AHEAD

AHEAD

AHEAD accelerates the impact of technology on clients by engineering customized data, developer, and infrastructure platforms that improve IT operations. By weaving together cloud infrastructure, intelligent operations, and modern applications, we help...

IT Services
1K-5K
$43M raised

Description

  • Facilitate application and platform assessments, modernization strategy development, target architecture design, roadmap creation, and planning workshops.
  • Lead technical teams across CI/CD, testing, data migrations, architecture, and application code.
  • Review and sign off on key deliverables such as assessments, architecture blueprints, migration plans, and proof-of-concept outcomes.
  • Establish standards for security, DevSecOps, cloud architecture, observability, testing, and operational readiness.
  • Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining architecture, security, scalability, maintainability, and business outcomes.
  • Mentor consultants and client team members through implementation challenges and modern engineering practices.
  • Build trust-based relationships with client Directors, VPs, and C-level technology leaders.
  • Lead discovery sessions, workshops, executive readouts, and other client communications across technical and executive audiences.
  • Develop modernization strategies and business cases that account for organizational readiness, change management, operating models, TCO, ROI, and risk.
  • Lead pre-sales and pursuit efforts, including solution shaping, scoping, estimating, proposal development, technical demonstrations, and commercial input.

Requirements

  • Significant experience leading large-scale application transformation, custom development, or modernization engagements for enterprise clients.
  • Deep expertise in modernization strategies and patterns, including refactoring, rearchitecting, rebuilding, and portfolio transformation approaches.
  • Expert-level knowledge of cloud-native architecture, including microservices, APIs, event-driven patterns, serverless, containers, and orchestration.
  • In-depth proficiency on at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Deep proficiency with common enterprise languages and frameworks such as C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript, including the ability to read, write, debug, and review complex code.
  • Strong experience with DevOps and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, code security scanning, and observability.
  • Deep knowledge of data migration strategies and patterns.
  • Strong understanding of database modernization, schema evolution, and migration of relational and non-relational data platforms.
  • Experience working with legacy or monolithic applications and older technology stacks.
  • Strong understanding of working with LLMs, including prompting, context management, context-window limitations, and output validation for AI-assisted delivery.
  • Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and modern SDLC practices.
  • Proven ability to architect robust, scalable, and secure solutions that address business needs.
  • Executive presence and trusted-advisor experience with senior client stakeholders from Director through C-suite.
  • Experience in consulting or pre-sales roles, including technical solutioning, prototyping, requirements definition, and project scoping.
  • Working knowledge of the industries AHEAD serves, such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, is preferred.
  • Experience modernizing brownfield applications and legacy enterprise systems is preferred.
  • Experience building proofs of concept, prototypes, or technical demonstrations in consulting sales cycles is preferred.
  • Experience contributing reusable code libraries, accelerators, templates, or practice assets is preferred.
  • Experience with automated software analysis tools such as CAST, Matilda, or Dynatrace is preferred.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents.
  • Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy.
  • Flexible work arrangements supporting work-life balance.
  • Learning and development opportunities, including cross-department training and sponsored certifications and credentials.
  • Employee wellness initiatives focused on physical and mental well-being.
  • Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations.
  • An inclusive, people-first culture with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership.

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