Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to our clients. The Senior Platform Engineering Consultant role blends senior-level consulting, technical advisory, and delivery leadership, serving as a trusted advisor to client executives and engineering leaders.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead platform engineering consultant on assigned strategic accounts; act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and platform leaders on cloud-native, DevOps, and developer-experience strategy
- Partner with Sales, Account Management, and Trace3 architects to shape pursuits, develop proposals, statements of work (SOWs), and level-of-effort (LOE) estimates, and close opportunities; consistently contribute to revenue growth and portfolio margin targets
- Drive business development in partnership with Sales and account teams; serve as a leader for go-to-market (GTM) strategy and execution for platform engineering pursuits
- Identify high-priority business use cases and translate them into actionable platform engineering roadmaps, investment cases, and target operating models
- Influence executive stakeholders through compelling presentations, workshops, and proof-of-concept demonstrations
- Identify and pursue opportunities to expand engagements into adjacent Trace3 services (cloud, application development, data/AI, security, managed services)
- Contribute to the ongoing development and maturation of Trace3's Digital Consulting Platform Engineering offerings, frameworks, and go-to-market (GTM) collateral
- Develop enterprise platform engineering strategies and operating models aligned to client business outcomes; guide 'build vs buy' decisions and align solution, integration, and developer-experience architectures with non-functional requirements
- Advise clients on agentic AI solutions (AI Native Development Experience with agentic solutions including agentic platforms, orchestrating agents and sub-agents to run projects, AI in SRE/RCA/observability, AI in CI/CD, and other agentic solutions within the cloud native solutions space, etc), Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD modernization, DevSecOps, observability, and platform automation
- Design platform reference architectures, golden paths, and paved-road patterns that improve developer productivity, reliability, and security posture
- Provide thought leadership on emerging trends in cloud-native technologies, platform engineering, automation, and observability; bring point-of-view to clients on the partner and tooling ecosystem
- Lead organizational change management, adoption planning, and platform team operating-model design to drive measurable value realization
- Lead complex, cross-functional platform engineering programs covering platform build-out, migration, modernization, and operational maturity
- Set delivery methodology, governance, success criteria, and quality gates; orchestrate Trace3 architects, engineers, product owners, and client resources across multiple workstreams
- Own scope, schedule, budget, RAID, dependencies, and decision facilitation; produce executive dashboards and transparent status reporting on benefits, risks, and spend
- Collaborate closely with client sponsors and engineering leadership to ensure technical decisions align to enterprise objectives and constraints (including regulated environments where applicable)
- Interface and partner with external business customers and internal sales teams and business units to ensure clear communication, alignment on objectives, and successful project implementation
Skills
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree, preferably Master's degree, in Business, IT, Computer Science, Quantitative Methods, Data Science, or related field
- Minimum of 8 years of work experience in pre-sales or management consulting
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in one or more industries (e.g., healthcare, financial services, technology, manufacturing, etc.)
- Practical knowledge and pre-sales experience selling AI and agentic solutions within the Platform Engineering/AI Native Developer Experience space
- Team oriented and collaborative working style, with clients and colleagues
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and manage other consultants to achieve project objectives and deliver successful projects
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, excellent time management skills and able to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, high-volume, and evolving work environment
- Excellent oral, written communication, and presentation skills with an ability to present technical issues to executives and non-technical audience
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Teams, etc.)
- Experience in an Agile environment
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match, 529 College Savings Plan, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
- Competitive Compensation
- Training and development programs
- Major offices stocked with snacks and beverages
- Collaborative and cool culture
- Work-life balance and generous paid time off
Company Overview
Trace3 is a technology consultancy that provides IT strategies, business transformation solutions, and services for the clients. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://trace3.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Trace3 has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2025, 9 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 2 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.