any slippages/issues
• Closely work with Consultants and team to track and report the status
• Performs cost/benefit analysis

Secondary Skills:

• Over 10+ years of experience in Project Management & atleast 4 years in Cloud transformation & Digital workplace services Migration projects
• Should have executed large scale Cloud Migrations, Integrations and Transformations
• Experienced in Azure Cloud technologies and worked on migration to Cloud
• Experienced in managing multiple stakeholders including client, offshore and cross functional teams to deliver the transformations required
• Worked on Infrastructure consolidation related to Data Centers, Cloud, Virtualization etc.
• Should have strong Instrastructure background in understanding the Virtualization, Cloud technologies, compute, storage and Network
• Demonstrated leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution, the ability to run a project or serve as project manager on a program team and can ensure a successful project lifecycle
• Very good skills on preparing the schedule/track & manage
• Should be very good at reporting & Project Plan
• Ability to handle the issues, escalations and resolve on time
• Very good people management skills & leadership capabilities
• Very good communication, coordination skills, dedication & commitment
• Ability to communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders and senior business leaders both internal and customer
• Certifications (Good to have)
• Agile Management
• PRINCE2/PMP (Preferred)
• Any other program management certifications