Effectual

Accountant

• Lead the monthly general ledger close process by recording journal entries, reconciling accounts, and performing variance analysis.
• Reconcile bank accounts at least monthly, verifying deposits, and addressing bank inquiries.
• Prepare and review financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and reporting to support management decision-making.

Staff Accountant II

Program Manager

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for complex and high-impact programs, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and priorities.
• Champion Effectual's Delivery Framework through Scrum or hybrid practices, facilitating collaboration with project resources, partner teams, and customer stakeholders to monitor progress, remove obstacles, and drive accountability.
• Coordinating staffing of customer workstreams and serve as the escalation point for risk management and mitigation of customer concerns
• Cultivating productive, trusted relationships with key customer executives and stakeholders
• Understand customer business priorities and objectives, and ensure that Effectual's work is focused on delivering value, driving outcomes, and supporting strategic goals
• Engage executive stakeholders with regular program updates, addressing concerns and securing necessary support and resources.
• Translate objectives and requirements into actionable project plans and deliverables.
• Communicate and negotiate timeline adjustments, prepare and deliver change orders, and conduct weekly status meetings and reports.
• Research and respond to client inquiries, including technical and billing questions, in a timely manner.
• Foster long-term client partnerships, identifying opportunities for repeat business and referrals.
• Assess customer governance and cloud maturity; develop tailored communication and governance plans.
• Allocate, schedule, and manage project resources, resolving conflicts as needed.
• Hold team members accountable to task and timeline commitments; ensure timely and accurate time entry, review, and approval.
• Manage program resources and budgets, optimizing allocation to maximize efficiency and ROI while identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Monitor project financials against forecasts, flagging risks to timeline, budget, or scope to PS leadership and Account Executives promptly.
• Prepare level-of-effort (LOE) and duration estimates for leadership review and cost estimation.
• Identify and assess program risks and dependencies, developing mitigation strategies and contingency plans to ensure program success.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, gather client-requested information, and clarify deliverables and definitions of done.
• Mentor and coach less experienced Effectual PMs to strengthen delivery, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Include Account Executives in key project milestones (e.g., kickoff, close-out) and communicate potential opportunities for follow-on work.
• Maintain open, proactive communication with partner and client delivery teams to ensure seamless engagement delivery.
• Lead change management efforts, ensuring effective communication, stakeholder engagement, and organizational readiness for transformation initiatives.
• Lead and motivate project teams, fostering a collaborative environment, providing mentorship, and facilitating lessons learned sessions to continuously improve project management practices.

Data Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain scalable streaming data architectures using Kafka, MSK, and Kinesis
• Develop real-time data pipelines that handle high-volume, high-velocity data streams
• Implement event-driven architectures and microservices patterns for streaming data processing
• Create and optimize data streaming topologies for complex event processing scenarios
• Design fault-tolerant streaming systems with proper error handling and data recovery mechanisms
• Configure, deploy, and manage Apache Kafka clusters and AWS MSK environments
• Implement Kafka Connect pipelines for streaming data integration
• Design optimal Kafka topic partitioning strategies and replication configurations
• Monitor and optimize Kafka cluster performance, throughput, and latency
• Implement Kafka security configurations including SSL/TLS, SASL, and ACLs
• Manage Kafka Schema Registry for data serialization and evolution
• Design and implement Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Kinesis Data Firehose solutions
• Configure Kinesis Analytics applications for real-time stream processing
• Optimize Kinesis shard management and auto-scaling configurations
• Implement Kinesis data retention and archival strategies
• Integrate Kinesis with other AWS services for comprehensive streaming solutions
• Develop real-time stream processing applications using Apache Spark Streaming, Kafka Streams, or AWS Lambda
• Implement complex event processing (CEP) patterns for real-time analytics
• Build streaming ETL pipelines that transform data in motion
• Create real-time aggregations, windowing operations, and stateful stream processing
• Optimize streaming query performance and resource utilization
• Ensure seamless integration between streaming systems and data lakes, data warehouses, and operational databases
• Implement data lineage and monitoring for streaming data pipelines
• Create automated data quality checks and validation for streaming data
• Manage data serialization formats (Avro, JSON, Protobuf) and schema evolution
• Coordinate with data scientists and analysts to ensure streaming data meets analytical requirements
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for streaming data platforms using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Automate deployment and management of streaming infrastructure through CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor streaming system health, performance metrics, and alerting
• Implement disaster recovery and high availability strategies for streaming systems
• Stay current with emerging trends in streaming technologies and cloud-native solutions
• Collaborate with data architects, data scientists, and application teams on streaming data requirements
• Support rigorous project governance through daily progress reviews and time tracking
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior data engineers
• Communicate complex streaming concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Operate with transparency and responsiveness to support high-performing teams.

Senior Data Engineer

Business Analyst

• Support intake triage of third-party vendor requests and route cases according to established SSA workflows
• Assist with initial vendor security review steps, including documentation collection and preliminary analysis
• Maintain and enrich vendor metadata within systems such as Grip Security, Airtable, OneTrust, ZipHQ, and the Customer Software List
• Ensure accurate data entry, tagging, and quality assurance across SSA tracking tools
• Support workflow automation efforts in Jira, Airtable, and Goose under senior guidance
• Track SLAs, update review logs, and maintain operational dashboards
• Document review outcomes and maintain process guidance materials
• Participate in team training, cross-functional onboarding sessions, and continuous improvement activities
• Provide surge support during high-volume periods or when senior staff are unavailable

Associate Business Analyst

Engineer

• Execute VMware Enterprise Migrations
• Execute end-to-end VMware datacenter migrations using AWS Migration Services (MGN), CloudEndure, and HCX
• Perform comprehensive VMware workload assessments, dependency mapping, and application discovery
• Implement migration strategies aligned with the 7Rs framework (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retire, Retain, Relocate)
• Deploy and operate migration factory patterns for VMware datacenter exits with 200-500 VMs per wave
• Execute wave-based migration planning with minimal business disruption and tested rollback procedures
• Migrate complex VMware environments including vMotion transitions, NSX networking conversions, and vSAN/VMFS storage migrations
• Build Migration Infrastructure
• Build AWS landing zones and migration target environments following Well-Architected Framework principles
• Implement hybrid connectivity solutions (Direct Connect, VPN, Transit Gateway) for migration networks
• Configure AWS migration tools: MGN replication servers, DMS endpoints, Migration Hub tracking
• Convert VMware NSX micro-segmentation policies to AWS Security Groups and Network ACLs
• Migrate VMware vSAN/VMFS/NFS storage to appropriate AWS storage services (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx)
• Implement disaster recovery and business continuity architectures post-migration
• Conduct post-migration validation, performance testing, and optimization
• Automate Migration Workflows
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and CloudFormation to replicate VMware infrastructure patterns in AWS
• Create Python and PowerShell automation scripts for mass VM migration, validation, and cutover procedures
• Build CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment of migrated workloads
• Automate post-migration tasks: tagging, monitoring setup, backup configuration, security hardening
• Implement migration runbooks and standard operating procedures for repeatable execution
• Enable Client Success
• Provide hands-on technical guidance to client VMware and cloud engineering teams during migration execution
• Lead migration workshops, cutover planning sessions, and incident response during maintenance windows
• Troubleshoot complex VMware-to-AWS migration challenges (replication failures, networking issues, application dependencies)
• Create comprehensive migration documentation: runbooks, architecture diagrams, lessons learned
• Support post-migration hypercare and stabilization activities

Senior VMware Engineer

Cloud Engineer

• Effectual Senior Cloud Architects are responsible for technical leadership of Professional Services projects.
• Partner with Engagement Managers (EMs) to deliver an exceptional customer and delivery team experience.
• Expected to demonstrate Effectual’s experience and expertise through the delivery of high-quality, leading-practice solutions to customers.
• Define architecture strategy, govern technical standards, and mentor both client teams and internal architects across modernization, resilience, security, and optimization initiatives.
• Define enterprise target-state cloud architecture and phased roadmap strategies.
• Lead architecture review boards and executive design discussions with client leadership.
• Establish reusable architecture standards, guardrails, and delivery patterns across programs.
• Architect scalable, highly available AWS solutions using Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Build multi-account landing zones, hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect, Transit Gateway), and DR/BC architectures.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Create Python automation scripts and CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize cloud performance, cost efficiency, reliability, and security posture.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to client engineering teams.
• Lead workshops, knowledge transfer sessions, and incident response.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure challenges and create comprehensive documentation.

Senior Cloud Architect

DevOps Engineer

• Effectual Senior DevOps Architects are responsible for technical leadership of Professional Services projects.
• Partner with Engagement Managers (EMs) to deliver an exceptional customer and delivery team experience.
• Lead DevOps transformation and platform engineering initiatives for enterprise clients.
• Design and implement enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms, container orchestration systems, and cloud automation solutions while mentoring client teams through their DevOps adoption journey.
• Architect CI/CD platforms and Kubernetes infrastructure using best practices.
• Design automation frameworks, observability strategies, and security integration patterns.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
• Provide technical guidance and DevOps mentorship to client engineering teams.
• Lead DevOps transformation workshops, knowledge transfer sessions, and incident response.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and pipeline challenges; create comprehensive documentation.

Senior DevOps Architect

• Championing technical excellence by:
• Driving the implementation of leading practice architecture for assigned clients.
• Architecting and building solutions in AWS (e.g., Landing Zones, container platforms, application hosting environments, data storage solutions, etc.) using various AWS services like Control Tower, EKS/ECS, S3, Transit Gateway, EC2, etc.
• Conducting cost-benefit and risk-reward analyses
• Designing solutions, development and deployment plans, and high-level solution validation processes for execution by delivery teams
• Being accountable for the overall technical success of client projects
• Working with technology management to refine project management processes to continually improve technical delivery efficacy.
• Assisting in prioritizing and sequencing infrastructure projects, supporting project work breakdown activities, helping to remove roadblocks, and collaboratively resolving disagreements related to solution design.
• Fostering continual learning and collaboration by:
• Serving as a mentor to team members around leading practices
• Educating clients on solution rationale and leading practices
• Building consensus amongst all technical stakeholders
• Supporting rigorous project governance and execution through:
• Meeting with team members daily to review progress.
• Challenging team members on technical solution approaches and holding them accountable for implementation success.
• Submitting time on assigned projects, daily.
• Supporting project delivery team members by:
• Always operating with transparency
• Being responsive to requests from team members for information
• Communicating working preferences and understanding the working preferences of others to help develop a high-performing team that operates with respect, effectiveness, and efficiency.