SUMMARY

The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess complex client environments, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.

SUMMARY:

The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

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• Microsoft 365 Suite: Teams; SharePoint; OneDrive for Business; Purview

• Microsoft Power Platform: PowerApps; Power Automate
• Copilot: Copilot for Microsoft 365; Copilot Studio
• Migrations: Experience with complex, multi workstream migrations to and from M365
• PowerShell: Extensive experience in M365 PowerShell automation (preferably PnP)
• Expertise in designing SharePoint and web-based content solutions, including UI/UX design and Information Architecture
• Expertise in building solutions that integrate and extend Microsoft 365: SharePoint, Power Platform, Teams, Microsoft Graph, and Copilot Studio
• Experience with developing solutions using the Power Platform suite of products (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Dataverse)
• Experience with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot Studio, including familiarity with the extensibility frameworks surrounding these products
• Evaluating and re-engineering business processes to improve efficiency and workflow automation
• Five or more years in consulting with enterprise clients
• Bachelor’s degree or higher education diploma in Information Technology is desired.
• Migration Tooling:DryvIQ, AvePoint Fly, ShareGate, BitTitan, Dataverse; SharePoint Development Framework; Microsoft Syntex/ SharePoint Premium

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE IN COMPLEX ENTERPRISE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES:

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• Microsoft 365 Suite: Exchange; Teams; SharePoint/SharePoint Online; OneDrive

• Microsoft Purview: Information Protection; Security and Compliance Center; Data Loss Prevention; Compliance Manager; Data Lifecycle Management; Insider Risk Management; Information Barriers
• Microsoft Power Platform: PowerApps; Power BI; Power Automate
• Microsoft Defender: MS Defender for Endpoint; MS Defender of Vulnerability Management; MS Defender for Servers; MS Defender for Cloud; MS Defender for Cloud Apps; MS Defender for Office; MS Defender for XDR; MS Defender for Identity

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

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• Five or more years in consulting with enterprise clients

• Bachelor’s degree or higher education diploma in Information Technology is desired.
• Familiar with multi-cloud strategy and proficiency in other cloud providers such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience with SQL Server
• Experience with PKI
• Experience with Microsoft CoPilot for M365
• Experience with Microsoft Security CoPilot

RESPONSIBILITIES

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• The position requires a strong background in information architecture/business analysis, particularly in SharePoint and Power Platform, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions
• Developing comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost
• Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures
• Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges
• Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements
• Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients
• Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community
• Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency.
• Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants
• Lead and coordinate projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope
• Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives.
• Comfortable leading client whiteboards and working as part of a functional sales team
• Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership
• Effective verbal and communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner
• Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to develop rapport with team members and client stakeholders
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Be a self-starter, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Practice excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills
• Be agile and able to pivot quickly in response to changing priorities, business needs, or technical challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions.

• Develop comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost.
• Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements.
• Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients
• Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community.
• Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency.
• Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants.
• Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives.
• Review technical documentation and sales collateral for punctual and technical correctness.
• Identify new engagement offerings, create client deliverable templates, and revise existing client deliverables as needed.
• Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership.
• Effective communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner.
• Write & present statements of work
• Lead and coordinate implementation & migration projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope.
• Maintain exposure to market trends and business productivity improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen and communicate well with clients
• Demonstrate the ability to develop rapport with client technical staff, excellent interpersonal skills
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Be a self-starter, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Practice excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills