NEW TODAY!! ,MS Azure Solutions Architect - NV1

East Coast Resourcing Ltd (ECR); Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio in Canberra is seeking an experienced Sr. Solution Architect to guide Azure-based cloud transformations and practical pre-sales engagements.

The role blends hands-on architecture with people leadership, shaping delivery and client success. The successful candidate will translate complex cloud architectures into commercial engagements, lead workshops, and design security, IAM, and automated CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in solutions architecture, pre-sales or delivery roles.
• Strong Azure core services knowledge and Well-Architected framework expertise.
• Experience with cloud migration strategies (lift-and-shift, re-platform, re-architect).

Responsibilities

• Develop client-facing deliverables (solutions summaries, proposals, SOWs, RFP/RFI responses).
• Lead scoping of workshops and migration of on-prem apps to Azure.
• Design robust cloud security, IAM, and governance measures.

Skills

Azure expertise

Executive presence

Cloud migration

Pre-sales experience

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure DevOps

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading consulting firm with an international presence is currently searching for an experienced Microsoft Azure Architect in Canberra to join their team.

This organisation has recently secured numerous large-scale ERP transformation programs and needs an experienced consultant to advise our clients and ensure a smooth and successful implementation process throughout.

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU HOLD A CURRENT NV1 IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR THIS CANBERRA BASED ROLE

The Role

We are seeking an Sr. Solution Architect to expand our Solutions Architecture team, working within an industry-specific vertical to drive technical pre-sales excellence and customer success.

This role blends hands-on solution architecture with people management, focusing on enhancing team expertise, standardising best practices, and delivering high-quality, technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop client-facing deliverables — including high-level solution summaries, proposals, staffing models, Statements of Work (SOWs), and responses to RFPs/RFIs — translating complex cloud architectures into clear, commercially sound engagements.
• Lead the scoping of workshops, assess, mobilise, and execution of migrating on-premises applications and legacy data centres to Azure.
• Design robust cloud security, identity, and access management (IAM) strategies, ensuring adherence to industry regulatory and compliance standards.
• Drive infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools to build automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Act as a subject matter expert and managing the sales cycle from requirements gathering to handoff to delivery.
• Own the proposal approval lifecycle — coordinating cross-functional review cycles, managing internal stakeholder sign-off, and ensuring all client-facing deliverables meet Presidio’s quality and standards.
• Develop and implement standardised methodologies for solution design, deployment, and optimisation, incorporating industry-specific frameworks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience
• 5+ years of experience in solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, delivery, or similar customer-facing technical roles.
• 3+ years of experience in delivery and pre-sales of consulting and advisory services for strategic solutions such as IT strategy, Application Placement, and Cloud Governance
• Deep Azure expertise across core services with strong working knowledge of container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and Azure Well-Architected principles.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence — able to command the room with both technical architects and C-suite stakeholders, translating complex Azure solutions into compelling business value narratives.
• Strong cloud migration and modernisation background — including experience architecting lift-and-shift, re-platform, and re-architect, platform modernisation solutions across diverse enterprise environments and industries.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and modern application architectures — including microservices, serverless, and event-driven patterns on Azure — enabling credible, forward-looking solution conversations with clients.
• Experience in solution design methodologies and technical best practices that drive consistency and quality across the team.

Required Technical Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of Azure core services.
• Proficiency in Azure Well-Architected Framework across all five pillars.
• Demonstrated experience architecting cloud migration strategies including lift-and-shift, re-platform, and re-architect approaches.
• Familiarity with Azure or third-party migration tooling.
• Experience building Azure cost calculations and building cost models for client estimates and proposals.
• Active Azure certification is highly preferred