Managing Consulting Engineer - Azure

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Job Summary:
The Managing Consulting Engineer makes innovative and ingenious contributions to new solution/product design and implementation, based on understanding of applicable technology and how it can be applied to solution design, considerations of system-wide impact and business issues for clients.  Provides technical expertise in analyzing client’s requirements to develop IT services offerings across multiple technology solutions that provide significant value. Supports complex engagements across multiple geographies.  
  What you will do: 

• Lead a project team, directing coworker and client teams in solution design and development. Provide leadership in creating business cases, financial justification and solution benefit content for customer ready deliverables and presentations.
• Proactively addresses or escalates any budget issues that are identified during the project.
• Quality Assurance for SOW requests that meet triggers for size, cross brand, and complexity. Perform peer review of deliverables from other team members for technical content to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain client relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor providing best practices for virtualization, high availability, storage integration, and DR/business continuity. Serve as focal point for communications between multiple departments and clients, when necessary, using experience and judgment to communicate effectively to all parties. Recommend solutions supporting client account teams with development of proposals, quotations, and presentations.
• Lead the design, deployment, and configuration of Azure Stack HCI (Azure Local) and Hyper-V environments for enterprise clients
• Assess existing customer infrastructure and provide migration strategies, modernization plans, and architecture recommendations
• Deliver technical workshops, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and project-based engagements in hybrid Microsoft environments
• Collaborate with cloud architects and engineers to ensure alignment with broader Azure strategies and integration with Azure services
• Create technical documentation and handoff materials for customers and support teams
• Support business development teams during pre-sales by providing technical input and project scoping

What we expect of you: 

• The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or a related technical field and 7 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including 3 years of experience with large enterprise cross-brand projects, OR  
• 11 years total Information Technology experience, to include 7 years of IT Infrastructure experience, including 3 years of experience with large enterprise cross-brand projects. 
• The candidate must demonstrate the ability to multitask and prioritize workload under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. They should have proven organizational, time-management, problem-solving, and follow-up skills. They should also be able to manage and escalate technical issues to the appropriate vendor support team.
• The candidate will be expected to maintain client relationships as a trusted Technical Advisor and serve as the focal point for communications between multiple departments and clients when necessary. They should be able to take a lead technical role in reviewing and editing deliverables produced by other Engineering and Consulting teams.
• The candidate should provide technical expertise in analyzing client’s requirements to develop IT services offerings across multiple technology solutions. They should also be able to recommend solutions and support internal account teams with the development of proposals, quotations, and presentations.
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are required, including demonstrated experience presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective to internal and external clients. The candidate should have a history of engaging with people across levels, functions, culture, and geography, navigating interpersonal and group dynamics, and building constructive relationships.
• The candidate should have a proven ability to research advanced and complex technology solutions, evaluate alternatives, make recommendations, and present materials to clients in a manner that meets clients’ needs. They should be able to act calmly and productively when confronted w