Senior Technical Consultant, App Dev

Roles And Responsibilities

• Participate on project teams to deploy solutions across open-source and cloud technologies
• Architect open-source and cloud technology solutions addressing storage, messaging, streaming, analysis, scalability, DevOps, and security
• Participate in pre-sales cycles as technical expert to drive adoption and maturation of open-source and cloud technologies
• Provide thought leadership to Ahead and customers
• Lead customer requirements gathering and design to achieve business goals
• Communicate with customers including top management for explanation, interpretation, and advising
• Lead a team of technical delivery resources
• Lead development and testing activities
• Lead architecture and design of complex solutions
• Lead creation of written deliverables
• Lead client demos and working sessions
• Lead integration design sessions and deployment
• Participate as technical expert in client workshops
• Influence team members and customers regarding policies, best practices, and procedures
• Achieve high team standards
• Contribute to methodology refinement and best practices
• Understand performance, scaling, and functional characteristics of software technologies
• Mentor junior staff and support project leadership
• Obtain and maintain relevant certifications

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years customer-facing role experience
• 3+ years designing, securing, and deploying large-scale applications and solutions
• Experience with major cloud vendor environments (development, access, migration)
• Effective communication and presentation skills across all organizational levels
• Subject matter expert in at least one open-source and cloud technology
• Architect-level development skills in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python)
• Architect-level development skills in at least one messaging protocol (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, JMS)
• Strong skills integrating third party tools and solutions
• Strong project and situational awareness
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-starter with proactive approach

Expectations

• Recognized subject matter expert in professional discipline
• Ability to contribute in complex/critical environments
• Provide measurable input into products, processes, standards, and plans
• Author and coordinate technical documentation and knowledge articles
• Coordinate and contribute cross-practice deliverables
• Understand open-source and cloud use cases, recommend standard design patterns and best practices
• Demonstrate deep expertise in at least one open-source and/or cloud technology
• Architect and lead deployment of moderately complex solutions
• Communicate with external customers including senior management
• Translate customer requirements into technical requirements
• Establish strong, long-term professional relationships across Sales, Pre-Sales, and Post-Sales
• Participate in presales activities including scoping and positioning
• Identify new client opportunities and engage pre-sales to begin campaigns
• Communicate strategic direction beyond technology
• Provide thought leadership and marketing support
• Speak at industry conferences
• Contribute to complex workshops and align expertise with organizational messaging
• Drive scoping, planning, and methodology for critical projects
• Initiate and participate in PCR requests for additional work
• Develop innovative, high-impact solutions for complex client programs
• Influence team members and external customers to accept new concepts and approaches