Azure Technical Architect

 

Recruiter:

Indsafri

Job Ref:

JHB000326/Nons

Date posted:

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa


JOB SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for Azure Technical Architect to join the vibrant team

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Azure Technical Architect
Description
  • The Senior Technical Architect works with colleagues and contributes to the development and design of complex solutions based on their technical knowledge across two or more technology domains.
  • The individual in this position is required to complete the overall technical design and build of the large, complex elements of the solution to meet a client’s business requirements.
Responsibilities
  • Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism(s) to the organisation's planning and operations.
  • Responsible for solution design, business development and transition of projects from presales to delivery as well as ongoing sales support.
  • Select and apply appropriate design standards, methods, and tools, consistent with the agreed enterprise and solution architectures and ensure that these are effectively applied and adopted.
  • Guide successful implementation and execution of system solutions.
  • Contributes to the development of solution architectures in a specific business, infrastructure, or functional areas.
  • Map business processes and relationships clearly, in line with the solution features, and ensure that the recommended approach supports the overall scope of the solution.
  • Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns, and methodology.
  • Provides pre-sales technical support and expertise in analysing client requirements, in conjunction with the client’s current infrastructure, architecture, system capabilities and business challenges.
  • Responsible for influencing and guiding members of the Sales team to ensure that they are equipped to close deals.
  • Provides input to the requirements baseline and investigates, manages, and applies authorized requests for changes to baselined requirements, in line with change management policy.
  • Develop the technical design document to match the solution design specifi
  • Lead the scope of work determination, product pricing and RFP/RFI responses and assist with the decision to pursue or abort a deal.
  • Manages client proof of concept (POC) initiatives, which require an appropriation of appropriate resources, and setup and delivery of the POC.
  • Provide coaching and mentorship to junior Technical Architects
Academic qualifications and certifications
  • Minimum Microsoft certified Azure Administrator Associate Certification
  • Preferably Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Preferred Qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Information Systems
  • Beneficial- Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)
  • Relevant vendor and industry certifications, e.g., Microsoft, Cisco, VMware
  • Beneficial - Software and programming languages e.g., PowerShell
Requirements:
  • Minimum 3 Years Azure experience.
  • Minimum 5 Year Architecture experience
  • Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Strong track record as an architect of new systems/solutions
  • Preferable demonstrated work experience working as a systems administrator or network engineer
  • Proven client engagement and development consulting experience
  • Experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints
  • Extensive experience in a variety of architectures for specific domain or specialization
  • Demonstrated experience presenting technical solutions
  • Experience working in an agile development environment
Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes
  • DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
  • Good product knowledge integrated with deep technology understanding
  • Solid understanding of the vendor’s products, business, and technology positioning
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Ability to establish and create excellent client relationships with their technical expertise
  • Ability to develop and leverage their knowledge of reference architectures
  • Continuously maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains
  • Deep and specialist knowledge of the problem domain that their systems are to provide solutions
  • Demonstrated knowledge in core frameworks used

 

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