Azure/O365 Solution Architect
Key Accountabilities
- Pre-sales technical support, including producing requirements, high level designs and detailed sales
- Support the sales team technically and work alongside service, account and delivery teams acting as Technical design Authority
- Produce customers presentations demonstrating capability based on core products and at times tailored bespoke solutions
- Writing technical proposals
- Obtaining approvals to designs from delivery and operational teams
- Producing costed solutions, for deployment and support
- Technically represent the organisation in front of the customer and their 3rd parties
- Producing and implementing configurations form time to time
- PoCs and Pilots
- Taking a principle role in major technical issues during the project lifecycle
- Handover to support teams and technical knowledge share
- Provide technical governance and peer review of other colleague’s work
- Pursue additional sales opportunities alongside the Service and Account teams for existing customers
- Other job duties that may be assigned from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
- The role will require technical experience in the following areas:
- Office 365
- Azure Compute, Networking, Identity, Security, Advanced Compute and Development.
- Application Integration & Development
Desirable technical experience in the following areas:
- Voice Infrastructure (SBCs/GWs/AGWs)
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft 365 Security
- Azure Advanced Data & AI and Analytics
- Microsoft Teams Room Systems and Video Interoperability
- Traditional Voice Technologies
- Networking
Other Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
- Desirable experience of working with telecommunications carriers and system integrators
- Good knowledge of the Telecommunication & SaaS markets
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including effective verbal and written communication in technical English, and strong influencing and networking skills.
- Logical thinker – able to troubleshoot systematically
- Ability to coordinate other technical specialists, strong teamwork skills as well as able to work under own initiative when required
- Demonstrates tenacity and resolve in pursuing critical outcomes.
- Patience, resilience, and the ability to remain calm under pressure,
- Can do attitude, focused on meeting deadlines and on high quality deliverables.
- Exhibit leadership through personal responsibility, accountability, and teamwork
Experience Requirement
- Extensive Design/Architecture experience
Qualification Desirable
- Microsoft Communications Certification (MSCE level)
- Microsoft Azure AZ-104 Administrator
- Microsoft Azure AZ-303 Architect Technologies
- Microsoft Azure AZ-304 – Architect Design
- Microsoft Azure AZ-204 – Developer
- Preferably Audio Codes / Ribbon Certifications
- Preferably Degree educated but not essential
Employment Type
Permanent Full-Time
Location
Remote/United Kingdom
Package
Competitive salary and benefits based on candidate experience and suitability.