Microsoft Cloud Architect in Poole, Dorset

About the Role
I am looking for an experienced Microsoft Cloud Architect to join our growing technical consultancy client. You will play a key role in driving digital transformation projects as your day-to-day role will consist of the implementation, testing, designing and documentation of complex infrastructure projects. You'll get to work with a close-knit group of pre-sales consultants, helpdesk, and project management staff.

About You
You will need to have a proven and demonstrable track-record in all aspects of Microsoft Cloud Architecture

Required Experience and Key Successful Factors:
* Experience in a similar Senior Cloud Consultant or Solutions Architect role
* Ability to work effectively with business and IT stakeholders, both internal and partners.
* Evidence of previous technical design and architectural experience.
* Experience of working to tight deadlines.
* A well-developed communication and presentation skills.
* A background in Microsoft cloud technologies is essential. With a specialisation in Office 365
* and Azure migration projects.
* Strong customer relationship skills
* Good time management, great multitask skills with a can-do attitude
* Experience working with, and designing solutions across, a range of technologies and
* specialisms.
* Experience of architecting solutions within public cloud providers such as Azure)
* Awareness and understanding of serverless computing, IaaS, SaaS and PaaS
* Assuring and where applicable producing Low-Level Designs - end to end architecture
* solutions within the Cloud arena.
* Evangelist in Microsoft Cloud solutions and able to keep up with all the latest trends and
* emerging technologies.
* Excellent knowledge of Identity management systems (Azure AD, ADFS, MFA, SAML)
* Excellent knowledge of Office 365 (Planning and migrations)
* Identity and Access management
o Device and Application Management
o Information Protection
o Compliance management
o Enterprise Mobility + Security
o Modern workplace
* Excellent Azure planning and migration projects
o Azure Virtual Desktop implementation
o Azure Networking
o Azure Active Directory Domain Services
o Azure Landing zones
* Experience writing and executing platform test plans

Advantageous skills:
* Microsoft Azure scripting (JSON/BICEP/PowerShell)
* Microsoft Viva Platform
* Microsoft Powerplatform
* Good understanding of Office 365 E5 products
* A good understanding of SAN environments
* SUSE Linux Experience
* Experience in Citrix technologies
* Experience in VMWare products
* Knowledge of Microsoft Zero-trust security models and deployment.
* Knowledge cloud and Microsoft adoption framework
* Working towards a Compliance standard (ISO, Cyber essentials, PCI-DSS)
* Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ-104, 140, 303 and 305)
* Microsoft 365 certifications (MS-500, MS-700)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.