Job Reference: BBBH40901
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Job Description
The Senior Azure Technical Architect will be the senior technical SME for Azure for the Architect Team, helping ensure that the design is fit for purpose in the Pre-Sales cycle.
The primary job responsibilities include:
* 40% Assisting the Presales process
* 60% Solution design and Delivery
Key Accountabilities
* Provide technicalassistance to the pre-sales process to ensure implementations and designs fulfil both customer requirements and operational standards
* Solution Design and Delivery
* Technical Authority for solution designs
* Pricing technical solutions
* Contribute to bid team presentations when requested
* Responsibility for all aspects of Azure infrastructure designs produced; from security by design to creating accompanying high-quality documentation
* Provide feedback / peer review on designs produced by colleagues in the Azure Practice
* Listen to feedback from client teams and constantly seek to improve the services we offer* Help to mentor other architects
Skills and Experience:
* Strong advocate for Infrastructure as code (IaC) and have a strong understanding of Terraform
* Key technology skills: MS Azure Migration from On-Prem/Cloud to Azure Platform, Microsoft SQL, Storage and Networking, infrastructure
* AZ-300/303, AZ-301/304 Desired (or equivalent experience)
* Knowledge of deployment orchestration and configuration management tools (Terraform, Chef, Ansible)
* Deep understanding of Azure migration paths* Security best practice experience
* Understanding of Microsoft Adoption Framework
* A strong understanding of the Azureecosystem
* Experience with moving customers into Azure from on-premises environments such as re-hosting or refactoring customers environments
* Depth of experience within traditional technical on premise and hosted architecture, as well as growing hybrid and pure cloud solutions knowledge
* Azure Technical skills with understanding of the public cloud landscape
* Azure calculator
Person Specification:
* Promote and live the company values; Think Client, Deliver Exceptionally and Excel Together
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with great attention to detail
* Professional appearance, well-mannered and a constructive attitude in all work-related matters
* Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritise work to maintain required productivity levels
* Willingness to research and self-study to keep skills relevant
* Self-starter and Self-motivated, flexible in approach, enthusiastic team player
* Strong rapport and relationship building skills with customers
*Strong sense of responsibility and accountability, results driven
* Methodical in approach with sound analytical and problem-solving skills, and keen attention to detail
* Enjoys a challenge
Industry: IT
Salary: £90000 - £95000 per annum
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Vacancy Type: Permanent
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Contact Name: James Flynn Wild
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