Cloud Capability Lead - Azure

Nasstar

6d•Remote

About The Position

This is a senior, hands-on Azure architect role focused on leading design, build, and delivery for complex client engagements. The role also involves owning the Azure capability, including technical standards, presales support, and team growth. It's an individual contributor position where you will be the technical authority without direct line management responsibilities. The role emphasizes staying technically involved and building the capability from an early stage within Colibri's growing Microsoft practice.

Requirements

Majority of a 10-15+ year career in cloud/infrastructure consulting designing and delivering Microsoft Azure solutions at architect level.
Desire to remain hands-on rather than purely advisory.
Operated as a senior technical authority on Azure engagements, influencing technical and commercial decisions with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders.
Current or recent Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (or equivalent), ideally with relevant specializations such as security, networking or landing zones.
Direct experience of presales, solutioning, estimating and contributing to commercial proposals or SOWs.
Track record of growing a technical capability's standards, skills and reputation within a consultancy, MSP or systems integrator without necessarily holding formal line management responsibility.
Existing relationships with, or credible experience working within, the Microsoft partner ecosystem.
Excellent stakeholder, communication and technical-writing skills.
Gravitas to operate at senior client and partner level.

Responsibilities

Personally lead design, build and implementation work on our most complex Azure engagements, providing senior technical leadership within engagement teams.
Make architecture decisions, ensure security best practice, create design and build documentation, and perform QA on solutions.
Act as an escalation point for Azure capability issues.
Define and maintain Azure technical standards, including architecture principles, security baselines, and tooling choices.
Provide presales support, including scoping, estimating, and solutioning Azure-aligned opportunities, proposals, and tender responses.
Contribute to Statements of Work with appropriate commercial protection.
Develop and maintain competencies, specializations, and co-sell relationships within the Microsoft partnership.
Provide mentoring and technical input into recruitment for the Azure team.
Work alongside POD Leads who manage people.