Overview
Job Description: Principal Consultant – Azure Multiple Cities
- Design, consult and advise on state-of-the-art technical solutions on Azure that address customer’s requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
- Demonstrate a professional ability to work with business stakeholders, manage effective relationships, understand their issues and deliver appropriate technical solutions.
- Act as a technology leader for client engagement. Drive high level design and delivery experience across the Azure Cloud & DevOps technology offerings.
- Evaluate stakeholder requirements, develop, communicate, and present solution options to Senior Management and various stakeholders (C-Suite & Directors).
- Work closely with a team of Technologists, Consultants, Senior Engineers, Analysts and Executives to jointly create functional design specifications, azure reference architectures, and assist with other project deliverables as needed.
- Support our Pre-sales teams in driving documentation, written requirements and strategic direction. Interact with technical delivery, project, and sales teams.
- Help setup proof-of-concept prototypes that assess the feasibility of solutions and demonstrate to our clients how technology can be leveraged.
- Recommend client value creation initiatives and implement industry best practices. Provide valuable contributions and adaptation to post implementation support (long term).
- Demonstrate a hands-on ability to deliver appropriate technical solutions within project and program time frames.
- Support the uplift of team capability where required. Mentor upcoming engineers across DevOps and Cloud fundamentals.
Skills & Abilities
- Significant experience in solution design, architecture and hands on delivery within the Azure cloud & DevOps environment (Advanced Azure knowledge)
- Previous Lead consulting experience with Microsoft, Cloud or Automation service organizations.
- Extensive experience in relevant hosting solutions, modern network design, cloud systems integration, and senior technical support role.
- Has come from either a Microsoft Development/Software background or traditional Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering
- An ongoing willingness to learn, upskill in cutting edge, train, coach and mentor.
Required Technical and Professional Experience
- Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS
- Azure Network, Azure Security, Azure IAM and RBAC Design
- Azure DevOps – Azure Automation
- IaC – Terraform
- Open source containers (AKS Kubernetes)
- Azure Integration (Logic Apps, API Management etc) and Microservices
- Azure Resource Manager – ARM Templates
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
- Azure Application Design, Monitor, Landing Zones, Azure Log Analytics (OMS) & Blueprint deployments
- Azure Functions, Key Vault & Back ups
- Azure Security Centre Operations
- Azure Management Groups & Subscription Management
- PowerShell module creation and management
- Secure Azure SQL solutions & Cloud Storage
- Cloud identity, Security, Governance, Licensing, Azure Backup, Azure Portal & AD
Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Education
Master’s Degree
About IBM-Kyndryl
Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational information technology infrastructure services provider that designs, builds, manages and develops large-scale information systems. The company was created from the spin-off of IBM's infrastructure services business.