Director - Azure Cloud Solutions Engineer - Integrated Cloud Consulting (Location Flexible)

We are seeking an individual with both broad and deep cloud implementation and migration experience with a focus on complex multi-cloud and hybrid environments to join our team and lead the continued growth of our cloud practice serving RSM clients in a variety of industries and geographic locations. The s uccessful candidate will have solid working knowledge of cloud leading practices, understanding of cloud architecture models, leading vendor products and solutions, cloud technology trends , security design and innovation a s well as experience l everaging this knowledge to b enefit global organizations .

T he candidate will also p ossess strong leadership traits and e xhibit a proven t rack record of developing , launching and operating cloud consulting practices . T his individual will ultimately be partly responsible for the long-term vision of the cloud practice, including the focus on developing and expanding the portfolio of solutions that are available to clients.

As a leader within the IC practice, the success ful candidate is responsible for developing strong working relationships with clients built on understanding their businesses , the challenges they face and the outcomes they are looking to achieve. The selected candidate will identify , pursue and close new opportunities with both existing and new clients and will provide subject matter knowledge to support the efforts of the broader consulting practice .

Th is individual will also work across multiple client account teams within a wide variety of industries. The candidate is responsible to lead multiple team engagements simultaneously, including several threads of complex implementation and migration engagements . In addition, this individual will be responsible for leading a global team of cloud specialists, developing go to market solutions , working with industry leading cloud providers and technology vendors, and championing the cloud practice throughout the Firm.

Successful candidates typically have 10+ years of experience in the following areas :

- Confidently speaking with knowledgeable clients on the topic of cloud strategy, architecture, workload migration planning and common security practices such as landing zones

- Acting as trusted advisor to senior technology leaders on cloud engineering activities

- Identifying and building cloud - based solutions to drive growth in project-based and managed services

- Develop ing cloud strategy for clients that include cloud value framework, multi-cloud strategy, and cloud program office to drive cloud transformation.

- Develop ing application rationalization approaches to create cloud migration roadmap○

- Designing, architecting, implementing and supporting simple to complex enterprise cloud solutions for a variety of business use cases and requirements. Guiding and mentoring clients through the entire process

- Provi ding principal engineering support to various teams throughout a client's digital transformation to a cloud native organization.

- Spearhead ing strategic cost optimization initiatives, achieving multi- million dollar savings through infrastructure cleanups, license negotiations and dynamic scaling.

- Understanding common cloud deployment models (private, public, hybrid) including platform types (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)

- Executing solution delivery engagements for both small and large cloud environments

- Eminence building in the cloud industry through frequent publishing and speaking on relevant topics

- Managing relationships with major cloud platform providers - AWS, Azure, GCP - including working with partner representatives, maintaining executive level relationships and cultivating sales channels

- Recruiting top cloud talent through your network and eminence activities

- Bachelor's d egree or graduate degree OR 1 0 + years of related work experience

- Hig h p roficiency with popular c loud technologies (A WS, GCP, A zure)

- High p roficiency with the tools and techniques for securing multi-cloud and hybrid environments

- Experience w ith private, public and hybrid c loud deployments

- Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally

- Ability to interact effectively with internal and external resources at all organizational levels

- Excellent project management, organization, and follow-up skills

- Must be a team player; able to work in virtual teams and independently

- Strong financial and business acumen, and ability to speak about technology in the language of business

- Curiosity about business and technology ; motivated with a desire to learn

- Strong Knowledge of one of the following industries would be advantageous :

Cloud Platform Expertise D eep hands-on experience with one or more of the major hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP ) including core services like compute , storage, networking and managed services. Able to articulate cloud strategy and understand existing client architectures and propose new or improve d solutions across platforms.

This includes demonstrable understanding of additional platform specific capabilities and nuances, pricing models and limitations.

Infrastructure and Architecture Strong foundation with on-premises infrastructure, virtualization ( VMWare , Hyper-V) , networking protocols, storage architectures and data center strategy and operations.

Understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity patterns. Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, ARM templates or CloudFormation.

Application Modernization and Migration Stro ng understanding of cloud-native, modern and legacy application portfolios and experience with migration strategies.

Understanding of standard application patterns and the use of containers (Docker, Kubernetes ) , microservices, serverless and API management.

Experience with migration tool i ng and execu tion methodologies (7Rs framework).

Security & Compliance Knowledge of cloud security frameworks, ident it y and access management, network security , data encryption and compliance requirements. Understanding of zer o -trust architectures, security posture management and regulatory requirements.

Automation and DevSecOps Understanding of CI/CD Pipelines, configuration management, observability and DevSecOps practices.