Azure Solutions Lead

2 months ago

GB, UK Sopra Steria Full time
Join Sopra Steria's Government and Transport sector as our new Azure Practice Solutions Lead. This pivotal role will see you working hand-in-hand with the Practice Director to redefine our Azure business with innovative solutions and propositions built on the Microsoft platform. As a senior member of our team, you'll have the unique opportunity to steer technical direction, foster team growth, and establish a robust pre-sales capability.

In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with the Azure Practice Director to define core propositions across Azure, M365, and Endpoint, driving the formation and expansion of the team.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing:
  • Create and develop Microsoft cloud propositions, working closely with other members of the Senior Leadership Team and the CTO office.
  • Work with commercial and sales to develop our commercial models for Microsoft cloud delivery and engage in sales activities in conjunction with our business development/sales teams.
  • Work as part of the Practice leadership team to drive our strategic partnership with Microsoft to support and enable innovation, investment and growth.
  • Present and demonstrate to existing and new clients our cloud solutions and capability, ensuring the relevance and quality of solutions.
  • Participates in leading the practice while helping to create a positive and motivating environment. This includes contributing to the career development of the team.

What you'll bring:
  • Proven experience in Azure and Microsoft 365 with a technical/pre-sales background and experience in Microsoft technology deployments.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft solutions and their application to a clients cloud strategy.
  • Expertise in cloud infrastructure, cloud migrations and modern cloud native application design.
  • Good command of the market in their domain: competitor products, trends, changes in regulations.
  • Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
  • Microsoft Cyber Security Architect Expert.

It would be great if you had:
  • Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert.
  • M365 certification or business change.
  • Experience with Co-Pilot.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: UK Wide - you can be based anywhere in the UK for this role.

Security Clearance Level: SC

Internal Recruiter: Annecia

Salary: up to £101k

Benefits: up to 7.5% Bonus , £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical (couple), life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

We support the UK Government to tackle today's biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We've been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

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