Microsoft Azure Core Technical Architect Chicago Innovation Hub 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

719304950

In our Microsoft Innovation Hub located in Chicago, IL, we are looking to hire a Technical Architect with Core Infrastructure subject matter expertise where you will be a trusted customer advisor in the following Azure infrastructure technologies: Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, Azure Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Arc, Azure Active Directory, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Functions, plus preferred knowledge of cloud native technologies.

As the sole infrastructure leader in our Hub, you will have the opportunity to shape and drive the infrastructure strategy and vision for our clients and partners. You will collaborate with other Architects who specialize in different solution areas, such as Data & AI, Modern Work, Business Applications, Security, and App Innovation.

As an Infrastructure Technical Architect onsite in the Hub, you will be working at the forefront of Microsoft innovation, helping customers create and implement a vision and strategy for their digital transformation. You will be an integral part of their transformation journey, challenging their ways of thinking and helping them realize and adopt the benefits of our Cloud. Part of a world-wide community of peers, you’ll have access to the latest software and hardware, and you’ll be given the time and budget to develop as a globally influential technical leader.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in ANY of the following technologies: Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, Azure Arc, Azure Active Directory, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Functions.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Structured facilitator.Validated customer experience in requirements capture; prioritization; capturing evidence and impact to quantify business value; issue,riskand constraint identification
• Technical breadth.Intermediate level experience across the full range of MicrosoftAzurecloud solutions –infrastructure,developer, data, artificial intelligence, business applications, modern workplace and productivity, security,plus cloud native technologies, including but not limited to microservices, serverless, containers, and API management.Demonstrated experience of solution architectures which span multiple workloads.
• Design Thinking.Proven experience of delivering design thinking; ‘ideation’;or similar context analysis / problem framing.
• Technical depth .A comprehensive understanding of all key Azureareaincluding security, identity, and networking; allowing you to define a customer’s Azure environment – from architectureto management and governance. Experience in helping customersoperatelarge Azure deployments. From monitoring and reporting on servers and services to protecting frommalicious actors,intrusionand data extraction.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 20, 2024.

• Based at your facility location, you will prepare and deliver technical engagements to enterprise customers. These include strategysession, envisioningworkshop, architecture design sessions, building of rapid prototypes, workshops, and hackathons. You take a cross-solution view to leverage capabilities across the entire Microsoft cloud platform. You will work collaboratively with account teams todeterminethe best engagements for a given opportunity to maximize customer benefit and accelerate deals success.
• Solution design:Using your technical knowledge, architectural approach, consultancy skills and ourmethodologyto win a customer’s technical decision to buy and use Microsoft solutions and cloud services.
• Set vision:You will use your technical knowledge to show customers an inspiring digital vision, across all Microsoft workloads, as well as deeper engagement in your core technology specialism. You will make this digital vision real using the architecture skills of you and your peers to provide a complete solution.
• Build strategy:You will map the agreed customer vision into a strategy for implementation, resolving concerns, removing technical blockers, andvalidatingabusiness case for investment. You will work with the customer, wider account team resources and our partners to orchestrate a roadmap for implementation.
• An expert in Azure infrastructure:Guide business and technical decision makers on creating business value on top of the Azure platform. Synthesize business and technical architecture requirements. Serve as the as the go-to technical expert in Azure Infrastructure space with a specific focus on Data Center Migration, Networking, Backup/Recovery, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, and Security, Governance and Compliance within regulated industries for the regional sales teams. Design and develop industry and platform experiences and demonstrations thatleverageboth hardware and software to educate, illuminate and inspire customers. Show the value of the Azure operations platform and GitHub for planning, building, deploying, and operating Azure environments and services through automation.

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