Google Cloud Platform Consultant (Engineer or Architect level)

About Ancoris

Ancoris is an award-winning Cloud Services Provider which helps customers innovate and transform through the use of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We have extensive expertise in Google Cloud technologies, and deliver our magic through Data and AI, as well as modernisation of applications and workspaces.

We are on a journey to becoming the most innovative partner in the Google ecosystem, so this is the right time for you to join a smart and friendly team, but with great ambition to succeed. We celebrate diversity, nurture talent from within and do the right thing for our customers. Take a look at our values and come join us.

About the role:

You will be working with our customers on innovative projects focused on the GCP cloud platform. You will have value based conversations with customers to translate their needs into solid technical solutions as well as delivering those solutions hands-on.

You will be working with cloud-native architectures, containers and serverless environments, with an emphasis on automation. As a consultant you will be working with a varied set of customers and will have lots of problems to solve, so you won’t get bored!

Key responsibilities:

Helping design and deploy GCP infrastructure solutions for our customers.
Working closely with customers and our account teams to identify the right GCP solution to support the overall needs of the customer.
You will be applying a cloud-native, automation-first approach to everything we do.
Our customers come to us for deep cloud expertise and you will advise them on adopting modern development and architecture principles.
Taking full hands-on responsibility for the actual build and automation of the infrastructure environment in GCP, including help with the project plan, executing the technical activities in that plan, and ensuring all testing and go-live activities are carried out successfully.
Keeping up to date with Google Cloud technology to ensure you stay abreast of market leading technologies and how we may use them.
Meeting with customers and prospects where needed to help understand their needs, and support our sales teams in demonstrating our experience and credibility.

Desired skills and competencies

More than 5 years track record of architecting, sales support, and delivery success in an established technology organisation, either in professional services, consulting, product development, or corporate IT.
An experienced devops engineer or consultant, capable of both designing and delivering complex cloud based infrastructure projects as part of a world class public cloud infrastructure services team.
Most likely to have worked for a vendor , systems integrator or consultancy delivering chargeable solutions to external clients.
Passionate about public cloud services, with a demonstrated ability to architect and build cloud solutions based on Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web services or Azure.
Experienced in talking to customers and prospects about their legacy environment and how to modernise it into cloud-native solutions.
You are a naturally organised person, with determination to deliver excellence and an attention to detail, to design and implement reliable and high quality client solutions.
Proven ability to influence and drive IT projects and manage project scope and budget.
Able to challenge customer thinking and develop new ways of working to bring thought leadership, innovation and value as a trusted voice across the Ancoris customer base.
An excellent communicator with highly developed interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively.
A strong technical grounding, up to date with the state and trends within public cloud, virtualisation and technologies such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Linux, Kubernetes, managed containers, serverless, etc.
An understanding of application development and application release management, particularly CI/CD tooling and systems.
Proficient understanding, with hands on experience, of application architecture, IT Infrastructure, IT Service Management, Security and other key end to end delivery dependencies.
A thirst for knowledge and a desire to continuously learn, improve and understand the technology driving the industry and how it can unlock value for our customers.

Diversity, equity and inclusion matter

Ancoris is an equal opportunities employer. A successful placement at Ancoris is based entirely on relevant qualifications and experience and on a candidate’s individual merit.

One of our core values is diversity and we actively encourage applications from all walks of life. We have first hand experience that diversity encourages creativity and innovation and makes us better placed to understand a wider range of customers' needs. This means that whatever your background, you won’t find a more welcoming place to work.

We are proud of our cultural diversity - over 20% of employees identify as BAME - and are actively encouraging more women in tech. We have family friendly policies and encourage a work-life balance, including part-time and flexible working options in roles which permit it.

Location

Hybrid working with office based in Bracknell, Berkshire.