Lead a team of technical consultants to design and deliver enterprise cloud networking solutions across multi-cloud environments. Mentor staff, manage project delivery and KPIs, build client relationships, produce technical and executive deliverables, and architect resilient, secure network designs using IaC and container networking.
AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
Responsibilities:
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and professional development opportunities to team members, empowering them to grow and excel in their roles.
- Manage a team of 6 to 8 technical consultants responsible for oversight and escalation support on team members projects
- Work with delivery leadership to ensure successful project outcomes using business defined KPI’s
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, at the highest quality standards while exceeding client expectations.
- Design and implement complex, mission-critical transformational enterprise grade technical solutions for clients.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, drive business growth, and identify opportunities for upselling and cross-selling
- Develop high quality deliverables and presentations for Client engineering teams and senior leaders, this can include both technical documentation and non-technical documentation.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their technical challenges and develop tailored solutions to address their needs
- Create and present solution designs, options, ideas, and innovations to clients’ senior leadership teams.
- Develop and maintain Technical Roadmaps and Services Portfolio.
- Actively lead collaboration within our technical communities
Qualifications:
- Experience and ability to “jump on a whiteboard” in front of a customer to develop a solution to a business / technology goal or challenge.
- Strong consulting and business acumen
- Previous technical oversight and leadership experience in a consulting environment
- Previous experience working in Salesforce and or PowerBI for KPI tracking
- 10+ years in IT, with at least 5+ years specialized in Cloud Networking and DevOps. In-depth knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VPNs, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute, Load Balancing, and container networking (Kubernetes).
- Expert-level credentials such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure or Palo Alto Certified Solutions Engineer
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform or CloudFormation to build reproducible, hardened network stacks.
- Hands-on experience in programming with Java, Python or any development language.
- Excellent written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Leading the end-to-end design of scalable, resilient, and secure cloud networking architectures (e.g., Spine-Leaf, Hub-and-Spoke) across multi-cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
USA Employment Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
Top Skills
Aws,Azure,Google Cloud,Kubernetes,Bgp,Ospf,Vpns,Direct Connect,Expressroute,Load Balancing,Terraform,Cloudformation,Java,Python,Salesforce,Power Bi,Spine-Leaf,Hub-And-Spoke,Devops,Cisco Ccie,Palo Alto
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