IT & Software

Principal Azure Consultant

Computacenter

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will lead customer engagements as an Azure consultant, shaping and delivering Microsoft Azure solutions that enable business transformation. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to define cloud strategy, design scalable platforms, and provide governance throughout the project lifecycle. You’ll mentor engineers and help grow the Azure Practice, while presenting technical solutions to both technical and executive stakeholders. This opportunity combines deep Azure expertise with customer-facing advisory and hands-on delivery at scale.

Responsibilities
  • Lead customer engagements and provide Azure consultancy across the solution lifecycle
  • Shape Azure solutions during pre-sales, workshops, and technical discussions
  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient Azure platforms aligned to best practices
  • Provide technical governance, assurance, and quality control across pre-sales and delivery
  • Define standards, blueprints, and reusable patterns for Azure solutions
  • Collaborate in agile delivery teams to design, implement, and optimise cloud solutions
  • Present technical solutions to customers and stakeholders at technical and executive levels
  • Identify technical and business risks and make recommendations for successful outcomes
  • Mentor consultants and engineers, contributing to growth of the Azure Practice
Key requirements
  • Extensive experience designing and delivering Microsoft Azure solutions
  • Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, and/or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Strong experience supporting pre-sales engagements and shaping customer requirements
  • Expertise across Azure infrastructure, networking, security, governance, automation, and cloud migration
  • Knowledge of Azure Cloud Adoption Framework, Enterprise Scale Landing Zones, Well-Architected Framework, FinOps and Cost Optimisation, Operational Resilience
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, PowerShell, Python)
  • Knowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and platform automation
  • Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container-based platforms
  • Strong communication skills with technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership
  • Experience delivering cloud solutions within agile environments
  • Experience with technologies such as Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Local, Azure Sovereign Cloud, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, Zscaler, Palo Alto (or cloud cost optimisation tools) would be advantageous
  • Strong communication
  • Customer-facing consultancy
  • Mentoring and leadership
  • Azure infrastructure
  • Networking
  • Security and governance

Reference: WJ-747_30163401

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