Job Title: Technical Consultant
Location: Home Based
Salary: Highly Competitive + Bonus
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
The Technical Delivery team is expanding. As a Technical Consultant, you will architect and deploy solutions within Microsoft 365 and Azure, designing, planning, executing, and completing projects within agreed deadlines and budget.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and implement technical solutions primarily within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure.
- Act as design authority for the Project Delivery team.
- Pre‑project liaison with customers / Client Success Managers / Client Directors and Technical Specialists to agree objectives.
- Prepare technical plans and execute plans to completion with customer acceptance.
- Hardware and software installations based primarily on Microsoft / Hewlett Packard technologies at customer sites UK wide.
- Document all project work to a high standard.
- Maintain awareness of new and emerging technologies.
- Assist with post‑installation issues where required.
About you
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- At least one Microsoft Azure certification – preferably Microsoft Azure Architect Expert (AZ303/304 or AZ104/305).
- Current or working toward Microsoft Expert, CCNA, VCP or equivalent qualification would be desirable.
- Prince2 Foundation / Practitioner or other project management qualifications would be an advantage.
- Significant experience in a similar role.
- Proven effective communication and influencing skills.
- Excellent knowledge of current IT technologies.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Azure Iaas, Paas, Storage and Networking, Identity and Authentication (MFA), Azure HA/DR, scaling and backup, Azure Monitor.
- Microsoft 365 Threat Protection, Identity and Access Management, Device and Application Management, Information Protection, Compliance, Email and Teams.
- Microsoft Windows Server (up to at least 2024).
- Virtualisation – Microsoft Hyper‑V, VMware.
- Microsoft desktop operating systems – Windows 11 etc.
- LAN technologies – switching, routing, VLANs etc. (hardware to include HPE, Cisco).
- WAN technologies – routers, firewalls (hardware to include Sophos, Cisco, Draytek).
- Private Cloud infrastructure – Private and Iaas including hybrid deployments.
- Antivirus – preferably Microsoft Defender and Sophos Endpoint.
- Backup Technologies – Datto, Veeam, Azure.
- Experience with Azure Automation, Azure CLI, PowerShell scripting.
- Azure DevOps, including Automation.
- Kubernetes and Docker.
- HPE Server and SAN infrastructure.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, rising with length of service.
- Employee benefits trust.
- Company bonus scheme.
- Life assurance 4× salary.
- Contributory pension scheme at 4% matched.
- Healthcare and cash plan.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee discounts.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Paid CSR days.
- Company sick pay and income protection cover.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Employee recognition scheme.
- Eyecare vouchers.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Long service rewards.
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