Cloud solution consultant

Salary: from £58,000 per annum

Location: London, Harwell, Bristol, Manchester or home based

About us

Working at Jisc puts you at the forefront of technological innovation for Education and Research. We provide expert advice, consultancy and technical solutions for our membership and customers. By joining Jisc you can be a positive influence across all the sectors that we serve. As a leading EdTech we encourage the use of innovative ideas, to keep our products and solutions focussed on the needs of our customers; contributing to the continued success of Education and Research in the UK.

About the role

Jisc is building a portfolio of cloud solutions, encompassing professional and managed services and other initiatives; to assist our customers achieve their strategic objectives involving Cloud. Supporting delivery of these initiatives is Jisc’s Cloud Consulting Service.

About you

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Help our customers accelerate their journey to the cloud and transform their IT. You will be expected to work with customers to perform cloud readiness assessments, define a cloud strategy and roadmap for transformation and growth, and recommend appropriate platforms. You will be able to translate their business needs into technical requirements.

• Be capable of being hands on, plus advise on the migration of legacy systems to Cloud platforms. You will require technical competency and experience in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS solutions across a range of cloud providers such as: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, public and private Cloud.

• You will be enthusiastic about contributing to the growth and development of Jisc Cloud Services. Willing to apply your own ideas; be commercially aware and technologically competent, identifying opportunities for service enhancement.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, plus 3 extra days for our Christmas closure, in addition to eight bank holidays

• Our generous USS contributory pension scheme (8% employee and 18% employer contribution)

• Competitive maternity, adoption and paternity arrangements

• Death-in-service benefit of three times salary

• Several staff schemes including season ticket loans, childcare vouchers, cycle-to-work, eye care, employee assistance

• Opportunity for performance-related pay progression

• IT discounts with selected suppliers

Location

This role can bebased in London, Harwell, Bristol, or Manchester offices or home based.

This role will require traveling to customer locations within the UK: mainly Universities, Further Education Colleges, plus Research Institutes; to provide consultancy and deliver the solutions.

Difference is good, and here at Jisc we want to celebrate it. So regardless of your background or personal characteristics, if you are great at what you do, we want to hear from you.

No agencies please.