[Remote] Microsoft Azure Architect (Professional Services)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Daymark Solutions Inc. is an experienced technology integration and solutions provider specializing in cloud solutions and datacenter technologies. They are seeking a Microsoft Azure Architect who will serve as a senior member of the Professional Services team, leading technical discovery and pre-sales engagements while driving successful deployments and ensuring customer satisfaction. Responsibilities • Serve as a senior member of our Professional Services team in the Cloud Platform practice • Lead technical discovery and pre-sales engagements, translating customer business needs into solution architectures, scope definitions, and compelling value propositions in partnership with the sales team • Design, configure, and implement cloud and technology solutions while delivering documentation and knowledge transfer to customer stakeholders • Serve as a trusted advisor throughout the project lifecycle, driving successful deployments, resolving complex technical challenges, and ensuring customer satisfaction and adoption goals are met • Advise customers on best practices, whether with industry standards or your own recommendations, around Microsoft Azure including security, networking, applications services, Artificial Intelligence and data management • Contribute to expanding our Microsoft partnership & Azure practice through growth in CSP and Pro Services revenue, the development of new technical skills & focus areas, and building relationships with key Microsoft resources • Participate in knowledge exchanges with coworkers, regularly sharing and receiving knowledge to enhance our Microsoft Azure services, including best practices, implementation strategies, complex architectures • Collaborate with team members to define and implement/document standards and methodologies for Professional Services engagements • Learn security and compliance frameworks including but not limited to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 for Defense Industrial Base customers leveraging Microsoft Azure Government and Microsoft 365 GGC High Skills • Extensive experience in Professional Services as both a pre-sales and post-sales consultant • An individual who strives to continuously be learning, loves to absorb new technologies and always keeps up with the ever changing landscape of information technology • Comfortable being an individual contributor or a leader depending on what the situation demands • Outstanding customer experience • A pre-sales resource that can quickly identify business challenges and requirements, build, and deliver compelling presentations, craft detailed statements of work • Ability to clearly and concisely convey solutions equally well to engineers and the C-Suite • Ability to lead multiple pre-sales engagements simultaneously and identify ways to drive repeatability and innovation within the team • A well-organized self-starter responsible for owning customer engagements including pre-sales architecture and design, scoping and Azure consumption estimates, solution implementations, project management, communications, and documentation • A team member who fosters a respectful environment by challenging concepts rather than individuals, demonstrating active listening, and consistently assuming positive intent • Outstanding communication skills who listens, interacts calmly and clearly, and maintains professionalism • U.S. citizenship due to access restrictions to Azure Government, Microsoft 365 GCC High, and Defense Industrial Base systems • A business and technology mindset that can identify ways to grow the organization and expand capabilities • Experience with the Microsoft Partner ecosystem including Solution Partner designations, Advanced Specializations, and how to achieve them • Insight into Microsoft programs and customer funding mechanisms including ECIF • Microsoft Certifications or the ability to achieve them during the first 6-12 months: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700), Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) and Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) • Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate both business and technology topics • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills including the ability to manage communications internally and with the customer during challenging situations • Knowledge and experience with many of the following technologies: Azure PaaS & SaaS offerings including Azure SQL Service, Azure App Services, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Azure CLI, and Terraform, Azure Virtual WAN, Azure Firewalls, and Virtual Networks plus general networking including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, dynamic routing, and load balancing, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or other scripting languages, Azure Sentinel and Azure Security Center, Azure Cost Manager dashboards and methodologies to optimize costs, Containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, DevOps and CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and/or Azure database services, such as Azure SQL Database or Azure Cosmos DB • Relationships with Microsoft Sales, Technical Specialists, Product Managers, Program Managers, MVPs • Experience building datacenter solutions that include compute, storage, networking and virtualization that provide the ability to translate on prem solutions into cloud solutions and/or hybrid solutions • Deep experience with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 • Experience with Microsoft Azure Government, and/or Microsoft 365 GCC High in support of regulated environments including the Defense Industrial Base • Deep knowledge of developing advanced PowerShell and/or Azure CLI scripts for automating critical tasks during implementations, migrations and assessments • The ability to help develop and refine our growing Data & AI practice leveraging your experience with Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Dataverse, and/or Copilot Studio including currently holding or the ability to achieve the following certifications: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102), Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100), Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203), and/or Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300) • The ability to help build and grow our Microsoft Power Platform practice including currently holding or the ability to achieve any of the following certifications: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200), Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300), Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400), Power Automate RPA Developer Associate (PL-500), and/or Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600) • Any experience with 3rd party solutions that integrate with Microsoft Azure including but not limited to Palo Alto Networks, F5, Okta, Cloudflare, Rubrik and/or Zerto Company Overview • Daymark Solutions is an experienced technology integration and solutions provider that helps organizations throughout North America effectively architect, implement, and deploy customized solutions to help their clients grow and scale their IT infrastructure. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job