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Fluent in reading, writing and speaking English & French
Strong presentation skills
The Azure Cloud Solution Architect role requires knowledge and experience in a number of the following technologies/areas:
Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) core knowledge:
• Storage
• Network
• Compute
Other technical areas we look for real world demonstrated ability are:
• Azure Governance / Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Policy, Management Groups, Governance / Compliance as Code
• ARM JSON or Terraform Templates – (Infrastructure as code) Azure CLI and/or PowerShell
• Strong understanding of Windows and/or Linux Operating Systems
• Working knowledge of On-Premises Infrastructure solutions; AD DS, DNS, Monitoring, Patching
• Security concepts for Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Operating Systems
• Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Azure AD Connect knowledge and experience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and support experience
• Face-to-face customer engagement skills
• Technical Delivery and Customer facing presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences.
• Must have the ability to take on internal initiatives to create services opportunities, and work in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple demands, addressing shifting priorities, and maintaining focus.
• Troubleshooting knowledge & skills, Microsoft Certifications qualifications desirable
• Degree qualification or equivalent experience
Skills in the following technologies would be considered desirable and will be a candidate’s differentiator:
• Azure Security Center
• Azure Sentinel
• Microsoft Enterprise Scale Landing Zones (Enterprise Scaffold)
• Knowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics
• Configuration as code, such as Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Automation / Orchestration knowledge – Azure Automation, Runbooks
• Microsoft Azure Stack Hub / Hybrid Cloud – Connected and/or Disconnected Scenario
• Azure PaaS, Containers, App Services, REST APIs, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Additional qualification required:
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Building Customer/Partner Relationships
• Leadership
• Value Selling
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 10+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
o OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure.
• Architecture design: Apply design thinking methodology to design & implement cloud architectures and solutions that drive value for the customer, incorporating policies, governance, security & compliance, and customer systems into the overall framework.
• Experience in architecting and implementing Azure security features and products as well as architecting and implementing Azure Arc.
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in designing, implementing, and migrating VMware Solutions on Azure, GCP, or AWS, with 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture and virtualization technologies.
• Specific technology experience, including- Certifications in Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP technologies
• Experience working on a global, matrixed team.
• Experience working with partners.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
• Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment (Insights about Customer/Partner and Industry): Gather customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and map architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Adapt business models, plans, and solutions to insights.
• Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment (Internal Advocacy): Act as the voice of the customer (VOC)/partner by driving new feedback, gaps, blockers, insights, resources, etc. across communities to track, add, and prioritize, using established channels (e.g., UAT/TFT).
• Architecture Design and Deployment (Architecture Proposals): Receive and synthesize data about customer/partner business and technical requirements, address them with technical architecture(s), demonstrate and prove those solutions capability and business value through design collaboration sessions with the customer/partner.
• Architecture Design and Deployment (Requirements and Constraints): Apply broad technical knowledge across various of architecture solutions to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified technical constraints. Help to shape and enhance customers'' requirements.
• Architecture Design and Deployment (Resolving Blockers): Identify, escalate, and work to resolve technical blockers (e.g., changing configurations, sample coding) to accelerate architecture implementations and routes non-technical issues for removal by the appropriate party.
• Trusted Advisor (Challenger Mindset): Respectfully challenge customers/partners when going in the wrong direction and escalate appropriately.
• Trusted Advisor (Competitor Insights/ Differentiated Value Proposition): Understand the competitor''s architecture solutions and identify Microsoft''s strengths over competitive solutions to drive conversations with customers/partners and convince them of solution.
• Customer Usage: Lead architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment application and increase customer business value. Drive efforts to ensure that the customer''s environment and applications are well-architected.
• Customer Satisfaction – Deliver positive Customer Satisfaction, and become trusted advisors to customers by leveraging solution area expertise to enable defined Customer Success Plan outcomes.
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