Microsoft Azure Solution Architect


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29th June 2022

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City Of London

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£90000 - £110000

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Permanent

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Microsoft Azure Solution Architect

Salary £90k-£110k + Generous Benefits Package / Bonus

Full Time / Permanent

Flexi Working Available

Location either London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Wales, Liverpool or Sheffield

Successful candidates must be fully flexible as travel will be required

As a trusted, approved and preferred recruitment partner to this prestigious organisation, we have been asked to assist in the recruitment of a number of Microsoft Azure Solution Architect to join their leading innovative team. Our client offers excellence in career growth, professional development and a coveted personalised benefits package.

You'll be joining a passionate, professional and highly skilled team Azure experts who specialise in agile custom software development and integration at an enterprise scale. Innovation in delivery is always at the forefront of our minds, which is why we utilise solutions from the Microsoft stack and a variety of Open Source to achieve the best possible outcome for the client.

You will be collaborating with clients and developers to identify, explain, design and implement the right solutions and processes for our clients. Working as subject matter experts and trusted advisors in everything Azure related, our consultants build out a continuous integration process married with a solid release strategy while having the ability to upskill our customer's team members and advise on best practice and strategy to management. Your passion for Cloud will be anchored in Microsoft technologies while being aware of other open-source options to be able to give well rounded and extremely informed advice.

What you'll do

*Understand the current client/project landscape and define and design the solution architecture

*Work on some of the most bleeding edge Digital / Cloud-based architectures in development today

*Identify the Accelerators that can be introduced to assist with the implementation and adoption of Azure cloud within the project and organisation.

*Implementation of Could Architecture best practices and process include ensuring the adoption by the development teams.

*Manage and maintain the Architecture processes throughout the lifecycle of the project.

*Use effective communication to work with development teams to constantly enhance, document, found processes, improve coordination and increase the operational performance and security of systems.

*Working with the wider Architecture community to identify and develop new accelerators that can be introduced to new and existing projects.

*Exposure to a variety of industries e.g. Public Sector, Retail, Utilities, Manufacturing, Transport, Health.

We are interested in seeing candidates with a good mix of the following:

*Expertise in designing well architect solutions using Azure PaaS components.

*A Software Engineering mindset

*Senior stockholder management skills (CTO, Chief Architect, etc)

*Broad understanding of DevOps but with in-depth knowledge and experience of implementations with the Microsoft product stack (Azure/.NET, Dynamics or SharePoint, Azure DevOps)

*An understanding of the following areas

oAt least one modern programming language C#/Java/Java Script/Python/Go/Ruby etc

oUnderstanding of scripting languages, PowerShell/Bash

oPaaS, Serverless, IaaS inc VMs, Storage, security configuration

oApplying of security engineering principles (DevSecOps)

oAutomation and Configuration Management tools such as Terraform

oAzure Services (Application Insights, Azure DevTest Lab, API Management, Web and Mobile Apps, Windows VM etc.)

oAwareness of other CI, CD & build automation tools (Jenkins, Quick Build, Teamcity, GitLab, Octopus Deploy etc.)

oAwareness of Containers and Container Orchestration tools, e.g., Docker, Kubernetes

*A desire to continually develop your knowledge of new functionality in the Microsoft platforms, keeping on top of roadmaps, studying for certifications and being ahead of the curve and latest trends to bring maximum value to our clients

*Excellent consulting skills:

*Demonstrable skills in facilitating workshops, gathering and documenting requirements, translating requirements into business processes, stakeholder engagement, creative thinking, presentation and coaching.

*A strong professional development record.

Ideally you will have had previous experience within a consultancy role, with experience of:

*Full lifecycle experience on programmes using Microsoft Technologies and knowledge of the supporting business processes.

*Microsoft certifications are advised.

*Scrum master experience would be beneficial.

Please apply for more details.

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