Job Description

Responsibilities

• Apply technical knowledge and customer insights to create a modernization roadmap. Architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments, while orchestrating key resources and infusing key Infrastructure technologies (e.g. Windows and Linux IaaS, Security, Networking, etc)
• Ensure all solutions exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, and appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment
• Assess the Customers' knowledge of Azure platform and overall cloud readiness during presales engagement
• Apply Azure Cloud Adoption Framework, Design Patterns and Well-Architected Framework to solution design during pre-sales stage
• Collaborate with other Cloud Solution Architects in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform
• Provide sizing for the solution architecture design and work with partners where required
• Be able to work with implementation team to handhold them with solution design and handshake the agreed solution to the delivery architect for implementation
• Maintain technical skills and knowledge of market trends and competitive insights; collaborate and share with the technical community
• Work with Head of Cloud as the competency leader to create new service offerings as well as to contribute to the development of service description, scope of work of the new offerings
• Work with Head of Cloud to optimize existing offerings with updates to service descriptions, scope of work
• Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, as well as internal communities and be a mentor to guide new members for training and certifications

• 5+ years of success in consultative/complex technical sales and deployment projects, architecture, design, implementation
• Problem Solving. Ability to solve customer problems through cloud technologies
• Collaboration and Communication. Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Ability to orchestrate, lead, and influence virtual teams, ensuring successful implementation of customer projects. Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences
• Technical
• Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, and technology management required
• Subject matter expertise in one or more of the following: a) Deep domain expertise of cloud infrastructure solutions (i.e. Windows and Linux IaaS, BCDR, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS) b) Expert Knowledge in Containers and IaC would be advantageous
• Competitive Landscape. Knowledge of other cloud platforms would be advantageous