Azure Cloud Solutions Architect

Remote 

have operated in an Infrastructure Architecture capacity, with broad knowledge across multiple pillars including Microsoft Azure, AWS, Hosting, Networks, Public & Private Cloud, Storage, Identity etc. You will have experience in producing infrastructure designs to support application deployments.

• Act as the sole Solution Design / Infrastructure Architect point of contact for migrations from one Microsoft Tenant to another.
• Produce and or review accurate solution designs for applications migrating, ensuring they meet customer requirements and risks are identified and remediated.
• Understand the impact of design decisions on the total cost of ownership.
• Provide detailed solution designs that are in line with our technology and security standards consisting of multi-tiered architectures.
• Co-ordinate with other teams to ensure information going into designs is accurate and complete. 
• Ensure that all designs are secure by design and see these through the relevant security approvals.
• Engage with other MMC teams to ensure any identified design issues are remediated accordingly
• Keep stakeholders informed and manage expectations.
• Ensure the quality of all designs that are going in for review in order for the review process to run smoothly with minimal interventions.

B S Computer Science or similar 

10+ Years experience 

• You will be regarded as an expert in your field, keeping your knowledge up to date with changes in the industry and advising other Solutions Engineers accordingly, ensuring that MMC are always leveraging the most effective technologies.
• Strong communication & stakeholder management skills. 
• Previous experience authoring low-level, detailed designs from conceptualization to delivery. 
• Ability to create / design an infrastructure for application deployment.
• Own and enforce a consistent approach to infrastructure solution design within the domain. 
• Own and author / assure cross-domain solution designs and supporting documentation, independently and with minimal oversight.
• Design and operational experience with Azure is critical.
• Provide technical / solution oversight during the development, test and implementation of change, to ensure delivery in line with requirements and design. 
• The ability to learn new technology concepts and apply this knowledge to the migrations you are working on.
• Be able to apply technical strategy in complex business contexts, using patterns, standards and guidance.
• Experience of translating technical concepts and issues so they can be understood by all stakeholders.
• Experience of maintaining relationships and coordinating with external stakeholders/contacts.
• Practical working knowledge of modern cloud-first architectures, and how to build applications to take advantage of the opportunities they offer.
• The ability to be able to work on multiple migration streams in parallel, engineers often have many projects on the go!