Summary:
The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.
\n- Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions.
- Develop comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost.
- Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures.
- Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges.
- Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements.
- Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients
- Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community.
- Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency.
- Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants.
- Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives.
- Review technical documentation and sales collateral for punctual and technical correctness.
- Identify new engagement offerings, create client deliverable templates, and revise existing client deliverables as needed.
- Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership.
- Effective communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner.
- Write & present statements of work
- Lead and coordinate implementation & migration projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope.
- Maintain exposure to market trends and business productivity improvement opportunities.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen and communicate well with clients
- Demonstrate the ability to develop rapport with client technical staff, excellent interpersonal skills
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Be a self-starter, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Practice excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills
- Microsoft 365 Suite: Exchange; Teams; SharePoint/SharePoint Online; OneDrive
- Microsoft Purview: Information Protection; Security and Compliance Center; Data Loss Prevention; Compliance Manager; Data Lifecycle Management; Insider Risk Management; Information Barriers
- Microsoft Power Platform: PowerApps; Power BI; Power Automate
- Microsoft Defender: MS Defender for Endpoint; MS Defender of Vulnerability Management; MS Defender for Servers; MS Defender for Cloud; MS Defender for Cloud Apps; MS Defender for Office; MS Defender for XDR; MS Defender for Identity
- Five or more years in consulting with enterprise clients
- Bachelor's degree or higher education diploma in Information Technology is desired.
- Familiar with multi-cloud strategy and proficiency in other cloud providers such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
- Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
- Experience with SQL Server
- Experience with PKI
- Experience with Microsoft CoPilot for M365
- Experience with Microsoft Security CoPilot
- Azure Administrator Associate
- Azure Network Engineer Associate
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200)
- Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate (SC-400)
- Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert
- Microsoft 365 Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140)
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Benefits
You'll love working at Core BTS not just for the usual benefits, but for our environment and culture!
You'll work with a great group of people in a highly collaborative team and results oriented atmosphere. You'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and extremely positive environment where there is always the opportunity to challenge your skills and really move the needle. You’ll work with large, sophisticated, and progressive clients throughout North America
We provide a comprehensive benefits program including: Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Health/Dependent Care Flexible Spending, 401(k) Plan, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage, Generous Vacation and Flex Time Off Programs, Company Paid Holidays, and Training and Development Opportunities.
Notices
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, or experience required of individuals in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to CareersBegin@corebts.com.
Core BTS will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with The Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Core BTS is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.