Accenture - Cloud Operating Model & Strategy Role - Technology & Strategy Team

Experience:

Cloud Migration Approach

- Validate migration complexity categories (simple lift-and- shift, re-platform, refactor, etc.) and framework for recommending the appropriate migration path

- Validate and refine migration scenarios for defined migration clusters including costs & recommend migration plan considering:

- Migration options (e.g., lift & shift / re-platform / refactor)

- Target cloud (e.g., private / public / hybrid cloud)

- Migration costs and benefits (highlight SaaS alternatives where applicable)

- Migration prerequisites and tools

- Migration risks and potential business impact (e.g., downtime, latency)

- Provide migration challenges, risks & leading practices

Cloud Operating Model Assessment:

- Analyze collected IT operating model data and identify focus areas for assessment

- Perform workshops / interviews with key IT stakeholders to assess the current state of IT Operating Model and identify potential gaps, in the following areas:

- IT Organization structure, role descriptions and team sizes

- IT Governance Model, including key leadership roles and bodies

- IT4IT Tools

- High level capability assessment identifying missing capabilities

- Identify existing people and capabilities and processes present to manage cloud based environments

- Assess current IT service portfolio and existing sourcing model

- Formalize and validate cloud operating Model key pain points

- Cloud Operating Model Design

- Assess multiple cloud operating model options

- Define Cloud operating model, highlighting: -

- Service delivery model services to be delivered

- People organization structure, training programs, manpower planning and job descriptions

- Process list of key processes to be established

- Governance governance structure, compliance, policies, and RACI

- Tools cloud monitoring, logging, and other cloud mgt and SRE tools

- Reporting and performance target SLAs, OLAs, and relevant reports

- Support detailed support structure and service charge-back model

- Define high-level information security policy for cloud usage, data storage, etc.

- Define and quantify the level of effort / resources required and associated costs

Key Competencies and Skills:




- Strong desire to work in technology-driven business transformation

- The ability to develop technology solutions and value adding propositions and take these to market.

- Strong knowledge of technology trends across IT and digital and how they can be applied to companies to address real world problems and opportunities.

- Deep experience within one or more of the Banking, Capital Markets, Telecom, Media, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Retail or Consumer Goods services industries.

- Comfort conveying both high-level and detailed information, adjusting the way ideas are presented to better address varying social styles and audiences.

- Leading proof of concept and/or pilot implementations and defining the plan to scale implementations across multiple technology domains

- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills - ability to convey technology and business value propositions to senior stakeholders

- Team oriented and collaborative working style, both with clients and those within the organization.

- Capacity to develop high impact thought leadership that articulates a forward thinking view of the market.

- Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships

- Proven track record in working creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

- Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment with effective consulting skills

- Proven track record to quickly understand the key value drivers of a business, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement

- Demonstrated ability to develop younger talent and build a high performing team.

- Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements