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Want to create value with digital and turn your ideas into human impact? So do we.

There’s one in every group—the person who dreams big and has the motivation to bring their ideas to life, even as others might roll their eyes and prefer to play it safe. Are you that person? One who isn’t afraid to break the mould and who gets inspired by the power of digital to transform organizations and ways of working? Because we are building teams of people like that to help our clients unlock the power they need now and own what’s next.

At Avanade Advisory, we are breaking apart the traditional process of setting strategies and goals first, then finding technologies to achieve them. In the digital age, there’s no time for that linear process. We partner with clients to accelerate value from digital innovation by being bold, imaginative - and fast. We think big and deliver personally. We relentlessly challenge, inspire, and support our clients and each other.

Want the agility and energy of a start-up, backed by the resources of Accenture, Microsoft and the Center for Information Systems Research at MIT Sloan School of Management? Here you will find a team of people who thrive on turning ideas and innovations into breakthrough results for leading organisations around the world. Ultimately, we’re not just making business better. We’re making life better for our clients and their customers.

If that sounds like you, you sound good to us. Find your next opportunity at Avanade Advisory.

About the role

Avanade is seeking an experienced technologist to join it’s UKI Tech Advisory Team, focused on helping clients to mature their approach to DevOps and Modern Engineering. As organisations look to better harness the abilities of modern technologies such as cloud, containerization, and automation, they are increasingly forced to think differently about subjects such as software engineering delivery lifecycle and discipline, new approaches to infrastructure and application architectures, and approaches to integrations. If these sound like the kinds of things you have enjoyed experiencing and learning, and are ready to evangelize, educate, and mature our customers - we are looking for you.

In this role, you will (Key Responsibilities and activities):
In this role you will act as a technically proficient advisor to senior stakeholders, focused on applications and infrastructure modernization, DevOps processes and tools, engineering discipline and principles. You will be able to understand the value that such modernization and agile ways of working will bring to a client’s business, and how this solves challenges for our clients.

Advisory Client Work:
As a successful Manager/Senior Manager, you will:

• Work with senior client executives to identify business problems and develop the right approach and solutions, contextualized for business needs and priorities
• Act as a senior technical advisor, able to connect business priorities with technical approaches in the realm of applications and infrastructure, integration strategies, and custom fit IT operating models and agile ways of working that enable effectiveness of technical modernization at scale
• Advise clients on routes to make impactful change in their approach to technology in the field of DevOps and Modern Architecture and Engineering - both in technical architectures and approaches to integration, as well as adopting DevOps practices and processes and best practice disciplines to mature client IT organisations
• Plan and lead business diagnosis around IT and Digital Strategy; Guide advisory teams through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using problem solving principles and previous experience.
• Write complete project proposals including shaping the proposed solution and collaborating with other Avanade individuals to secure new client work.
• Be the overall client liaison as part of the project teams (and often leading teams) on large-scale, complex and important projects.
• Monitor technology trends and raise awareness of capabilities and innovations in selected domains of expertise.
• Assist clients with the development of IT digital and operating model strategies including initial vision, strategic requirements, and structured linkage to the business strategy
• Provide thought leadership and specialized insights to our clients around disruptive technologies (intelligent automation, cloud), digital, mobile, agile delivery, architecture, etc.
• Manage and facilitate development of client deliverables, executive summary read-outs, and detail fact-based analyses

Practice Development & Growth

As a successful Manager/Senior Manager, you will be expected to contribute to the growth and development of the Tech Advisory Practice. This will include:

• Help us to evolve our thinking and points of view on the value and applicability of modern architectures, ways of working, and agile operating models leveraging emerging trends in enterprise technologies
• Collaborate and lead on Go to Market (GTM) offering and service creation, from ideation and concept through to development and sales enablement
• Proactively manage and seek to grow sales pipeline through collaborating industry aligned sales teams, understanding typical industry challenges and positioning relevant Advisory services and capabilities
• Mentoring and coaching: mentor and coach colleagues within and outside of the practice to lift and grow the overall maturity of the Advisory business

Your skills

You've got demonstrable skills in growing client intimacy directly and with business development teams to become a trusted advisor to a client at a senior level. You have experience in sales; pre-sales and consulting and have a good understanding of Application and Infrastructure technologies and trends, along with associated operating model concepts and facets. Additionally you will have;

• Strong experience of driving Agile and DevOps (CI/CD) principles and tools into enterprise Operating Models
• Experience of market leading tools within the DevOps and Cloud Automation space, such as Terraform, Azure DevOps, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
• Creating and/or leading high performing engineering teams.
• Explaining complex technologies and concepts in a non-technical language.
• Experience in consulting / advisory with a solid focus on technology and digital strategy, Technology and IT Strategy, Sourcing and Contract Optimization, Strategic Transformation.
• Experience with strategic consulting frameworks and financial principles and Experience in leading IT strategy engagements and contributing to sales pursuits and proposal writing required.
• Experience of advising and delivering Applications & Infrastructure projects e.g. CIO strategy & IT strategy, IT operating model, emerging technology transformation or cloud transformation assessments.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with clients to establish requirements in non-technical language.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant (or equivalent) certified preferred

At Avanade, we are truly excited about the growth and trajectory of our Advisory business. We are seeking the right candidate to join a truly dynamic and rapidly growing team. If that sounds like you, you sound good to us. We’re excited to meet you.

What we offer you

Come for the distinctive experiences you have helping forward-thinking corporations, non-profits, and governments push the boundaries of digital innovation. Stay for the limitless learning opportunities that encourage you to master Microsoft and pursue big ideas. Enjoy ambitious growth for yourself as part of Avanade’s people-first culture with benefits like employee share purchasing, flexible work arrangements, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and competitive pay.