Lead Cloud Solutions Architect - Azure

Key Responsibilities: 

  

Technical Leadership

• Design and implement Cloud solutions and service offerings at customer sites - locally, regionally, and nationally - and provide feedback to drive continuous improvement
• Serves as a trusted advisor to clients, adeptly understanding their unique needs and crafting tailored recommendations that drive value and foster long-term partnerships
• Produce architecture designs and solutions for building and maintaining cost-efficient, scalable, and secure cloud environments 
• Lead the creation of High-Level and Low-Level Designs for areas of expertise
• Deliver with strong analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills and effective interpersonal and communication skills to ensure successful client projects & team performance
• Represent WWT’s technical expertise to team members and customers through an in-depth knowledge of cloud technologies
• Maintain expert level knowledge on WWT solution offerings and industry cloud technologies including the completion of assigned courses and relevant certification exams when applicable. 
• Stay current with emerging technologies and advancements within existing technologies

Solutions Development: 

• Work with WWT account teams to educate them on cloud capabilities and drive business development and sales 
• Work with Sales engineers/Cloud consultants to review and validate understanding of customer requirements and translate initial scope into actionable items 
• Build relationships across the organization to scope and deliver cross-functional and cross-domain solutions such as Digital, Security, AI, Analytics, Automation, and Enterprise Architecture 
• Spearheads the strategic design of innovative solutions by leveraging deep knowledge of the evolving technology landscape and maximizing internal WWT capabilities
• Actively pursue business opportunities at large, complex customers; work with clients and internal WWT Teams to develop and negotiate statements of work, including project scope, deliverables, timelines, and costs. 
• Builds productive solution development teams, leveraging junior team members to support their growth and development

Qualifications: 

 

• A minimum of 8 years progressive experience in a related field required
• A minimum of 8 years of experience designing, deploying, and implementing Private, Public, and Hybrid Cloud technologies in accordance with industry best practices
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (i.e. Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering)
• Willing to travel 30-40% 
• Understanding of Public, Private, & Hybrid Cloud Strategies
• Expert level experience with Azure Cloud Platform technologies
• Deep understanding of Cloud ecosystem products and solutions
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with great attention to detail 
• Independent and self-motivated and thorough
• Troubleshooting skills (patience and determination to find and solve problems) 
• Ability to understand technology interdependencies and how various components integrate with one another 

 

Strongly Desired Skills:  

• Expert-level industry certifications related to Azure Cloud Platform (i.e. Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert)
• Specialized expertise in one or more of the following:
  • Cloud container management and Kubernetes platforms (i.e. AKS)
  • Cloud AI and data platform technologies (i.e. OpenAI, Azure Synapse, Fabric)
  • Cloud strategy and adoption patterns
  • Cloud modernization and migration
  • Application architecture and development in the cloud (i.e. .NET Core, Java, etc. in Azure Functions, App Services or containers)
  • Core Cloud infrastructure – Networking (i.e. ExpressRoute, vWAN), Security (i.e. Azure Firewall, 3rd party ISVs), Compute, and Storage
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline development for automated cloud infrastructure using Infrastruc