Azure Architect - IT Solutions & Services

Established in 1982, our client has rapidly grown and now employs over 600 people across five locations in the UK and Ireland. Their turnover in Financial Year 2019 was in excess of £520M. They collaborate with SMEs, corporates, and public sector organisations to modernise and digitally transform their IT infrastructures.

Investment in employees is a priority, with ongoing support, training, and advice to help them achieve their career aspirations, rewarding success both financially and personally. There are opportunities for growth and internal movement, evidenced by long-standing employees who have developed new skills and moved into senior positions, creating space for new team members to begin their journey.

Why Join This company?

• Over 600 staff with plans to double in size over the next five years
• Modern, hybrid working environments with offices in Leatherhead, Reading, London, or Manchester
• Winners of an array of industry awards
• Featured in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work
• Excellent training and career prospects
• Fantastic office amenities including a gym, canteen, open plan spaces, smart casual dress code, regular incentives, and company events
• Supporters of over 85 charities with a strong commitment to diversity and sustainability

This role offers the opportunity to support in defining an exciting strategic area for a growing technical projects division. The Cloud Technical Presales Team focuses on projects around Data & Artificial Intelligence.

The primary mission of the Technical Presales team is to work alongside valued customers and turn discussions about technology into practical applications. While not a hands-on delivery role, this position requires experts who can instantly gain technical credibility with customers, enabling in-depth discussions on their technical needs and transforming them into projects.

The ideal candidate will bring insight and knowledge in the Azure Cloud landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of projects from pre-sales scoping to project planning and implementation
• Engage with the Service Delivery team to collaborate on future services that we can deliver to customers
• Designing and documenting customer solutions

Individual Responsibilities: 

• Delivery of migrations into Azure using various migration methods and tooling
• Azure Virtual Desktop migrations and/or customer workshops
• Creation of IaC (Infrastructure-as-Code) templates for deploying workloads.

Skills/Must have:

• Educational Qualifications: Degree level qualification is not essential but desirable
• Professional Qualifications: Solution architect or data cloud certifications in AWS or Azure are desirable
• Years of Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience is essential

Other Requirements:

• Desirable certifications include: Azure Solution Architect Expert

Core Competencies & Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in designing cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure 
• Strong communication skills for describing technical solutions to senior IT stakeholders
• Experience in helping develop customer data strategies and deriving business outcomes through technology adoption
• Strong team player
• Strong understanding of data security best practices

Salary:

• £120,000

If you are interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to apply today!