Senior Cloud Trainer

Job Description

As the Senior Cloud Trainer, you will be an integral part of our Business Change Center of Excellence (CoE). Your core responsibility lies in understanding our customers' training requirements and subsequently developing and delivering training programs that optimise their investment in Google technologies.

You will be our internal champion for exceptional Google Cloud training, learning, and enablement. This involves collaborating with the Director of Business Change to promote these initiatives both within Qodea (sales, marketing, and delivery teams) and externally with Google and our customers. You will balance these responsibilities with delivering training to customers both remotely and on-site, attending relevant events when required. Your strong organisational skills will be essential in supporting the Director of Business Change to ensure we consistently meet the demands of our customers.

If you have a passion for cloud technology and thrive on sharing your knowledge, this is a fulfilling role where you can make a real impact. As an experienced trainer or engineer with a talent for simplifying complex concepts, you will use innovative and engaging methods to empower others to harness the power of Google Cloud.

Additionally, you will collaborate closely with Qodea's Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Technical Directors during the pre-sales process, defining the scope of learning programs and ensuring they align with our Google Cloud solutions in Engineering and MSP.

What you’ll do:

As a certified Google Cloud Authorised Trainer in the Qodea Business Change business unit, you will play a vital role in educating and enabling individuals and organisations on how to use Google Cloud services and products effectively whilst being a highly organised and proactive member of the Business Change CoE.

• Presenting 'Why Qodea' to customers on Google Cloud training content as part of presales activities
• Delivering Google Cloud Training to enterprise clients
• Delivering training to the highest standards to maintain customer satisfaction levels
• Delivering Training Needs Analysis workshops, often with one of our Change Consultants or Agile Delivery Consult
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of GCP, Cloud and gaining relevant certifications
• Providing input, documenting requirements, and supporting the design and delivery of training programs for customers
• Collaborating with Qodea's Engineering community to define learning paths and bespoke Google Cloud training content for delivery
• Analysing feedback data to measure the success of training delivery and executing improvements
• Owning the development and curation of resources and Qodea Training IP for innovative delivery
• Identifying and getting involved in opportunities to contribute written and recorded material for on-demand use
• Managing customer relationships and developing credibility with key senior stakeholders
• Support the Director of Business Change in the operational coordination of meeting customer demand including coordination of our programme of customer engagements and customer communications.
• Manage relationships and develop credibility with key senior stakeholders in any setting
• Developing the Google Learning Services relationship with key stakeholders at Google

Requirements

• Google Authorised Trainer status with a record of achieving an average of at least 90% (minimum average of 4.5/5) communication and technical satisfaction on all training evaluations.
• Deep understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP): This includes a broad knowledge of core GCP services like Compute Engine, App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and networking components (VPC, Cloud DNS, etc.). A trainer should be able to go beyond the basics and explain the nuances of each service.
• Manages stakeholders to deadlines efficiently
• Uses awareness of sector changes to support broad thinking and inform solutions
• Identifies opportunities to improve work processes and makes suggestions
• Excellent communication and content delivery skills, ability to adapt delivery style
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience with Google Cloud Platform

Desirable Skills:

• Hands-on experience with GCP: Beyond the theory, our Qodea Trainers need significant practical experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting applications on GCP. This often comes from working as a Cloud Engineer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer. Experience with real-world scenarios and common challenges is desirable.
• Google Cloud Certifications such as Professional Cloud Architect or Data Engineer
• Knowledge, and some experience, of multi-cloud services and training content such as AWS and Azure

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare scheme
• Company pension
• Death in Service - 4x annual salary
• 10 paid learning days per year
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
• Generous annual leave policy and your birthday off (36 days inclusive of bank holidays)
• Length of service awards
• Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
• Market leading parental leave policies
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day

About us

Qodea is Europe’s leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that’s energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data & analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you’ll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We’re always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at careers@qodea.com or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.