The Role: The Azure Technical Architect is responsible for creating and delivering innovative solutions for our clients.
This person must be comfortable working in an agile manner and be able to spot opportunities for the Azure practice, both within KPMG and customer environments.
The person should be comfortable presenting Azure services and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences, articulating the benefits to their business, with the goal to drive growth for the Azure practice.
The Technical Architect will work directly with clients to oversee the technical delivery of our projects.
A good hands-on technical understanding of the Azure platform is critical to be successful in this role.
The Azure Technical Architect will be responsible for:Creating architectural designs based on customer requirements.Deliver product presentations and configured demonstrations to prove our ability to meet a prospect's cloud adoption needs.Presenting designs and solutions to clients.Delivering Azure solutions and work with delivery teams to ensure architectural governance is maintained.
Drive innovation by developing code base and automated deployments.Work on proposals and RFI's alongside the sales and pre-sales teams.
Core Technical Knowledge Required:Ideally a background in on premises infrastructure, virtualisation technologies or applications.Proven experience with Azure IaaS (networking, storage, virtual machines).Proven experience with Azure Backup & Recovery Services.Proven experience with Azure Governance (Blueprints, policies, tagging, cost management).Proven experience with Azure SQL (Managed Instances & PaaS).Proven experience with Azure Security (NSG,ASG Sentinel, Security Centre, Defender, ACL, Azure Firewall, Policy).Proven experience with Azure Serverless and integration (Batch, Function\Logic Apps, EventGrid).Proven experience with Azure ACR, ACI, Kubernetes.Proven experience with Azure AD including on premises Active Directory.Experience with Windows Server\Linux OS Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM\Terraform\PowerShell).Desirable Technical Skills:Azure DevOpsVMware\Hyper-V The Person should have 6+ years in cloud or infrastructure delivery:Experienced Azure architect with delivery of Microsoft infrastructure (cloud & on-premises) background or application migrations to serverless technologies.Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and manage a range of relationships in a complex environment.Strong communication skills (verbal, written and listening): an ability to present information concisely, to communicate in a manner applicable to all levels.Able to produce high quality and professional presentations.Excellent attention to detail and ability to ensure documents are consistent in language, terminology and style.Flexible approach to work with a focus on delivery to deadlines and high standards.Ability to handle highly confidential information with tact and discretion.