Azure Solutions Consultant

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The Professional Services function delivers structured, outcome driven technical engagements that help customers design, implement, and optimise Azure cloud platforms, ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient solutions aligned to their business objectives.

The Azure Solution Consultant is a senior, customer facing role responsible for designing, assuring, and delivering Microsoft Azure solutions that align to customer outcomes, best practice, and long term operational supportability.

This role works closely with pre sales, delivery consultants, and operational teams, acting as a trusted technical authority and escalation point for customers.

Act as a trusted Azure technical advisor to customers, providing architectural leadership across design, delivery, and operational transition.

Support pre sales engagements, contributing to solution architecture, technical assurance, and scoping of Azure opportunities.

Work with customers from initial concept and business case, through detailed architecture, delivery, and handover into managed service operations.

Design secure, scalable, and cost optimised Azure architectures aligned to best practice, operational standards, and the customer's IT strategy.

Lead and support the migration of customer IaaS environments to Microsoft Azure.

Oversee and contribute to the deployment of Azure solutions, working closely with delivery and operational teams.

Collaborate with operational teams to ensure cloud environments are supportable, resilient, and well documented.

Act as an escalation resource for complex Azure incidents and architectural challenges.

Champion cloud governance, security, and cost optimisation, providing pragmatic guidance to customers.

Produce clear, structured technical design documentation and support service handover activities.

Act as an ambassador for the business, building trust and long term customer relationships.

Proven experience (ideally 2 years) designing and delivering Azure solutions in consultancy, managed service, or enterprise environments.

Strong hands on experience with Microsoft Azure IaaS and core platform services.

Experience migrating workloads into Azure using structured, low risk approaches.

Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, and security principles.

Experience designing solutions aligned to operational support models.

Working knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

Strong customer facing communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.

Commercial awareness, including Azure cost management and optimisation considerations.

A proactive, detail oriented, and collaborative approach.

Ability to take ownership of opportunities and lead technical outcomes.

Technical experience (experience in at least 3 of the following) Cloud migrations Infrastructure as Code (ideally Terraform) Azure networking Azure identity and access management Azure Virtual Desktop Cloud native architecture (containers, serverless, managed services) Azure monitoring, logging, and operational tooling AI & Modern Cloud Capabilities Working knowledge of Azure AI services and how they can be applied to customer solutions.

Ability to advise customers on practical AI use cases, risks, and governance considerations.

Understanding of how AI capabilities integrate into cloud native and DevOps led architectures.

Experience using AI assisted tools responsibly to improve solution design, documentation, or operational efficiency.

Desirable Certifications Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ 104) Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ 305) Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ 400) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ 900) Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI 900) Wellbeing that means something 26 days' holiday bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year Exceptional family leave , 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave Robust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay 13 weeks half pay 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support Private medical insurance for everyone , no medical-history exclusions Financial benefits that have your back Performance-based rewards tailored to your role , from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures Income protection : up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it Grow your career with us SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library Access to external training and apprenticeships Making a Difference MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including: ULEV car scheme with 1,000 models Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society.

We're much more than a software company.

We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.

OneAdvanced is one of the UK's largest business software and services companies.

Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia.

Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors.

Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.

We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.

Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times' Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback.

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