Senior Azure Consultant

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Job DescriptionA senior member of the company's operations team, providing Cloud Services technical consultancy, infrastructure architecture and support to both public and private sector clients, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality service. The ideal candidate will have experience in customer facing roles and success implementing cloud-based solutions, migrating workloads to the cloud, and experience with connecting and managing hybrid cloud environments.

Role & ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement solutions based on business requirements that are in line with architecture and best practice, using the latest Microsoft and cloud-based technologies.Planning and implementing security measures to prevent data loss and service interruptions by the introduction of technologies that will effectively protect information systems.Risk analysis and review of customer's information systems, communicating recommendations through reports and presentations.Taking a lead role in writing tender responses to win new client work.Server / Application availability, performance, and security monitoring; recommend and implement improvement enhancements.Automating processes and procedures to help improve efficiency and standardisation across platforms.Monitor and support service delivery; ensuring systems, methodologies and procedures are in place and followed.Make recommendations for Service Improvement Plans and ensure actions are followed through to completion in a timely manner.Work with internal and third-party teams to ensure actions are taken and completed to protect and improve services.Provide regular and accurate management reporting on IT Service performance and security.Guide and mentor less senior support staff.Provide technical support to internal Sales Function.

Skills & QualificationsMinimum 10 years' experience (3-5+ years working with Cloud Technologies)Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies, business drivers, and emerging computing trends.Technical experience in infrastructure design including private and public cloud, networking, virtualization, identity, security, and storage.Project management and delivery.Building customer/partner relationships.Experience of writing technical/commercial proposals, ideally including tender responses.Maintains current technical expertise in the rapidly changing technology environment.Essential TechnologyAzure Cloud Services (IaaS + PaaS), Design and AdministrationMicrosoft 365 Modern Workplace, Office 365 and EMSKnowledge of ISO 27001 ISMS and Cyber EssentialsITIL / ISO 20000 Service ManagementMicrosoft Technology Stack: Windows 10 - Deployment and SupportWindows Server 2008/2012/2016 and Active DirectorySQL ServerIISExchangeSystem CentreVirtualisation technologies (Hyper-V / VMware)Networking topologies and principles TCP/IP LAN / WAN, DHCP, DNS, VPN,Storage Topography (SAN) + Storage SpacesBackup & disaster recovery processesInfrastructure, network and security monitoringPowerShell scriptingIdeally Microsoft Certified on Azure / Office 365