Azure Cloud Infra Consultant Architect

About Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 50,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognised for its consulting, digital services and solutions. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2024, the Group generated revenues of €5.8 billion.
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What you'll be doing:

1. Be the architecture lead, providing mentorship and guidance to technical resources.
2. Creating architectural standards to delivery Azure solutions to our end clients
3. Create deep subject matter expertise within the Practice and nurture talent across the grades.
4. Working as part of the Practice leadership team to drive our strategic partnership with Microsoft to support and enable innovation, investment and growth.
5. Cultivate and enable a professional services culture and discipline, where the teams influence, sell and deliver specialist solutions and take responsibility for self-learning, career management and opportunities.
6. Work directly with clients to present and deliver Azure solutions.

What you’ll bring:

1. Demonstrable experience in Azure with a technical background and experience in Azure migrations, architecture, and automation.
2. Demonstrable experience leading delivery teams, developing and mentoring people.
3. Demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft solutions and application to client strategy.
4. Strong communication and leadership, with experience in developing metrics around utilization, Great Place to Work, contribution, productivity and GPS scores.

Core Technical Knowledge Required:

1. Azure IaaS (virtual machines, storage, networking, security).
2. Azure Backup & Recovery Services.
3. Azure Governance (Blueprints, policies, tagging, cost management).
4. Azure SQL Databases (Managed Instances, PaaS, IaaS).
5.  Azure Security (Zero Trust, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Entra, AIP).
6. Azure Serverless and integration (Batch, Function, Logic Apps, EventGrid).
7. Azure Containers (AKS, ACI, ACR).
8. Active Directory\Entra ID (Azure AD, Azure AD DS, on premises AD DS).
9. On premises infrastructure, virtualisation technologies or applications
10. Experience with Windows Server\Linux OS.
11. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell).

Total Experience Expected: 10-14 years

Certifications:

•     Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

•     Microsoft Cyber Security Architect Expert (Desirable)

•     Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert (Desirable)

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.