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Microsoft's Consulting Services team is looking for a Technology Consultant - Azure Infrastructure .

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Responsibilities

In this role as a Technoloy Consultant - Azure Infrastucture you will be responsible for designing and building the next generation of Azure-based Solutions for our customers. If you're interested in joining a broader Azure team and if you're an enthusiastic advocate of cutting-edge technology with a background in designing or developing cloud solutions --this would be a great opportunity for you!  You may have the chance to apply your skills to Microsoft's key customers and develop your career within our organization and across the wider IT industry. 

In this role, you will help to architect, design, and deliver technical solutions to customers, allowing them to maximize their investment in Azure and other Microsoft technologies. You will be supporting, collaborating, and at times leading others on the team to drive customer success.  In support of our customers, you may have access to the Microsoft Product Group and a global network of subject matter experts. You can work and grow in a continuous learning environment, that is Microsoft, a global leader in a "Mobile First, Cloud First" world. You may help businesses around the world accelerate the benefits they derive from Microsoft products and technologies as they undergo their Digital Transformation. 

Pre-Sales Support

• Participates in the pre-sale process as needed. Helps scope the project by sharing customer or technical knowledge in their specialty domain by leveraging their expertise as a subject matter expert.

Technical Delivery

• Follows the capacity process outlined by Resource, Insights, Capacity, and Capability (RICC) team. Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability.

• Participates in and/or may lead meetings with customers/partners to understand their business needs and/or scenario they are trying to solve. Uses business, technology, and industry strategies to define customer/partner requirements and constraints. Engages others appropriately to understand and define customer requirements.

• Supports project planning and the development of project documents by defining the risks and dependencies. Communicates the business value of planned solutions to customers/ partners with direction/guidance. Implements mitigations on technical and business risks. Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads. Delivers against Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

• Implements technical solutions by completing assigned project tasks with defined quality standards and following Industry Solutions processes. Oversees aspects of implementation.

• Proactively identifies issues and risks and engages with customers/partners or internal stakeholders (e.g., Project Managers) as appropriate to address and resolve issues.

• Proactively manages relationships with customers/partners/stakeholders to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve the experience.

• Experience with implementing ATO controls

• Infrastructure as code preferred

Intellectual Property Management

• Acts as an ambassador in consumption of intellectual property (IP) and leverages IP in projects. Proactively assists in the creation of intellectual property content and seeks areas that are available for more IP. Communicates areas that need refreshing or gaps in intellectual property. Provides feedback for continuous improvement.

Business Development

• Identifies opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies.

Readiness

• Learns new technologies or services based on business demands and industry trends. Obtains relevant accreditations and certification(s) as advised by the domain leadership team. Shares experiences, best practices, and product news within the team. Participates in relevant technical communities at Microsoft.

• Be able to pass at least one of the following Azure Certifications in the first 12 months of employment:  

• AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate

• AZ-303/304: Azure Solutions Architect

• AZ-400: DevOps Engineer Expert

• AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Operational Excellence

• Completes operational tasks and readiness and ensures timeliness and accuracy. Follows Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines).

Other

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 1+ year(s) work experience in relevant area of business

• OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Top Secret Clearance / SCI Clearance

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.   Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Cloud Screening:

Candidates must be able to successfully complete and pass a Microsoft Cloud background screening. Required Cloud Screenings will be administered on a recurring bi-annual basis.

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of technical experience in Microsoft Azure Infrastructure services management preferred

• Experience in one or more of the following: 

• Azure Identity, Azure PowerShell, CLI, Visual Studio, Python, Ruby, and Azure Resource Manager Templates. 

• Experience in one or more of the following: 

• Design and implement private, public and/or hybrid cloud solutions. Design, implement, and secure resources including Azure Active Directory, Azure App Service Apps and Virtual Networks. 

• OR equivalent experience 

• Experience with Windows Server 2012 and higher, Hyper-V, MS Cluster Server/Multi-vendor Cluster, Active Directory & Azure Active Directory, Internet Explorer, IIS, SQL 

• Experience giving presentations to technical and executive audiences, explaining cloud infrastructure solution concepts and benefits.  

• Experience with Azure Infra Bicep/DevOps/CICD

• OR equivalent experience.

Technology Consulting IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $71,600 - $145,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $93,600 - $157,900 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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