Azure Architect

InfoCepts; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A business consulting firm based in the United States is seeking a Mid-Senior Level Consultant to provide client consultation and support for Azure, Cloud, and Big Data initiatives. The role involves advisory consulting, leading pre-sales activities, and developing thought leadership in these technologies. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in large-scale Azure implementations and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated continued learning through one or more technical certifications.
• At least 12 years of IT experience; Minimum 4 - 7 years of experience on Azure projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide client consultation, advisory, pre-sales, and development support.
• Support pre-sales activities and lead solution development for projects.
• Develop and share expertise in Azure, Cloud, and Big Data technologies.

Skills

Consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Microsoft Azure modernization initiatives

Experience with Azure Resource Manager

Experience in building Batch/Micro-batch/Real time data pipelines

Experience with programming languages such as Python, Scala, and Java

Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes

Able to communicate persuasively

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Job description

Purpose of the Position

To provide client consultation, advisory, pre-sales, and development support for client initiatives. The position enables the project team to meet its business goals by supporting delivery teams with technical advisory and consulting on the Cloud Migration project(s), curating convincing proposals and providing future direction to the client through research along with anchoring the project on technical front.

Key Result Areas and Activities

• Thought Leadership – Build and share experience and evidence based thought leadership in the Azure, Cloud and Big Data domain through various channels and provide inputs on creating and enhancing enduring solutions for client.
• Solutions and Sales Support – Support pre-sales activities including conducting discovery workshops, developing point of views/solutions/scoping, writing proposals, and supporting sales and marketing enablement for Azure, Cloud and Big Data related technologies. Lead the solution development for project.
• Consulting for New and Existing Clients – Provide advisory consulting to new and existing customers, support delivery hand-offs, address unmet needs, and manage client expectations for their Azure, Cloud and Big Data technologies.
• Share and Build Expertise – Develop and share expertise in Azure, Cloud and Big Data technologies and actively mine the experience and expertise in the organization for sharing across teams and clients in the firm. Suggest ways and guide the project team(s) as a capability hub for new technologies with due consideration of their usability.
• Nurture and Grow Talent – Provide support for recruitment, coaching and mentoring, and building practice capacity in the project team(s) in Azure, Cloud and Big Data technologies.

Work and Technical Experience

• Consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Microsoft Azure modernization initiatives
• Experience with Architecture creation and delivery which includes understanding requirements, formulating design, and communicating the architecture along with TCO roadmap.
• Experience with Modern Data Architectures, DevOps & Agile engineering practices
• Experience in Greenfields implementation of Azure Infra, Networks, Storage, Apps and Azure DevOps
• Experience with Azure Resource Manager, Resource Groups, Virtual Networks, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Blob Storage, PowerShell DSC, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery
• Experience in building Batch/Micro-batch/Real time data pipelines using native Azure services for Data Integration, Data Processing & Data Consumption including but not limited to Azure HDInsight, Azure Databricks, Azure Portal, Log Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Catalog, Power BI, Azure Search, Azure Functions, Azure Stream Analytics and Azure Event Hub
• Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (Role Based Access Control, Networking Architectures, Cost Management controls, etc.)
• Unified data governance experience with Microsoft Purview
• Knowledge of Azure Security components such as Azure Security Centre, Security Operations, Microsoft Defender
• Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities (App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, Containers, AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, API Management)
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Scala, and Java
• Working knowledge on Architecture design, Modelling, prototyping, and benchmarking of DataStore/ EDW solutions
• Data Modelling experience on leading Cloud SQL database – Snowflake for BI consumption
• Good to have – SAP ECC data model understanding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master’s degree is a plus)
• Demonstrated continued learning through one or more technical certifications or related methods
• At least 12 years of IT experience; Minimum 4 - 7 years of experience on Azure related projects

Qualities

• Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes for a fast-growing team and firm
• Able to communicate persuasively through speaking, writing, and client presentations
• Able to consult, write, and present persuasively
• Able to work in a self-organized and cross-functional team
• Able to iterate based on new information, peer reviews, and feedback
• Able to work with teams and clients in different time zones
• Research focused mindset

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Business Consulting and Services