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ID #20228917
State Illinois
City Chicago
Job type Permanent
Salary USD - $165000 per annum - 165000 per annum
Source Nigel Frank International
Showed 2021-09-25
Date 2021-09-25
Deadline 2021-11-23
Category Et cetera
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Application Architect - Perm Only

Illinois, Chicago, 60603 Chicago USA

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Azure Software Architect - PERM

Our client, a premier Microsoft Gold Partner, is looking to hire an Azure Software Architect (Pre-Sales) to join their team.

The Role

  • Location: Chicago
  • Salary: up to $170K Total Comp
  • Travel Requirements: 30% within Chicago

We are looking for someone who has most or all the following capabilities:

  • Deep understanding of Azure, Apps, Infra and DevOps space and cloud computing technologies, business drivers, and emerging computing trends
  • Deep technical experience in application design and development including app migrations to Azure, app refactoring, designing and building apps using Azure native technologies, app integrations etc.
  • Experience and familiarity with Azure app related services - App Services, ASP.NET, MVC, .NET Core, Web APIs, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure Kubernetes Service, SQL Server, Azure SQL Database etc.
  • Hands-on with tools & methods in capability, business transformation delivery, sizing & estimations
  • Experience with configuration management and automation technologies such as PowerShell DSC, Chef, ARM Templates, and Puppet is preferred
  • Working knowledge with AGILE development, SCRUM and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with one or more of the following programming languages preferred: PowerShell, Bash, .Net, .Net Core, Java, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails is preferred
Non-Technical Skills

  • Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior executives and growing cloud consumption share in large or highly strategic accounts
  • Proven track record of driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through
  • Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences
  • Problem-solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication Certifications
  • Ability to be hands-on in leadership roles as well as manage others to execute and deliver project deliverables
Qualifications

  • 3+ years senior level support with cloud infrastructure as part of responsibilities
  • 5+ years of architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications (i.e. having an architectural sense for ensuring availability, reliability, etc.)
  • 2+ years of experience in migrating on premise workloads to the cloud
  • 5+ years of success in consultative/complex technical sales and deployment projects (where necessary, managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects
  • Oversight experience on major transformation projects and successful transitions to implementation support team
  • Prior work experience in a Consulting/Architecture position is preferred
Certifications (Preferred)

  • Architect Exam: Azure Fundamentals; Architecting Azure Solutions 70-534, AZ - 300 & AZ - 301, 70-533, AZ - 100 & 101 Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions, AZ - 203, 70-532 Developing Azure Solutions

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Consult with clients to understand their needs and pain points, and accordingly scope and design Azure solutions, data center migrations, identify reuse and re-platforming opportunities as well as refactoring opportunities to scale their adoption of Microsoft Azure and digital transformation.
  • Own the Azure technical customer engagement including developing the architectural design on specific implementation projects and/or Proofs of Concepts, and Cloud solution architecture components of customer facing contract bid responses.
  • Participate in the solution selling lifecycle working closely with the account teams and extended cross - functional teams to mobilize the sold solution and set it up for successful delivery
  • Mentor and coach the delivery teams, architects, and developers to ensure that architecture and requirements best practices are followed.
  • Establish and enforce quality standards for cloud solution architectures.
  • Drive high priority customer initiatives on Azure in collaboration with customers and sales teams.

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