Jr. Azure Consultant

Job Description

As a Jr. Azure Consultant, you will work with our clients and participate in the deployment of complex enterprise scale Azure solutions. These could include: 

The creation of cloud foundations 

Design and deployment of net-new cloud native solutions 

Migration and modernization of existing workloads 

Enabling organization transformation to a cloud-first model

Cloud transformation at this scale will require you to be knowledgeable in public cloud in general and Microsoft Azure in particular. You will also be conversant in modern engineering practices and methods such as Infrastructure as code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CaC). 

You will be able to demonstrate a track record of helping large and complex clients successfully adopt the public cloud for mission critical workloads.

The ideal candidate will have experience in client facing roles and performing technical delivery tasks as part of a larger team.

Day-to-day, you will:  

Work in partnership with clients, advising them how to use cloud technology to meet their business objectives
Interact with project leads and technical stakeholders
Deliver at a consistently high standard
Provide hands-on-keyboard services where required 
Provide assistance with technical issues, escalations and resolution
Acquire required Azure technical certification 
Keep up to date with technology trends

About you  

You are passionate about technology. You are as comfortable working with a technical team as you are with clients and colleagues. With good communications skills, you are adept at mapping business needs to technology solutions and helping non-technical audiences understand the benefits of these solutions.  

Your technical skillset includes but is not limited to:  

General technical understanding of cloud platforms and supporting technologies 

Technical experience in Microsoft Azure experience 

Knowledge of cloud foundational components such as identity and access management (IAM) software defined networking, security, governance, and compliance 

Understanding of cloud automation and orchestration tools and techniques including git, terraform, Azure DevOps, ARM or equivalent 

2+ years of Information Technology field experience 

1+ hands on experience in implementing and/or maintaining highly complex cloud environments 

Experience migrating on-premise workloads to the cloud 

Ideally, at least one recognized public cloud technical certification 

Product experience in more than one public cloud, such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud is an asset

Your non-technical (soft skills) experience includes: 

Good verbal and written communication skills in English (French also an asset)
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong analytical, deductive reasoning, and problem-solving skills