Solution Architect - Modern Work

Summary:
The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.

Responsibilities

• Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions. 
• Develop comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost.
• Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures. 
• Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges. 
• Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements. 
• Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients
• Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community.  
• Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency. 
• Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants. 
• Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives. 
• Review technical documentation and sales collateral for punctual and technical correctness. 
• Identify new engagement offerings, create client deliverable templates, and revise existing client deliverables as needed. 
• Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership. 
• Effective communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner. 
• Write & present statements of work
• Lead and coordinate implementation & migration projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope. 
• Maintain exposure to market trends and business productivity improvement opportunities. 
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen and communicate well with clients
• Demonstrate the ability to develop rapport with client technical staff, excellent interpersonal skills
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Be a self-starter, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Practice excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills

Required experience in complex enterprise design and implementation in the following technologies:

• Microsoft 365 Suite: Exchange; Teams; SharePoint/SharePoint Online; OneDrive
• Microsoft Purview: Information Protection; Security and Compliance Center; Data Loss Prevention; Compliance Manager; Data Lifecycle Management; Insider Risk Management; Information Barriers
• Microsoft Power Platform: PowerApps; Power BI; Power Automate
• Microsoft Defender: MS Defender for Endpoint; MS Defender of Vulnerability Management; MS Defender for Servers; MS Defender for Cloud; MS Defender for Cloud Apps; MS Defender for Office; MS Defender for XDR; MS Defender for Identity

Preferred experience

• Five or more years in consulting with enterprise clients 
• Bachelor's degree or higher education diploma in Information Technology is desired. 
• Familiar with multi-cloud strategy and proficiency in other cloud providers such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform). 
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience with SQL Server
• Experience with PKI
• Experience with Microsoft CoPilot for M365
• Experience with Microsoft Security CoPilot

Preferred Certifications

• Azure Administrator Associate
• Azure Network Engineer Associate
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200)
• Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
• Microsoft Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate (SC-400)
• Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert