Senior Architect - Azure

Our purpose

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.

Our team

This is an excellent consulting opportunity for a Senior, not to be missed! You will be joining a fantastic team in our Public Cloud business who support each other working collaboratively across locations, locally and internationally. It is a chance to be a part of a business with both a strong people and customer focus.

About the Role

As a Senior Architect - Azure, you are primarily responsible for designing and delivering projects and will be called upon to consult, develop and deliver engagements relating to Azure technology (be they IaaS, PaaS, Cloud Native or other).

You will have the opportunity to combine your excellent technical knowledge, your desire to continue learning and more importantly your great customer engagement skills in this role.

What you’ll do

Some of your day-to-day duties will include consulting on and delivering technical solutions for customers utilising the Azure platform, determining operational needs for Azure environments, providing technical solutions with a focus on automation whilst ensuring strong relationships with our clients.

As a Senior Architect - Azure your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead end-to-end cloud solution design and implementation 
• Provide strategic consulting to clients on cloud adoption, migration, and optimisation initiatives. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures. 
• Mentor and guide consultants and engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. 
• Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, define cloud roadmaps, and deliver compelling presentations. 
• Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to provide cutting-edge solutions. 
• Contribute to pre-sales activities, proposals, and thought leadership within the organisation. 

What you'll bring

This is an excellent senior role for a people person who is passionate about new technologies and producing excellent solutions for our customer needs. You’ll have at least 10 years IT experience with at least 5 years in project delivery and/or consultancy.

We are keen to hear about your proven track record in delivery of complex hybrid cloud and or public cloud delivery to delivery business change to customers. Your relationship building and communication skills will be a strength.

Skills & Experience: 

• Extensive experience architecting and delivering cloud solutions, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure. 

• Solid understanding of cloud computing fundamentals, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, networking, security, and governance. 

• Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into effective cloud architectures. 

• Experienced with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep) and CI/CD pipelines with solid understanding of DevOps/ Platform Engineering concepts and processes 

• Strong consulting skills with the ability to influence and manage senior client stakeholders. 

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. 

• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GitHub) are a plus. 

Culture and Benefits

Datacom is one of the largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services in New Zealand and Australia. As an ANZ company, we have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give us our unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

At Datacom, you'll be recognised and valued for your contributions. We're growing year on year and can provide career opportunity in a collegial and agile environment that empowers people and promotes innovation. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as health insurance, employee discounts, social events, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses to name a few. We operate at the leading edge of technology to help our largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their biggest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

If you would like to know more and this sounds like you. Please apply online today!