Senior Technical Consultant - Platform Engineering

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 embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

Serving as a technical thought leader and SME for our ecosystem of partners, customers, and service providers in the realm of Modern Apps & Platform Engineering, the Senior Technical Consultant works as part of the consulting team to lead the development, design, implementation and engagement leader of client solutions. Senior Technical Consultants mentor and provide direction to engineers on a project by project basis and within the broader organization as it relates to internal initiatives and indirect project support.

Responsibilities

Designs and Implements complex, mission-critical transformational enterprise grade technical solutions for clients.

Develops high quality deliverables and presentations for Client engineering teams and senior leaders.

Creates and presents solution designs, options, ideas, and innovations to clients’ senior leadership teams.

Develops and Maintains Technical Roadmaps and Innovation Plans.

Develops and Implements CI/CD solutions.

Establishes project estimates and plans, identifies risks and mitigations, oversees development and delivery of technical solutions.

Mentor and support project teammates

Actively lead collaboration within our technical communities

Qualifications

6+ years of IT experience and 3+ years of Cloud, DevOps, Automation, Application Modernization, Digital Transformation experience.

Experience and Ability to “jump on a whiteboard” in front of a customer to develop a solution to a business / technology goal or challenge.

Multiple certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Pro, AWS DevOps Engineer Pro, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Terraform Associate, Etc.

Hands-on experience designing and implementing Platform core services around Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, Containers, Security, Identity, etc.

$150,000 - $210,000 a year

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.

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.

Use of AI:

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, assessing responses, or to capture recordings and create transcriptions or summaries during interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.