
- Demonstrate the ability to articulate value propositions for the most strategic Microsoft products and services and uses business, technology and industry strategies to define customer/partner requirements and constraints
- Demonstrate expertise in a specific solution, or several products, feature functions, or services and drive opportunities to accelerate the adoption of the Microsoft Cloud
- Drive and support innovation focusing on industry solutions and customer business outcomes on the Microsoft platform - Ensure solutions align with the intent of the architecture allowing for clear build test specifications and development of operations guides for the customer
- Identify business and technical risks in programs, assesses their impact and proposes mitigations and contingencies
- Provide stakeholder assistance throughout deployment to avoid/resolve technical issues
- Balance Configure-Before-Customize principles with the goals of maximum customer/partner value and with the use of Microsoft core/baseline assets, people, products and tools and develop project plans that use the full project life cycle accounting for current & future business value of each solution while defining all technical dependencies for project
Need to have a technical background with some years of technology-related experience, along with a few years of Microsoft Azure (Experience on AWS or GCP will be an added advantage).
- Proven experience in cloud infrastructure, including migration of workloads such as Windows, SQL, Linux, and PostgreSQL.
- Strong understanding of Azure services, including security, compliance, and hybrid cloud scenarios.
- Designing and implementing Azure Landing Zones.
- Knowledge of one or more of the following: Azure PowerShell, CLI, Visual Studio, ARM, Bicep or Terraform.
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps and Infra-as-Code (IaC).
- Relevent years of working in a customer-facing role.
- Experience in working as part of a delivery team.
- Ability to communicate with a variety of different audiences and strong presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to match technical solutions with customer business requirements.
- Ability to effectively recognize and adapt to change.
- Ability to quickly build relationships and credibility with customers.
- A passion for learning about and experimenting with new technologies.
- Ability to build trust to drive change with customers.
- Work with customers to identify business requirements.
- Architect and implement innovative solutions using the most recent technologies.
- Continually learn and grow professionally.
- Take a leadership role on projects. - Mentor other Consultants to share your knowledge and experience.