Principal Architect - Azure

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Role Description

The SHI Services Principal Architect – Azure will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions for our company’s end customers and partners. They will also serve as a thought leader in the Azure services practice. This position requires a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic leadership, and customer-facing consulting skills.

• Serve as the lead architect on Azure professional services engagements, responsible for overall solution design, technical integrity, and successful delivery
• Translate customer requirements into Azure architectures, aligning with best practices, security, and operational excellence
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and consultants to ensure solutions are delivered on time, on budget, with high customer satisfaction
• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise customers throughout the post-sales lifecycle, providing architecture guidance, technical leadership, and thought partnership
• Lead workshops, assessments, design sessions, and technical deep dives across a wide range of Azure capabilities (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, security, DevOps)
• Own technical governance and support project delivery milestones, documentation, and architecture reviews
• Identify risks and drive mitigation strategies across architecture and delivery phases
• Contribution to continuous improvement of delivery methodologies, templates, and best practices
• Support knowledge transfer and enablement for customer teams and internal delivery staff
• Stay current with Microsoft Azure innovations, roadmap, and service updates to maintain leadership in this space
• Contribute to the development of the SHI Microsoft Azure services practice including building reusable delivery frameworks, defining engagement best practices and creating content for Sales and Delivery
• Provide thought leadership through presentations, whitepapers, and industry engagements
• Work closely with sales, engineering, and delivery teams to ensure successful project execution
• Drive the growth of professional services revenue by identifying and pursuing Microsoft Azure focused opportunities
• Develop and deliver a world-class professional services experience

Qualifications

• Ability to design, implement, and configure robust AI solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and technical specifications - Expert
• Ability to design comprehensive Azure structures and frameworks to meet complex requirements - Expert
• The ability to design, implement, and support multi-tier applications and cloud-based architectures to meet organizational needs - Expert
• Ability to oversee and direct projects to completion, ensuring goals are met, resources are utilized efficiently, and stakeholders are satisfied - Expert
• Background in large-scale migrations, hybrid cloud, Azure landing zones, and application modernization projects
• Experience with regulated or complex environments
• Familiarity with ITIL, Agile, and modern delivery frameworks
• Proven experience delivering enterprise Azure solutions in a post-sales, customer-facing capacity
• Strong understanding of core Azure services and architecture patterns across compute, networking, identity, storage, containers, and automation
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform), DevOps pipelines, and CI/CD practices
• Strong knowledge of security, governance, identity (Entra ID), and compliance considerations in Azure

Requirements

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience required
• Ability to travel occasionally
• Microsoft Cloud Certifications
• Minimum 10 years of technical experience with increasing responsibility
• Experience working in professional services, consulting, or systems integration delivery models

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending