Azure Local & Hyper-V Solutions Architect

AHEAD; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Senior Technical Consultant to lead Azure Local & Hyper-V engagements for enterprise clients in the United States. You will translate business needs into secure, scalable infrastructure, guide workshops, and drive hands-on implementation and troubleshooting across Azure Local, Hyper-V, Windows Server, and related technologies.

The role demands senior technical leadership, strong communication, and travel to client sites as required, with a focus on winning outcomes and

Qualifications

• Five+ years designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise compute and virtualization environments.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Hyper-V and Windows Server.
• Experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting Hyper-V failover clusters, Cluster Shared Volumes, live migration, virtual networking, and high-availability workloads.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Local or Azure Stack HCI, including Azure Arc registration, Storage Spaces Direct, Network ATC, cluster validation, and lifecycle operations.
• Experience with Windows Server administration, Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, Windows Failover Clustering, and PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Lead client discovery, assessment, planning, architecture, and design workshops.
• Design, deploy, upgrade, migrate, and optimize Azure Local and Hyper-V environments.
• Develop Azure Local solutions using Azure Arc, Storage Spaces Direct, Network ATC, Failover Clustering, Windows Admin Center, and related platform services.
• Design and implement Hyper-V failover clusters, including Cluster Shared Volumes, live migration, high availability, virtual networking, and workload placement.
• Plan and execute Azure Local cluster deployments, including hardware readiness, operating system configuration, Azure registration, Arc enablement, cluster validation, and operational handoff.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure.

Skills

Azure Local

Hyper-V

Windows Server

PowerShell

Documentation

Communication

Leadership

Travel

Tools

Azure Arc

Storage Spaces Direct

Network ATC

Failover Clustering

Job description

AHEAD is seeking a Senior Technical Consultant to lead Azure Local & Hyper-V engagements for enterprise clients in the United States. You will translate business needs into secure, scalable infrastructure, guide workshops, and drive hands-on implementation and troubleshooting across Azure Local, Hyper-V, Windows Server, and related technologies.

The role demands senior technical leadership, strong communication, and travel to client sites as required, with a focus on winning outcomes and