Website SoftwareOne
Job Function: Software & Cloud Services The role: SoftwareOne, is a global leader in cloud technology services. We believe that moving to the cloud will help our clients to transform their business, release the innovation and become more competitive. As independent partners we look into the macro economy and assist our clients keep the promises made with the cloud.
For our UK-based team we seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Architect. Candidate should have experience of planning cloud architecture as part of a consulting engagement preferably in a global services company as well as a good understanding of Azure services. The consulting engagments shall mainly be focused within the local region but may extend into (remote) work for customers in the Nordics, South Africa or the Benelux.
Key Responsibilities: Architect and deliver Azure cloud solutions with particular emphasis on IT environment redesign, application lifecycle management and cloud protection.
Lead technology decision making in complicated transformation projects that impact the customer’s business goals and their IT strategy.
Work on implementations of consulting services from the creation of concepts to the deployment stage including infrastructure and applications running on Azure.
Obtain feedback from technology imbued Azure cloud services, creating the best technologies that would compliment the customer needs. Assist clients by providing advisory and undertaking consultation, shifting their businesses toward the cloud by deploying best practices and fresh perspectives.
Partake in pre sales prospecting to shape engagements or work on RFI or RFPs as an expertise on the same. What we need to see from you: Over 5 years of experience in cloud consulting preferably in a global services organization.
Proven experience influencing and making technology decisions as part of a larger IT program for transformation projects with a strong emphasis on Azure cloud computing technologies. Good grasp of the broader IT ecosystem with domain knowledge more than IT infrastructure transformation, application re-engineering, cloud security, Azure PBX solutions.
Familiarity with the current trends in IT, tools or practices that are associated with devops, ci/cd, and other forms of infrastructure automation. Relevant azure certifications as stipulated are required. Multicloud experience with certifications to TOGAF will be added advantage.
Very good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills articulated difficult technical issues to audience with vague or none technical backgrounds and audience with similar backgrounds. Need to have a high level of business sense and and be able to effectively conduct the consultative selling process through top notch service delivery.
#LI-CD1 Why SoftwareOne?: SoftwareOne has an ongoing transformation journey that is indeed very profound aimed at changing the company into among the fast growing service providers in solution,platform and technology on a global scale.
Organizations are offered the full suite of solutions to modernize their technology landscape and make better use of their technology resources. It is this and our history of being a client trusted partner to more than 65 000 customers worldwide, which means that it’s only the beginning stage of our businesses.
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At SoftwareOne, we strive to create a healthy space nurturing mutual respect and equal opportunity where all eligible applicants and team members are free from any discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other class protected by applicable laws. Last but not least, we welcome seasoned professionals who have deliberately opted out of the workforce in the past and who are willing to come back to work to join our SOAR program.