Technology Consultant - Application dev

at  Microsoft

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.
Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) helps assist customers in stabilizing developed solutions using Microsoft methodologies in complex customer environments, in the design and development of integrated solutions using the latest Microsoft products, services and technologies and understanding the relevant application development, infrastructure and operations implications of the developed solution.
As a Senior Technical Consultant, you will be responsible for overseeing client-focused delivery of high-quality solutions and business outcomes. You will have the opportunity to help create & deliver the next generation of Azure-based Solutions for our most strategic customers. Our team offers a collaborative culture where you can contribute your knowledge & experience while learning together as we create cutting-edge cloud solutions for our customers.
Who are Industry Solutions Delivery
Industry Solutions Delivery is a global organization of over 13,000 strategic sellers, industry experts, elite engineers, and world-class architects, consultants, and delivery experts who work together to bring Microsoft’s mission of empowerment – and cutting-edge technology - to life for the world’s most influential customers. We are on the front lines of innovation, working side-by-side with customers to drive value across the entirety of their digital transformation journey. Our team prides itself on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging everyone to share their unique viewpoints and be their authentic selves. Join us and help create life-changing innovations that impact billions around the world!

QUALIFICATIONS

Technical background in IT services is essential, along with preferred cloud experience (Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP). You will have demonstrated skills leading teams designing and developing technology in the area(s) of specialization, to solve business problems and help customers enhance existing applications.

Your expertise should fall into one of the following functional areas

• Development & Application Lifecycle Management: experience developing enterprise-level solutions and implementing & testing secure and scalable applications using Agile/Scrum methodologies. Cloud development / migration experience is highly preferable.
• Infrastructure Migration Management: DevOps & Infrastructure as Code expertise with software collaboration and deployment tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub. Infrastructure deployments using Terraform, Gitlab, ARM Templates, YAML, PowerShell, Python or other scripting language, CI/CD, Unit/UI Testing. Technical knowledge on container orchestration & Security and identity knowledge. Data estate migration experience & experience in data transformation toolchain like ADF, STRIIM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S./B.A.) in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and Design experience
• Relational database expertise (SQL experience is essential)
• Design Patterns and UML (preferred)
• Fluency in English is required

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead technical delivery of customer-facing solutions, including Azure cloud & cloud migration engagements
• Manage senior stakeholder expectations via owning technical plans across project delivery life cycle
• Identify & report on business and technical risks, assess impact and propose mitigations and contingencies
• Articulate value propositions for strategic Microsoft products and position them against competitors
• Support and mentor own and client teams throughout delivery
• Deliver results through teamwork while achieving individual billable attainment goals
• Strong time, project, and priority management skills
• Seek opportunities to drive Consulting business results by collaborating with multiple diverse team members