Senior Solutions Engineer - Microsoft Azure

As a Microsoft Azure engineer at CompuNet, you will design, develop, and deploy effective business solutions using Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, and other related technologies. 

Role Expectations: 

• Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in Azure and Entra ID, with a deep understanding of both licensing and product functionality 

• Solution Architecture: Leverage broad and deep technology knowledge to architect solutions that meet client business requirements, focusing on operational effectiveness and business value 

• Consulting & Engagement: Deliver consulting engagements, manage customer expectations, and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of Microsoft Azure services 

• Communication & Leadership: Exhibit strong communication skills to guide clients through projects with multiple work streams and resources 

Core Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Articulate the benefits of Azure products to technical teams and business leaders 

• Enhance customer value and productivity using Azure technologies 

• Gather and translate client business requirements into use cases for Azure solutions 

• Collaborate with sales teams to develop winning strategies for clients 

• Execute pre-sales functions to create solution designs 

• Use effective whiteboard storytelling for client and team communication 

• Create Bill of Materials and Statements of Work 

• Implement post-sales solutions and aid in the customer adoption experience 

• Produce post-implementation project documentation 

• Ensure clients understand solution features, infrastructure, and operational implications 

• Participate in technical speaking engagements for market strategies or related events 

Key Expectations of this Role: 

• Be a subject matter expert in various Azure services and Entra ID 

• Develop and grow Azure market opportunities and strategies 

• Address customer technical challenges and design scalable and integrated solutions 

• Actively participate in the CompuNet cloud strategy team meetings 

• Resource cost estimation, analysis, and optimization 

• Maintain existing certifications and pursue new relevant certifications 

• Participate in team functions, including calls, meetings, and events, both remote and in-person 

• Accept mentorship from Architects, Principal Engineers, and Senior Solutions Engineers 

• Own the opportunity lifecycle, from pre-sales through solution delivery and ongoing optimization 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Candidate can occasionally be provided rough outline of ideas or requirements and extrapolate using expert judgement 

• 5+ years of experience in IT systems development or consulting 

• 5+ years of experience in designing solutions to solve business problems 

• Demonstrated knowledge of Entra ID and Azure, with an emphasis on hybrid connectivity 

• Deep experience with DNS 

• Self-sufficient on IaaS migrations (strategy, migration planning, execution) 

• Experienced with core PaaS services (App Services, Azure SQL Database, Storage accounts) 

• Comfort outside of Azure Portal UI, familiar with basic coding practices (VS Code/git repos/etc.) and/or CLI/scripting 

• Cloud-native networking basics (VNet components, peering, private endpoints, on-premises inter-connectivity 

• Networking technologies such as Fibre Channel, ethernet, iSCSI 

• Identity fundamentals 

• Storage fundamentals such as blob, file-level, network-attached, local storage, direct-attached, hierarchical, namespace, directory 

• Comfort discussing application lifecycle 

• Ability to consult on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 

• Explain differences between Redundancy and Availability 

• Administration and troubleshooting experience with server operating systems such as Windows and Linux 

• Azure AZ-104 certification + (2) years industry experience as an Azure-focused engineer