Microsoft services is looking for an Architect in Finland. Candidate should have a mix of technology, customer and strategic business understanding.
Architects are involved in the entire IT lifecycle but are most critical in the discovery, design, and delivery phases. Areas of focus may include enterprise, industry, platform and solutions. Key deliverables and associated activities include:
Customer guidance
- Work with customers to align technology to their business opportunities and needs
- Identify solution system interfaces, constraints, scope, cost, risks and value
- Document business, information, application and technology aspects of approach
Business strategy and solutions
- Provide technical guidance to internal practice management
- Develop business and market solutions and strategies
- Support sales organization in architect-driven pre-sales initiatives
- Align with and support Microsoft product and strategy teams
Successful solution deployments
- Ensure proper business value and customer/partner satisfaction
- Provide quality assurance over both sales opportunities and project delivery
- Make go/no-go decisions on technical approaches
- Engage and lead Microsoft and partner resources
Grow and mentor others
- Create and champion technical community
- Develop architect talent pipeline
- Recruit and mentor consultants and architects
Operational excellence and innovation
- Drive IP development and reuse initiatives
- Drive best practice, architectural awareness initiatives
Required skills in following areas:
- Proven experience selling consulting engagements which includes requirements analysis, qualification, estimating, scoping, and writing effective proposals and statements of work that clearly set expectations and bring the best capabilities of Microsoft Services to the customer
- An ability to quickly gain customer confidence and trust while competing fiercely for market share in Consulting Services
- Demonstrated excellence at presenting complex technical and business topics to both executive and technical personnel
- Technical experience and knowledge of Architecture, Development and Deployment techniques for removing barriers for our customers to consume the Microsoft cloud such as identity integration and federation
- Technical Experience and knowledge of design and deployment techniques for complex hybrid solutions between Microsoft Office 365 and on premises and Lync Enterprise Voice
- Technical experience and knowledge of Architecture, Development and Deployment techniques for SharePoint and Modern Applications in o365 and on premises.
The architect can speak the language of business, the language of architecture and the language of technology which allows them to communicate with business owners in business language, with other architects in terms of frameworks, methodologies, patterns, and best practices, and technologists in the language of product specifications, constraints, and capabilities. They possess the deep technical knowledge that allows them to integrate portions of technology that support a single technology area, but also possess a breadth of knowledge in multiple technology areas that allow them to integrate between the various technologies in use in an enterprise environment.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.