IT Consultant V - Cloud, Azure, Databricks

Description:Job Summary:Responsible for early engagement and architecture consulting support of Azure Platform capabilitiesPro-actively engages with application teams, engineering, operations, and vendors to drive product capability deliveryAdvocate for application teams, supporting roadmap alignment for delivery of new cloud capabilitiesSupports applications as a trusted advisor from project intake to go-liveDrives schedule alignment and owns delivery of platform environments per agreed upon application needsCloud Platform Engineering team provides support for public cloud services in Azure. This includes consulting, onboarding, application success management, platform operations, product ownership, FinOps and new service enablement. We enable and support secure and resilient usage of Public Cloud across KP application, analytics, and platform teams. This position is project facing and will interact with internal KP teams, platform engineering, operations and vendors to enable delivery of required product capabilities in the data analytics space, driving product for Databricks and providing success management across Azure platform service consumers from project inception through go-live.This senior level individual contributor is primarily responsible for serving as the lead technical expert on project teams, contributing to technical direction for varying technical solutions, and ensuring IT systems are effectively utilized.Essential Responsibilities:Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.Develops requirements, or leads a team of IT consultants in the development of requirements for complex or specialized process or system solutions which may span multiple business domains by partnering with stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture).Leverages multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) across the enterprise.Leads and oversees the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of complex solution proposals.Provides insight, guidance, and recommendations throughout the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining and leveraging a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across the enterprise.Maps current state against future state processes.Defines the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.Provides insight and influence to senior management and business leaders on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes across the enterprise.Reviews, evaluates, and prioritizes value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.Influences solution design by providing insight and consultation at design sessions with IT teams to help translate requirements into workable business solutions.Recommends and advocates for additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.Participates in evaluating third-party vendors as directed.Drives continuous process improvement by leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across the enterprise.Recommends and advocates for regional and national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)Ambiguity/Uncertainty ManagementAttention to DetailBusiness KnowledgeCommunicationCritical ThinkingCross-Group CollaborationDecision MakingDependabilityDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion SupportDrives ResultsFacilitation SkillsHealth Care IndustryInfluencing OthersIntegrityLearning AgilityOrganizational SavvyProblem SolvingShort- and Long-term Learning & RecallTeamworkTopic-Specific CommunicationKnowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)Analytical SkillsBusiness Case DevelopmentBusiness PlanningBusiness Process ImprovementClient FocusCrisis Incident ManagementDebugging and TroubleshootingDemonstrating Personal FlexibilityInnovative MindsetMaintain Files and RecordsManaging Diverse RelationshipsMentoring and CoachingModel DevelopmentNegotiationOrganizational SkillsPrioritizationProcess ValidationProject ManagementRelationship BuildingRequirements Elicitation & AnalysisTechnical DocumentationVendor ManagementMinimum Qualifications:Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.Preferred Qualifications:Four (4) years experience working for an IT organizationFour (4) years in a leadership role working with project or technical teams.Three (3) years experience working on cross-functional project teamsTwo (2) years experience managing vendor relationships.Understanding of cloud architecturesProduct and project management skillsExperience in Data Analytics space and/or knowledge of Databricks is a plusSoft skills (customer facing role so communication skills (written / verbal), customer management, self-starter, organizational skill, etc)Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building AScheduled Weekly Hours: 40Shift: DayWorkdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, FriWorking Hours Start: 08:00 AMWorking Hours End: 06:00 PMJob Schedule: Full-timeJob Type: StandardWorker Location: FlexibleEmployee Status: RegularEmployee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union EmployeeJob Level: Individual ContributorDepartment: KPIT ADMIN - KPD CPE CPES - 9601Pay Range: $150400 - $194590 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.Travel: NoFlexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.