10+ years of industry experience with a minimum of 5+ years of Azure Infrastructure experience
Must have a degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent work experience. Higher relevant education preferred.
Must be Microsoft Azure Administrator certified. Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification is a plus.
Terraform Associate certification will be an added advantage
Experience in Application development and infrastructure will be an added advantage
Must Have
Working knowledge of Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Azure IaaS and PaaS in compute, storage and networking - experience of leveraging the same and designing, implementing, and deploying Business Mission Critical applications
Experience in leading Azure landing zone design and implementation
Knowledge on Networking - VNet, ExpressRoute, vWAN, Ingress/Egress patterns and services, NVAs.
Expertise in Azure DevOps and YAML configuration of pipeline
Experience on any one of - GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins. General idea of others is fine
Automation experience using ARM templates/Bicep /Terraform/PowerShell/CLI with experience in deployment of infrastructure in module-based approach.
Experience in leading large scale cloud migration project teams using tools like Azure Migrate and implementation of Azure monitoring and security best practices is a plus
Proven hands-on project experience, preferable in large-scale customer environments
Have experience in multiple sectors and industries
Solid experience in leading and conducting customer workshops
Solid customer facing project experience involving solution design, project envisioning, planning, development and deployment of complex solutions
Knowledge of Cloud platform design principles
Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
Passion for mentoring, training peers and sharing knowledge
Good communication skills and presentation skills
Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology
Experience in building autonomous agents using platforms such as Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, or GitHub Copilot.
Skilled in deploying AI solutions with openAI and semantic kernels on cloud services like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Knowledgeable about fairness, transparency, and bias mitigation in AI systems.
Collaborate with stakeholders to identify AI opportunities and translate them into technical solutions.
Experienced in leading workshops or training sessions on AI and agentic thinking.
Ensure compliance with ethical AI standards and data governance policies
Other
Embody our and
Responsibilities
Collaborates with the customer/partner team of Chief Information Officers (CIOs), other C-level executives, and technical and business decision-makers to align customer vision with solutions. Manages risk and Services business goals within large engagements.
Responsible for technical quality assurance, identification, and mitigation of technical risk across customer or partner deliverables.
Applies technical experience and industry-specific knowledge to develop solutions, based on an analysis of how the proposed approach affects the business objectives of customers and partners.
Works to accelerate the value proposition of customer or partner engagements by helping to design, develop, and deploy solutions, based on Microsoft technologies and methodologies.
Applies information-compliance and assurance policies to ensure stakeholder confidence.
Identifies new processes and innovations to help customers or partners build and accelerate capabilities by using Microsoft technologies.
Defines dependencies and risks that go beyond the immediate scope and timeframe for a complex project. Develops contingency plans, risk-mitigation implementation criteria, and alternative strategies to manage short- and long-term risks.
Identifies a best practice approach for a project, across a wide scope of technical issues, and develops or reuses intellectual capital with customers, world-wide, and for programs and initiatives across Microsoft.
Works with practitioners to apply subject matter expertise and ensures that the solution architecture is both consistent and adoptable.
Contributes perspective and expertise to the development of customer solutions that increase the value proposition for Services.
Defines the technology strategy for large and complex engagements, so that customers or partners realize the full value of investment. Responsible for implementing the technology strategy.
Responsible for the overall efficacy and quality of a project team’s technical delivery within his or her engagements.
Defines engagements and opportunities to use Intellectual Property (IP) and address product gaps, while leveraging existing IP and community resources to ensure consistency and improve predictability.
Leads the Engineering team and provides accurate time estimates, sets work priorities, and makes project changes and trade-offs necessary for a successful release.
Drives new ways of thinking, across the division and subsidiary, to improve quality, engineering productivity, and responsiveness to feedback and changing priorities.
Trusted advisor and deep knowledge in implementation
Passion for customers, learning, having proven ability to be client focused, results-focused, proactive, collaborative and confident under pressure.