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.