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[Remote] Principal Technical Consultant, Platform Engineering

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AHEAD builds platforms for digital business by combining cloud infrastructure, automation, analytics, and software delivery to support digital transformation. The Principal Technical Consultant, Platform Engineering serves as a technical thought leader and subject matter expert, leading the design, development, implementation, and delivery of complex client solutions while mentoring engineering teams and supporting client growth.

Responsibilities

  • 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 maintainTechnical Roadmaps and Innovation Plans
  • Develop and implement CI\CD solutions
  • Establish project estimates and plans, identify risks and mitigations, oversee development and delivery of technical solutions
  • Provide mentorship, coaching, and professional development opportunities to team members, empowering them to grow and excel in their roles
  • Actively lead collaboration within our technical communities

Skills

  • 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
  • 10+ years of IT experience and 5+ years of Cloud, DevOps, Automation, Application Modernization, Digital Transformation experience
  • 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
  • Experience with organizational adoption of transformational initiatives – Platform Engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Transformation, Application Modernization
  • Hands-on experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, ARM, CloudFormation
  • Experience with using and managing deployment services such as Harness, GitHub, Ansible, Jenkins, etc. Knowledge and usage of branching strategies is required
  • Hands-on experience in programming with Java, Python or any development language
  • Excellent written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of modern cloud-native application design principles, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI\CD Pipelines
  • Knowledge of enterprise organizations across multiple industries and inner IT functions (e.g. Enterprise Architecture, Operations)

Benefits

  • Remote work arrangement
  • Top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab
  • Cross-department training and development
  • Sponsorship of certifications and credentials for continued learning
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave

Company Overview

  • AHEAD is a solutions-based company that helps clients move to an optimized IT service delivery model. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.ahead.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • AHEAD has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 11 in 2026, 24 in 2025, 19 in 2024, 22 in 2023, 20 in 2022, 18 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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