Solutions Architect

**Solutions Architect** **£50-70K + Amazing benefits package including Profit Share** **Fully Remote working** Unify is super proud to be working with a people-centric Microsoft Gold Partner who genuinely have an unrivalled culture, working environment and reputation in the marketplace. Are you a Solutions Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Cloud Architect, 365Architect with a varied background ranging from Azure migration / infrastructure work to M365 solutions? **Who is this business??** Our client is a rapidly expanding Microsoft Gold Partner who possesses a wealth of resources, qualified and experienced in the Microsoft suite of software and infrastructure solutions. They have established a strong reputation for the timely and cost-effectivecompletion of projects in both the private and public sector. They often help organisations who have in-housed their services away from long service agreements with traditional ICT service providers. As such they can provide excellent cost efficiency, for the delivery of tangible outcomes you need. They help organisations obtain a clear 'total cost of ownership’ view of their existing on-premises ICT including management and operational costs and provide a recommended ICT vision that is tailored to the business requirements and budget. They can helptheir clients leverage the management and cost efficiencies of cloud hosting and, as one of Microsoft’s highest calibre recommended partners, they have expertise in Microsoft365 including Teams and Telephony, Dynamics CRM, SharePoint and Azure hosting. **Why join this business??** They are passionate about the delivery of Impactful and Purposeful change for their clients With a strong culture our highly skilled and diverse team is equipped to deliver innovative and cutting edge solutions for both our Public and Private Sector clients. Drawn to deliver impactful change that benefits communities and their clients stakeholders,their people are proud to be a part of their customers journey. **Key Responsibilities** You will be able to deploy scalable and secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on Microsoft Cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, using industry best practices to drive adoption of services. You will Facilitate discussions with customersto understand business and technical requirements and recommend appropriate solutions. Partner with supporting internal and external infrastructure teams.Generate supporting documents as required.You will deliver technical scoping and technical workshops as required while also creating and developing technical roadmaps, documenting migrationapproach and details for each engagement Contribute to bid documentation as required. Finally you will provide technical and operational support, accountable for managing your own time allocated per engagement **Skills required**: - Experience in infrastructure support, design, and implementation of Microsoft technologies. - Experience architecting solutions across the Microsoft platform for major enterprise projects. - Experience of integration with hybrid on-premises and cloud platforms. - Experience of Microsoft 365 services including Power Platform. - Knowledge of CRM platforms and business enabling solutions. - Knowledge of network technologies, including LAN, WAN and SD-WAN technologies. - Knowledge of storage platforms including NAS, SAN and hyper-scale. - Knowledge of security best practices. - Experience in solving complex technical challenges. - Proficiency in business and technical report writing. - Strong stakeholder management Desirable - PowerShell scripting and use of Microsoft ARM templates. - Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security experience including Conditional Access. - Windows 10 & deployment techniques. - Windows WVD/VDI - Virtualisation - Hyper-V experience and design. - Understanding of network security including PKI and encryption services. - Knowledge of SharePoint design - Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. - Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert. - ToGAF, IAM, Zachmann - Knowledge of other Cloud platforms such as AWS and / or Google - Experience in infrastructure support, design, and implementation of Microsoft technologies. - Experience architecting solutions across the Microsoft platform for major enterprise projects. - Experience of integration with hybrid on-premises and cloud platforms. - Experience of Microsoft 365 services including Power Platform. - Knowledge of CRM platforms and business enabling solutions. - Knowledge of network technologies, including LAN, WAN and SD-WAN technologies. - Knowledge of storage platforms including NAS, SAN and hyper-scale. - Knowledge of security best practices. - Experience in solving complex technical challenges. - Proficiency in business and technical report writing. - Strong stakeholder management Desirable - PowerShell scripting and use of Microsoft ARM templates. - Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security experience including Conditional Access. - Windows 10 & deployment techniques. - Windows WVD/VDI - Virtualisation - Hyper-V experience and design. - Understanding of network security including PKI and encryption services. - Knowledge of SharePoint design - Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. - Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert. - ToGAF, IAM, Zachmann - Knowledge of other Cloud platforms such as AWS and / or Google