Cloud Solution Architect – Infrastructure in Reading, United Kingdom

With over 17,000 workers worldwide, the mission of the Buyer Expertise & Success (CE&S) group is to empower prospects to speed up enterprise worth via differentiated buyer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s merchandise, companies, and partnerships. Come be a part of CE&S and assist us construct a future the place prospects obtain their enterprise outcomes quicker with expertise that does extra.

As a part of the UK Buyer Success Unit you should have the chance to empower the biggest Enterprise prospects within the UK to make the most of the Azure platform.

Azure is probably the most complete, revolutionary and versatile cloud platform in the present day and Microsoft is hiring professionals that can drive buyer cloud adoption inside crucial firms available in the market. We’re all the time studying. Insatiably curious. We lean into uncertainty, take dangers, and study rapidly from our errors. We construct on one another’s concepts as a result of we’re higher collectively. We stand in awe of what people dare to realize and are motivated on daily basis to empower others to do extra and obtain extra via our expertise and innovation. Collectively we make a distinction. 

This can be a buyer going through position, delivering to prospects throughout Industries to allow Buyer Success, via migration and adoption of the Azure Platform and applied sciences and leveraging WW Greatest Practices. We’re wanting for an amazing downside solver who is extremely proactive, plans for pitfalls, prioritises ruthlessly for influence and who loves working with expertise and prospects.  If you’re seeking to develop your Azure expertise, we’d love to show you, so that you might be profitable on this position.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower each individual and each group on the planet to realize extra. As workers we come along with a progress mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to comprehend our shared objectives. Every day we construct on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a tradition of inclusion the place everybody can thrive at work and past.

This position is versatile in that you may work as much as 50% from dwelling.

Tasks

Buyer Centricity​

• Buyer Satisfaction - Drive optimistic Buyer Satisfaction & grow to be a trusted advisor.​

• Buyer/Companion Insights - Present suggestions & insights from prospects/companions.​​

Enterprise Affect​

• Consumption (Cloud & Assist) progress - Develop alternatives to drive Buyer Success enterprise outcomes & assist Prospects get worth from their Microsoft investments.​

• Decision of Buyer Blockers - Establish resolutions to Buyer blockers by leveraging SA subject material experience. Ship in accordance with MS finest practices & utilizing repeatable IP. ​

​Technical Management ​

• Trusted Advisor – information buyer journeys to our Cloud & prepared them to innovate with AI, offering thought management by constructively difficult buyer considering, making use of data of their state of affairs, Azure Infra subject material experience, IP & business/market insights and thru supply of WW Microsoft finest practices, comparable to Nicely Architected Framework Worth Primarily based Deliveries.

• Speed up buyer outcomes - Share experience, contribute to IP creation & re-use to speed up buyer outcomes. ​

Profitable Cloud Resolution Architects obtain outcomes by:​​

• Buyer Obsession, matching buyer wants with acceptable Microsoft assets and repeatable IP, e.g., by giving the shopper confidence that we may also help them obtain their desired enterprise outcomes, together with readying them for AI, utilizing Worth Primarily based Supply.​

• ​Understanding the vital levers that influence achievement of targets/ enterprise goals and planning/ forecasting forward to beat any related constraints or dangers ie. lead occasions for buyer assets.​

• ​Constantly constructing their capabilities to fulfill MS/Buyer priorities and private profession growth wants, e.g., by proactively leveraging profession stage steerage and taking possession for planning technical skilling & private growth and actions.​

• Actively contribute to the success of others by participating together with your native & world communities, teaching and mentoring others and contributing to crew success via IP sharing.

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Required/Minimal {Qualifications} (RQs/MQs)

• Bachelor’s Diploma in Laptop Science, Data Expertise, Engineering, Enterprise, or associated subject AND expertise in cloud/infrastructure applied sciences, info expertise (IT) consulting/assist, programs administration, community operations, software program growth/assist, expertise options, apply growth, structure, and/or consulting or associated subject

• Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure, plus a number of of the next extremely fascinating:  

• Expertise Options 

• Networking 

• Virtualisation Applied sciences 

• Open Supply 

Fascinating expertise and expertise

*Skilled Expertise – * Confirmed success in expertise sector with both technical gross sales, initiatives, structure, design, implementation, and/or supply assist. 

Relationship Constructing –  Confirmed observe file of constructing deep technical relationships with individuals, expertise in managing varied stakeholder relationships to get consensus on answer/initiatives. 

Downside Fixing – Ardour and talent to resolve technical issues. 

Collaboration and Communication – Acknowledged for driving choices collaboratively, resolving conflicts and making certain comply with via with distinctive verbal and written communication expertise. Means to orchestrate, lead, and affect digital groups, making certain profitable implementation of buyer initiatives.  

Technical – Technical expertise and data in Nicely Architected Framework/Cloud Adoption Framework (WAF/CAF), Enterprise-scale technical expertise with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, structure designs, migrations, and expertise administration

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