Senior Architect - Cloud Platform

Senior Architect – Cloud Platform

The Senior Architect leads technical delivery for complex, long-term cloud engagements, serving as a subject matter expert and fostering strong relationships across practices, clients, and Microsoft counterparts. This role is pivotal in shaping technical solutions, driving delivery excellence, and cultivating a collaborative, inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Leadership & People Development

• Provide consulting leadership and mentorship to internal and external teams, supporting technical delivery and driving timelines for customer-focused outcomes.
• Act as a player-coach, promoting continuous improvement and partnering with practice leaders and consulting managers to deliver constructive feedback.
• Mentor team members on enterprise engagement best practices.

Technical Delivery

• Serve as Technical Lead on key accounts, ensuring client success and exceeding expectations.
• Translate client business needs into effective technical solutions and delegate workstream requirements appropriately.
• Drive collaboration across cross-practice teams to deliver high-quality, enterprise-class solutions.
• Develop stakeholder engagement strategies and facilitate customer backlog planning.
• Support project forecasting and Sprint 0 planning.
• Conduct post-project retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities.
• Celebrate team successes and promote the impact of delivery engagements.

Technical Expertise

• Demonstrate broad and deep knowledge of Azure technologies, including infrastructure, networking, security, automation, and cloud migration.
• Azure technologies inclusive of but not limited to: Azure Foundation, Log Analytics (KQL), Application Insights, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, Security Center, Azure Networking (App Gateways, Front Door, Firewall, VWAN), Azure Storage, Azure Automation, Azure Sentinel, App Services, Containers (AKS), Managed Instances, Azure Migrate, Azure SQL, Azure DNS, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Files.
• Lead projects spanning multiple cloud platform offerings and ensure delivery using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Bicep or Terraform.
• Embrace automation and AI enabled delivery.

Partners with / Supports

• Supports – Practice Leaders, and Directors, and Delivery Owners for client success support, technology standards, and delivery patterns.
• Partners With – People management (consulting managers and directors) for employee feedback, skills assessment, and coaching opportunities.