A Senior Azure Consultant works with customers to deliver cloud-based solutions. The purpose of this role is to design and deliver infrastructure and applications on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. They can provide guidance on architectural design, migration, optimization, security, and DevOps practices ensuring that it is aligned with the customer’s business goals.
What you'll be doing...
- Perform lead technical role during design, implementation, and handover of customer centric projects.
- Provide technical insight and recommendations to customers to assist decision making.
- Accurately capture implemented solutions in an agreed documentation format
- Support Associate Consultants with accelerator / automated deployments as needed.
- Support the transition of projects and supporting documentation to Managed Services
- Provide mentoring and technical assistance to other consultants on the team
- Be responsible for managing customer escalations and acting as a point of escalation Ensuring projects are delivered and governed to meet Microsoft audit standards
- Contribute to achieving Microsoft specialisations
- Keep a keen eye on your customers and identify up and cross sell opportunities where you have existing relationship or ongoing projects or engagements.
- Promote both internal and external technology communities within the team and business and encourage participation in these where feasible.
- Leading by example in demonstrating strong work ethic and key competencies and behaviours
Your role in the team...
- Azure platform knowledge: In-depth understanding of the Azure platform and its various services, including compute, storage, networking, and security.
- Architecture and design: Ability to design and implement complex Azure architectures that meet business and technical requirements.
- Cloud migration: Experience in migrating on-premises infrastructure and applications to Azure, and knowledge of migration tools and methodologies.
- DevOps: Familiarity with DevOps practices, including continuous integration and delivery, infrastructure as code, and automation.
- Security and compliance: Understanding of Azure security and compliance best practices, and experience in implementing security controls on Azure.
- Customer focus: Strong understanding and experience in escalation processes and managing challenging situations with customers.
- Governance and documentation: Maintaining a consistently high standard of documentation and governance.
Why work for ANS?
At ANS, we’ve created a place where everyone can be themselves, and we empower our people to get the job done. Openness, ambition, honesty, and passion are what drive us every day. We are bold, courageous, and innovative – and we do it like no other. We invest in our people. In training, development, health and more – we give you the benefits and flexibility to maintain a happy work-life balance.
We’re proud of the inclusive, fun, dynamic environment we’ve created. It’s a safe space that works for all. You don’t have to be a techie to work in tech. Bring your authentic self and find your dream role here. Find out more at LinkedIn pages.
What’s in it for you?
With fantastic benefits, an inclusive culture, and a cool office space, we’re your kind of workplace.
Company benefits
- As standard: 25 days’ holiday, plus you can buy up to 5 more days
- A little extra: we’ll give you your birthday off, and an extra celebration day for whatever you want! Tying the knot? You get 5 days’ additional holiday in the year you get married. Oh, and 5 volunteer days!
- Private health insurance
- Pension contribution match and 4 x life assurance
- Flexible working and work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year (some exceptions)
- Maternity: 16 weeks’ full pay, Paternity: 3 weeks’ full pay, Adoption: 16 weeks’ full pay
- Company social events – get ready for a jam-packed calendar
- Electric car scheme
- 12 days of personal growth development time
ANS are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and anyone applying for a role at our organisation can be assured that their application will be treated fairly, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation. We sometimes ask for information relating to individuals for equal opportunities monitoring purposes only.
