Principal Transformation Consultant (Server, Storage & Virtualisation)
Core
Technical authority for compute, storage, hypervisor, and data protection platforms leading private cloud and data centre solutions design and delivery.
Role type
Principal Transformation Consultant (Server, Storage & Virtualisation)
Builds
Private cloud and data centre solutions, hypervisor modernisation and migration programmes, data centre migration and consolidation engagements.
Domain
IT Services, Data Centre, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Requirements analysis, capacity planning, solution architecture design, migration planning, workload optimisation, backup strategy design, stakeholder presentation, vendor roadmap tracking
Preferred skills
Change management, business requirements translation, solution proposal development, document authoring, cost and capacity assessment
Technologies
VMware VCF/vSphere, Nutanix AHV, Huawei DCS, Veeam, Dell PowerStore/PowerMax, NetApp, HPE ProLiant/Synergy, Cisco UCS, Pure Storage, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity
Responsibilities
Lead technical solutioning for private cloud and storage opportunities; Develop proposal content and solution architectures for RFI/RFP responses; Produce high-level and low-level designs for virtualisation and data protection platforms; Lead hypervisor modernisation and migration engagements; Lead data centre migration, consolidation, and relocation workstreams; Conduct data centre discovery, assessment, and backup strategy validation; Present solutions to client stakeholders and support commercial teams; Maintain reference architectures and estimation models; Track vendor roadmaps and advise account teams.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship