Azure Cloud Lead

Come join us

**Come join us**

In addition to relationships with clients and the practice community, this role collaborates with business leaders in the region from other practices, Solution Areas (SA), Business Groups (BG), Integrated Go-to-Market (IGTM), Sales, Client Service Leads.

Skills and experiences

**Skills and experiences**

**Microsoft skills & Industry knowledge**
- Strong skills in Azure networking: Virtual Networks, Gateways, Load Balancers, Express Route, Private Link, VPN, Front Door
- Strong skills in Azure migrations for both, Lift & Shift and rehost/refactor strategies. Familiarity with Azure Migrate is expected.
- Governance in Azure via Policy, RBAC, Locks and Cost Management.
- Azure security services in all domains: identity (Azure AD), networking (NSG, ASG, Private Link, WAF, DoS protection), encryption (Encryption, Key Vault), SIEM (Sentinel)
- Infrastructure as a Code via Azure Resource Manager or Terraform.
- Windows Server AND GNU/Linux system administrator skills.
- Scripting skills with PowerShell or GNU bash.

About you

**About you**

Characteristics that can spell success for this role
- You have experience working with global teams.
- You have strong written and spoken English skills.
- You may possess a technical Degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, any kind of Engineering or Maths.
- You may possess Microsoft Azure certifications.

What you'll do

**What you’ll do**
- Pro-actively work with Sales, Client Account, and Line of Business/Play Leads to identify, qualify, and prioritize opportunities that will drive additional sales and revenues.
- Provide support for sales development and closure including provision of insights, demonstrations, creation of proposals, delivery of client presentations and input into contracts.
- Provide expert solutioning support to assist with sales development/closure.
- Assist with the contextualization of the global go-to-market motions, e.g., Plays, so that they are relevant and have impact in the regional market.
- Sales and revenue targets for respective Solution Area.
- Drives Results, Ensures Accountability, Customer Focus.

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth

Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you will get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look

Create a future for our people that focuses on
- Expanding your thinking - Experimenting courageously - Learning and pivoting

I nspire greatness in our people by
- Empowering every voice - Encouraging boldness - Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by
- Amazing the client - Prioritizing what matters - Acting as one

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.