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As an Associate Consultant at SoftwareONE, your role involves providing technical and consultative guidance for solutions opportunities on a range of complex engagements. You will be responsible for delivering technical architectural design, strategies, and solutions for engagements involving platform and infrastructure components, both On-premise and Cloud. By adhering to IT industry frameworks and best practices, you will ensure high-quality standards that generate value for clients and support them in their long-term IT strategy. Key Responsibilities: - Lead the implementation of small, mid, and large multi-national engagements within and across countries. - Execute high complex consulting services based on best practices. - Propose problem-solving activities and approaches for dynamic customer challenges within engagements. - Supervise lower-end engagement scoping, including the execution of higher complex deliverables and engagements. - Possess foundational working knowledge of IT industry best practices and Well-Architected frameworks. - Improve the overall service business by identifying internal process improvements, training, and opportunities. - Advocate for technology and business enablement to advise on utilizing IT for competitive advantage. - Provide expert guidance to customers, driving solution architecture aligned with business strategy. - Create and implement a solution roadmap, selecting the right infrastructure and technology platform. - Lead internal and external initiatives to standardize, automate, and develop competitive assets and accelerators. Qualifications Required: - 4-7 years of hands-on experience in Azure/AWS technologies and management background. - 4-6 years relevant experience as an Azure/AWS Administrator or within a large organization (>5000 users) implementing complex IT solutions. - Relevant experience working with Azure/AWS Cloud. - 4-6 years of experience implementing and supporting Microsoft cloud services, specifically Azure/AWS IaaS, Monitoring Services, Cloud Backup Services, Site Recovery Services, Patch management, AVD, AKS. - 2 years of experience with Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Networking. - Experience as an Azure Admin working with Azure AD, Azure MECM (formerly SCCM), Azure Update Management, and Migrating workloads. - Knowledge of Supporting the AVD Environment, AKS Environment. - Fundamental experience on Azure DevOps and Azure Data & Databases. - Ability to effectively manage complex relationships. - Good communication skills. - University Bachelor Degree or preferably with an Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications or Information Technology. Certifications: - Must Have: Microsoft certifications preferred Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303 and Z-304, or AZ305), any other Azure certifications would be an advantage. - Good to have: TOGAF, ITIL, Azure SDN or Azure ARC experience a plus. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-CO2), AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS SysOps/DevOps Administrator. Please note that SoftwareONE welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and abilities to apply. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please email reasonable.accommodations@softwareone.com with the role you are applying for and your country location. Someone from the organization will be in touch to discuss your specific needs in line with GDPR regulations.,
