• Application Deadline: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Azure Persales Architect


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Conduct Customer Facing Workshops and Sessions to drive demand for Microsoft Azure Advanced Workloads. 


• Architect and design solutions to meet functional and non-functional requirements. 


• Ensure adherence of specifications to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc. 


• Proactively provide guidance on Azure Sizing and Costing regimes to Sales Team. 


• Identify, communicate, and mitigate Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Decisions throughout Sales/Presales lifecycle. 


• Demonstrate experience presenting technical topics in front of a senior audience, including C-Levels


• Conduct full technical discovery, identifying pain points, business and technical requirements, “as is” and “to be” scenario


• Compare solution alternatives across both technical and business parameters which support the define cost and service requirements. 


• Apply methodology, reusable assets, and previous work experience to deliver consistently high-quality work. 


• Stay educated on new and emerging technologies/patterns/methodologies and market offerings that may be of interest to our clients. 


• Adapt to existing methods and procedures to create possible alternative solutions to moderately complex problems. 


• Use considerable judgment to define solutions and seeks guidance on complex problems. 


• Prepare and deliver product messaging to highlight value propositions and unique differentiators. 


• Lead or co-lead answers to RFPs issued by clients 


• Collaborate on a strategic and tactical level with our strategic partners

Requirements

• Minimum of 3+ years overall IT industry experience 


• Minimum of 2+ years in a Cloud Consultant role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms. 


• Experience in architecting and designing technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions based on industry standards using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capabilities. 


• Experience with any of the following: O365, Azure, Azure Stack, Azure AD 


• Experience with claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, and RBAC 


• Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc. 


• Experience building and supporting mission-critical technology components with DR capabilities 


• Experience with multi-tier system and service design and development for large enterprises 


• Extensive, real-world experience designing technology components for enterprise solutions and defining solution architectures and reference architectures with a focus on cloud technologies 


• Experience supporting DevOps Pipeline 


• Familiarity with Cloud Automation using Azure PowerShell, CLI and ARM Templates

Added advantage

• Azure Solutions Architect 


• TOGAF Certification


• ITIL Foundation