Principal Consultant

WSM is looking for an accomplished Principal Cloud Architect with strong communication skills, experience in Hybrid Cloud Computing, and a passion for helping clients solve problems.  Strong candidates will have demonstrated a growth mindset, be enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly, and demonstrated success applying gained knowledge to address business problems.  This individual will lead the technical approach for Cloud & DevOps capabilities and oversight across multiple projects.  Additionally this individual will work with WSM leadership and services delivery to create new offerings and demonstrate WSM’s thought-leadership in cloud adoption, DevOps and cloud managed services.

 Other key responsibilities include:

• Work with WSM leadership to define strategy and ensure successful execution


• Support Sales to develop and scope solutions that meet client business and technical requirements.


• Manage a team of Cloud & DevOps engineers to meet project deliverables


• Review and improve processes and create repeatable methodologies


• Contribute to quality assurance review activities


• Create Artifacts such as surveys, questionnaires and documentation that can be reused for future engagements


• Work directly with the client (from IT staff to C Level) to facilitate project deliverables


• Be able to articulate solutions in terms of ROI and Business Value to the client

All applicants must meet the following criteria:

• 10+ years of progressively responsible technology and leadership experience


• Ability to communicate with clients on a business level and translate their needs into a technical solution


• Large services project leadership delivery experience


• Strong analytical problem-solving ability


• Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills


• Sharp, disciplined, self-starter with the ability to work independently or as part of a project team


• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation experience


• Public cloud architect/design, configuration and application migration experience


• Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code experience


• Demonstrated enterprise experience with the following technologies:

• AWS, Azure and/or GCP


• Containers


• Chef, Puppet, Terraform and/or CloudFormation




• Broad general technical knowledge that allows “big picture” understanding of the client’s needs


• Understanding of security and audit best practices

Rock-star applicants meet the following criteria:

• Experience with review and architecture of cloud-based network


• Scripting experience in Powershell, Python, Ruby, and/or Visual C#


• Experience with cloud-based security tools and solutions

About WSM

WSM is an exciting, high energy, fast-paced consulting and managed services company focused on delivery incredible value creation to our business partners and clients. We specialize in digital transformation and have extensive experience in hybrid and hyper-scale migrations. We are passionate about technology, uncompromising about client success, and love taking on new challenges.

WSM services include:

• Hybrid/Hyper-scale Cloud Advisory and Consulting


• Hybrid/Hyper-scale Cloud Migration Planning and Execution


• Managed Services for AWS, Azure, and GCP


• DevOps Strategy, Toolchain Implementation & Training


• Security Vulnerability Scanning and Hardening


• Web/Application/Workload Development, Load Testing & Performance Optimization

We have great benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision


• 401k With Company Match


• Flexible PTO policy


• Profit Sharing Plan


• Employee Equity Program