Senior Solutions Engineer - Microsoft Azure

As a Microsoft Azure engineer at CompuNet, you will design, develop, and deploy effective business solutions using Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, and other related technologies. 

Role Expectations: 

• Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in Azure and Entra ID, with a deep understanding of both licensing and product functionality 

• Solution Architecture: Leverage broad and deep technology knowledge to architect solutions that meet client business requirements, focusing on operational effectiveness and business value 

• Consulting & Engagement: Deliver consulting engagements, manage customer expectations, and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of Microsoft Azure services 

• Communication & Leadership: Exhibit strong communication skills to guide clients through projects with multiple work streams and resources 

Core Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Articulate the benefits of Azure products to technical teams and business leaders 

• Enhance customer value and productivity using Azure technologies 

• Gather and translate client business requirements into use cases for Azure solutions 

• Collaborate with sales teams to develop winning strategies for clients 

• Execute pre-sales functions to create solution designs 

• Use effective whiteboard storytelling for client and team communication 

• Create Bill of Materials and Statements of Work 

• Implement post-sales solutions and aid in the customer adoption experience 

• Produce post-implementation project documentation 

• Ensure clients understand solution features, infrastructure, and operational implications 

• Participate in technical speaking engagements for market strategies or related events 

Key Expectations of this Role: 

• Be a subject matter expert in various Azure services and Entra ID 

• Develop and grow Azure market opportunities and strategies 

• Address customer technical challenges and design scalable and integrated solutions 

• Actively participate in the CompuNet cloud strategy team meetings 

• Resource cost estimation, analysis, and optimization 

• Maintain existing certifications and pursue new relevant certifications 

• Participate in team functions, including calls, meetings, and events, both remote and in-person 

• Accept mentorship from Architects, Principal Engineers, and Senior Solutions Engineers 

• Own the opportunity lifecycle, from pre-sales through solution delivery and ongoing optimization 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Candidate can occasionally be provided rough outline of ideas or requirements and extrapolate using expert judgement 

• 5+ years of experience in IT systems development or consulting 

• 5+ years of experience in designing solutions to solve business problems 

• Demonstrated knowledge of Entra ID and Azure, with an emphasis on hybrid connectivity 

• Deep experience with DNS 

• Self-sufficient on IaaS migrations (strategy, migration planning, execution) 

• Experienced with core PaaS services (App Services, Azure SQL Database, Storage accounts) 

• Comfort outside of Azure Portal UI, familiar with basic coding practices (VS Code/git repos/etc.) and/or CLI/scripting 

• Cloud-native networking basics (VNet components, peering, private endpoints, on-premises inter-connectivity 

• Networking technologies such as Fibre Channel, ethernet, iSCSI 

• Identity fundamentals 

• Storage fundamentals such as blob, file-level, network-attached, local storage, direct-attached, hierarchical, namespace, directory 

• Comfort discussing application lifecycle 

• Ability to consult on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 

• Explain differences between Redundancy and Availability 

• Administration and troubleshooting experience with server operating systems such as Windows and Linux 

• Azure AZ-104 certification + (2) years industry experience as an Azure-focused engineer 

• Explain each layer of the OSI model 

• Explain differences between TCP and UDP traffic 

• Experience in customer-facing roles with demonstrated capability in clearly presenting thoughts and ideas confidently to audiences of various sizes and technical knowledge levels 

• Demonstrated aptitude for providing exceptional customer service in politically charged environments 

• Ability to adapt to the customer's changing needs or requirements as they arise 

• Ability to work independently with minimal management supervision and also as part of a global team of consultants and engineers 

• Possess passion for continuous learning, strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and time management skills, and good judgment 

• Ability to enhance the technical expertise of peers via the development of product-related intellectual capital and mentoring new hires 

• Ability to apply knowledge to improve existing products and systems in the customer environment and for internal use 

• Assist in developing strategies to gain additional business by communicating opportunities to sales teams 

Preferred Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field: Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Computer Science, etc 

• Understand best practices and impact of Azure vs. in-guest operating system configuration management 

• At scale, understanding the financial and technical impact of differentiating storage sizing such as “-ibibytes” vs. “-abytes” (e.g. Tibibytes vs. Terabytes) 

• Knowledge and practical application of all Azure access methods including Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, Cloud Shell 

• Understanding of Windows Server, Linux, and virtualization concepts 

• Deep experience with hybrid DNS between on-premises and Azure 

• Entra ID, Entra ID Connect, and Active Directory Domain Services administration and troubleshooting 

• Practical relational and non-relational database architecture, querying, concepts, and troubleshooting 

• Understand Service Level Indicators, Service Level Offering, and Service Level Agreement 

• Identity management troubleshooting and best practices consulting 

• Conditional Access troubleshooting 

• Experience with Application Performance Management and observability platforms 

• Experience with Security Information and Event Management tools 

• Experience with Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response tools 

• Experience Azure VMware Solution, Azure Files, and FSLogix 

• Third-party Network Virtual Appliances 

• Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification (AZ-140) 

• Azure Administrator Associate certification (AZ-104) 

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-104 + AZ-305) 

• Azure Network Engineer Associate certification (AZ-700) 

• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification (AZ-400) 

• Experience with application systems and infrastructure-oriented scripting/programming languages such as PowerShell, Python, Terraform, etc 

• Industry experience with Terraform 

• Formal project management methodologies such as waterfall and agile 

• Understanding of DevOps methodology, as well as Microsoft tooling such as Azure DevOps and GitHub 

• Understanding of DevSecOps methodology and “shift left” mindset 

• Understanding of Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Continuous Optimization and how they all fit together in the software development lifecycle 

• Deep experience with Terraform 

Compensation and Benefits: 

We offer a full and comprehensive compensation package, including: 

• Medical, dental, vision, Employee Assistance Program, and Flexible Spending Accounts 

• Life and AD&D insurance, disability coverage, critical illness, and accident insurance 

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays 
• Company-matching 401(k) and profit sharing
• Competitive salary, with an estimated base salary range of $100,000 - $175,000 per year. Eligibility for variable compensation such as commission, bonuses, and profit sharing is also included