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Automation Consultant

AT World Wide Technology
World Wide Technology

Automation Consultant

Remote

About World Wide Technology
Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology solutions providerleading the AI and Digital Revolution, with $20 billion in annual revenue, combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for large public and private organizations around the world. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps customers and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

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With nearly 10,000 employees and more than 55 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 13 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and leadership focus on diversity and inclusion. With this culture at its foundation, WWT bridges the gap between business and technology to make a new world happen for its customers, partners and communities.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

WHY JOIN THE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS PRACTICE?

Join a team of high-performers passionate about innovation, creative thinking, and continuous learning. As part of our team, you'll help our clients transform their organizations by creating a culture of innovation.

Position Overview:

The Automation Consultant will take a leadership role in delivering outcomes across a wide range of global clients. This will be accomplished by engaging with customer leadership to define priorities and outcomes for engagements, expanding the capabilities and offerings of the practice and delivering on consulting engagements in a leadership capacity. You'll develop strategies, design automation architectures, and lead development efforts while utilizing your excellent communication skills to provide leadership and guidance to clients and engineers. Your consultative approach will help you evaluate client requirements, propose solutions, and achieve business objectives. You'll also mentor junior-level engineers and collaborate with sales account executives, technology partners, and client IT and business executives.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Focus:

  • Understand customer needs and design solutions that solve for their needs-short and long term

Creative Solutioning:

  • Understand customer problems and develop new solutions that are most effective and differentiated from our competitors

Strategic Client Relationship Management:

  • Use a strategic approach to managing customer interactions and data throughout the customer journey with a goal of higher business growth through better customer experiences

Commercial Success:

  • Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions

End to End Solution Management/Delivery

  • Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions
  • Lead client automation projects with a focus on strategy, enablement, and execution
  • Provide technical leadership during client engagements
  • Define automation architectures and designs that are simple and effective
  • Mentor and collaborate with peers to raise the bar for everyone, including yourself
  • Drive continuous improvement within the practice through development, collaboration, and mentorship
  • Contribute to the practice as a "librarian" of automation intellectual property

YOUR TICKET TO SUCCESS

  • You have a programmability-first mindset
  • You excel at thoroughly documenting and communicating ideas to a broad audience
  • Your attention to detail and code-craft is unparalleled
  • You communicate and think in a structured manner
  • You're comfortable engaging with clients, partners, peers, and anyone who has valuable input
  • You have a heart of a teacher and a passion for enabling the success of others
  • You have domain expertise across multiple areas such as software development, infrastructure, cloud, observability & data analytics, robotic process automation, etc.

Qualifications:

  • Ability to perform concurrent tasks in complex environments under adjusting priorities
  • Ability to communicate and modify approach, language, and style to different audiences
  • Professional writing style and experience with demonstrable technical and business-related artifacts is required
  • Collaborative, with the ability to manage conflicting interests and deal with ambiguity.
  • Effective communication skills: capable of supporting presentations to convey concepts and solutions, writing effective emails, and discussing strategy with senior executives.
  • Strong teamwork qualities: able to gain the trust of customers and collaborate effectively within the WWT team.
  • Intellectually curious with a desire to understand constantly evolving technology solutions.
  • Proactive, collaborative, with emotional intelligence, and the capacity to learn and synthesize new information.
  • Adaptable, with the ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Self-directed, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.
  • You have extensive experience in developing and implementing IT automation within an organization.
  • You hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or have equivalent experience.
  • You have a proven track record of leading large and complex automation engagements.
  • You have experience in developing standards and best practices for development projects.
  • You are familiar with modern development tools and environments, such as Git, Visual Studio Code, Docker, and Linux/Unix.
  • You have experience with data serialization formats such as YAML, JSON, XML, and CSV.
  • You have proficiency in Python or other programming languages, and experience with Golang is a plus.
  • You have a solid understanding of Model Driven Programmability (NETCONF/RESTCONF/YANG) and REST APIs.
  • You have the foundational knowledge of public cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP and private cloud computing platforms such as VMware vSphere.
  • You have working knowledge of one or more automation and orchestration tools and platforms, including Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, and Cisco NSO.

SHOWCASE YOUR WORK

Showcase your expertise and passion by sharing links to your public projects and contributions on platforms like GitHub and GitLab, blog articles, user groups, and conference presentations.

Even better, Impress us with your innovative thinking and contribution to the Open Source community!

Want to learn more about Consulting Services? Check us out on our platform: https://www.wwt.com/consulting-services

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

  • Health and Wellbeing: Heath, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
  • Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
  • Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a commitment at WWT -- it is the foundation of what we do. Through diverse networks and pipelines, we have a clear vision: to create a Great Place to Work for All. We believe inclusion includes U. Be who U are at WWT!

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Preferred locations include AL, AK, AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WI, WY. Other locations will be considered based on fit.

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Job ID: world_wide_technology-5001069332306
Employment Type: Other