Sr Director Analyst, Cloud Architect for IT Operations (Remote US)

Base pay range: $152,000.00/yr - $190,000.00/yr

Our technical practice provides the backbone of Gartner infrastructure and operations (I&O) research by identifying, influencing and sharing best practices, hype and pitfalls across the service lifecycle, both in the public cloud and on-premises. This analyst role is part of the Gartner for I&O Technical Professionals team with a focus on modern IT operations, including cloud governance, cloud operations, and cloud operating models.

What you’ll do

• Write research and directly engage with clients, applying in-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructure and platform engineering technologies, product/service capabilities, and governance best practices.
• Advise clients on architecting, implementing and operating:
• Cloud strategy and enterprise cloud adoption plans with public cloud services.
• Governance of public cloud services and organizational operating models.
• Infrastructure-as-Code and self-service practices and tools.
• AI usage and inclusion in cloud operations.
• Experience with VMware virtualization or private cloud is an advantage.
• Experience with hybrid cloud implementation or migration from on-premises to public cloud environments is an advantage.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% where applicable.

Who you are

• 12+ years experience in an architect-level role at a mid-sized to large enterprise, focused on cloud, platform engineering, DevOps or SRE.
• Experience in a technical lead role within a cloud managed service provider (MSP) delivery team.
• Experience in a technical product management role at a cloud provider, MSP, or IT operations management vendor.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

To be successful in this role, the technical professional needs:

• Credible technical expertise in the topics they cover, with the ability to connect technology to business goals and understand vendor commercial aims.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write long-form content (15+ page white papers) and develop and deliver presentations to audiences of varying sizes.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to rapidly absorb and concisely summarize information and opinions, detect patterns, and think on your feet.

You must have expertise in at least one of these areas

• Cloud-native operations for IaaS and PaaS in a major hyperscale public cloud provider (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Implementing well-governed developer self-service in a major hyperscale cloud provider.
• Cloud-optimized workload migration to IaaS and PaaS in a major hyperscale cloud provider with highly-automated operations.
• Governance of public cloud services.

Expertise and experience that is advantageous

• Collaborating with security professionals for DevSecOps.
• Cross-functional collaboration with architects and other technical leaders of product or application teams.
• Communicating with senior management, including IT management and business executives.
• Working as part of a digital-native team or digital transformation teams within an enterprise.
• DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipeline tools, and infrastructure as code.
• Kubernetes operations.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

We hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is high, and so is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

We offer world-class benefits, competitive compensation, and opportunities for growth. In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility to work remotely when productive and collaborate in our offices as needed. We are committed to diversity and inclusion.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers competitive pay and benefits, including PTO, 401(k) with company match, stock purchase options, and performance-based incentives where applicable. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Job Requisition ID: 103674

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Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Information Services
• Research Services

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