Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Azure & M365

Location: Egypt - Flexible / Remote

Company Description: 

This role is for a premier Cloud Managed Service Provider, renowned for tailored Azure and M365 infrastructure solutions. Our customer-centric philosophy is pivotal to our approach, ensuring each solution is thoughtfully aligned with our clients' aspirations for success.

Job Summary: 

We are on the lookout for an adept M365 & Azure Cloud Solution Specialist with a robust background in Azure & Microsoft This role focuses on deploying, managing, and securing Azure & M365 services, ensuring clients benefit from robust, compliant, and efficient digital environments.

Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Azure & M365

M365 Responsibilities:

Accountable for design, development, implementation and management of Microsoft M365 / O365 services including but not limited to (Azure AD, Exchange Online, Intune, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Azure Rights Management, DLP, Cloud App Security, Azure Information Protection including Intune and Microsoft Defender) and other cloud technologies.


Provide Microsoft 365 SME consultation by maintaining a thorough understanding of existing and emerging 365 and related core technologies and drive strategic office collaboration, modernization, and productivity roadmap initiatives.

Understand IT / business priorities and success measures to design implementation architectures and solutions (Microsoft 365 and Azure) and scope projects that solve business problems.

Work as the highest-level technical engineering expert for M365 infrastructure.

Provide expert guidance, assistance and communication on architectural designs, definitions and guidelines to stakeholders ranging from operational or project teams to senior level management.

Collaborate with IT staff, subject matter experts, business partners, clients and senior managers to understand business processes/functions/capabilities; assess the types of architecture service needed; plan, design, implement and support solutions and service delivery.

Design, develop, implement, and provide architectural oversight of technical solutions and provide direction, trouble shooting and optimization recommendations within areas of expertise; initiatives generally require operating across architectural domains (i.e., business, solution, information, etc.).

Conduct evaluation and comparison of alternative solutions; determines suitability within enterprise roadmaps and business plans; ensures the alignment of solutions with organizational strategies and needs and engages in risk assessment and mitigation.

Develop, implement and maintain a Configuration-as-Code methodology to help manage and standardize configurations across different Microsoft 356 tenants.

Azure Cloud Responsibilities:

Design, architect and lead the implementation of Cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure Services as per Azure Well Architecture Framework

Assess and recommend public and hybrid Cloud solutions, including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

Collaborate closely with global teams to develop proposals, presentations, statement of work (SOW) and proactively recommend strategies around Microsoft technologies specifically Microsoft Azure.

Execute short term strategic consulting projects on Microsoft Azure, assessments, POC/pilots, map solutions to client business processes, and develop value proposition and business case.

Advice customers on various Cloud solution options, discuss benefits and risks of each, and recommend a solution that aligns with the customer's business needs and requirements.

Provide thought leadership and IT transformation recommendations for large collaboration programs around Microsoft Azure.

Requirements:

• Certifications such as Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience with Azure Cloud as an Architect & Engineer.
• Demonstrable experience with M365 applications, including Intune and Microsoft Defender.
• Strong grasp of cloud security, compliance frameworks, and identity management.
• Proven track record of managing M365 security and compliance features.
• Exceptional project management skills, with a history of leading successful IT security projects.
• Outstanding communication skills with an ability to propose customer-focused solutions.


What We Offer:

A critical role in a company with a strong commitment to providing innovative and customer-oriented cloud service solutions.

Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.