Deep domain expertise of cloud infrastructure solutions (i.e. Windows and Linux IaaS, SAP, BCDR, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, containers and/or Infra as a code technology, AVD, AVS), breadth of technical experience, and technical aptitude to learn and adjust to new technologies and/or cloud trends required.
Experience and understanding of large-scale infrastructure deployments and Migrations in enterprise-wide environments required.
Experience in consultative, Migration, Modernization, and deployment projects (where necessary, managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects) required.
Experience working with large complex enterprise accounts architecting cloud solutions and supporting large scale migrations.
Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior IT executives and growing data services in large or highly strategic accounts.
Acknowledged for making decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow-through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, IT management and developers)
Responsibilities
Understand customers’ overall infrastructure estate, IT and business priorities and success measures to design implementation architectures and solutions (Microsoft and 3rd party solutions)
Apply technical knowledge and customer insights to create a Migration, Modernization roadmap and architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments, orchestrating key resources and infusing key infrastructure technologies (e.g. Windows and Linux IaaS, SAP, BCDR, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, AVD, AVS)
Develop deep relationships with key customer IT decision makers, who drive long-term cloud adoption within their company to enable them to be cloud advocates.
Maintain and advance deep technical skills and knowledge, keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights, and share within the technical community.
Be a Voice of Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with Engineering team to remove key blockers.
Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners and external communities.
Assess the Customers' knowledge of Azure platform and overall cloud readiness to support customers through a structured learning plan and ensure its delivery through partners.