Cloud Service Designer

Hunt Group – a mix of recruitment (executive search and head hunting) and outsourcing activities in industries such as IT, oil&gas, banking, finance and automotive.

- Exposure and use of a variety of cloud paradigms (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google, enterprise cloud, private cloud)
- Project management skills for task, dependency, milestone, risks and constraints definition and management
- Financial analysis skills for the definition of OPEX and upfront costs, and support for the consideration of the impact of projected sales pipelines on cash flow and revenue
- Excellent communication skills – language, interpersonal skills, concise and clear interactions with stakeholders, putting requests in context of the stakeholders’ role and priorities
- Self-starting ability to work independently, determining which aspects can proceed without conferring and which require further discussion before proceeding
- Manage multiple work streams with conflicting priorities and deadlines

- Assist with validation of technical stacks, provided by the Product teams, in support of cloud based deployments (OS, application server, middleware, database, load balancing, state handling, messaging, runtime, etc.)
- Assist with occasionally lead definition and documentation of the cloud infrastructure, working alongside the Cloud Architect and Product teams, using Finastra standard cloud components, validating both functional and operational fit including scope of environments required (e.g. Prod, Pre-Prod, pre-UAT, UAT, Dev, Test etc.), cloud VMs, database, networking and peering, backup, disaster recovery, performance, scaling, monitoring, regions, subscriptions and PaaS components etc
- Assist with aspects of deployment automation, working with Development Engineering, Cloud Operations and Products groups, including environment provisioning automation, application deployment and configuration automation
- Assist with managed cloud service security aspects, working alongside Security, Product and Data Governance teams, including gathering and documenting access, authentication, integrity, vulnerability, patching, hardening, security monitoring, security operations, data classification, compliance certifications, and audits
- Assist with activities related to Service Management process establishment, working with Service Management, Application Operations and Customer Support leads, including service runbooks, Standard Operating Procedures, Transition to Operations activities, and processes in support of the defined Finastra Service Operating Model groups
- Assist with the definition and measurement of service related metrics, working alongside the Cloud Architect and Product groups, including service quality metrics for platform and application performance, and metering metrics for cost measurement aligned to the service KPIs (and pricing levers)
- Assist with managed cloud service cost modelling and optimisation activities for cloud infrastructure, application, third party components, and service operations aspects
- Assist with IT PMO Intake processes for managed cloud services initiatives, working alongside PMO and GTO managers, including defining the investment (staff and components) required to deliver the IT aspects of an overall programme
- Assist with activities related to Finastra GTM governance, working alongside GTM Programme Managers, including providing managed cloud service updates to the GTM and participation in governance status meetings
- Assist with the development of Cloud Service roadmaps, working alongside the Cloud Architect and Product teams, including aligning product and solution development activities to the tangible value they would provide the Cloud Service (in terms of qualified reduced costs and increased service quality)
- Assist with the continuing development and improvement of the Cloud Service Architecture processes, working alongside Cloud Architects and Cloud Service Development teams, including updating documentation templates, and refining and updating processes
- Assist with cloud subscription management, in so much as it supports managed cloud service consumption, expansion and retention