[Remote] Azure Solution Architect, Application & AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Eastwall is a professional services firm specializing in the Azure cloud space. The Azure Solution Architect role involves engaging with customers to design and implement Azure Application and AI solutions, ensuring successful project delivery and alignment with customer goals. Responsibilities • Directly engage with customers & Microsoft individually or as part of a technical sales team on presales scoping calls, proposal development, and written statements of work (SOWs) • Oversee and advise on the implementation of the customer’s Azure platform or on-premises systems, translating business and industry outcomes into technical solutions • Demonstrate technical leadership through personally implemented architectures, project methodologies, and Azure services with engineering after an engagement is sold • Act as a trusted advisor to customer technology & business leadership for thought leadership and solution approaches • Extract business requirements from customers and translate them into well-architected recommendations in line with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) • Develop and provide forward-looking guidance and future state roadmaps • Leverage known best practices and solutions to reduce risk to customer implementations and standardize Eastwall’s presales and delivery approach • Collaborate with Eastwall executive, sales, and delivery teams to ensure customer alignment to Eastwall, Microsoft, and Customer goals as part of our 'Three legs of the stool' approach Skills • At least 5 years of experience in baseline Azure cloud infrastructure solutions such as Infrastructure (Networking, Virtual Machines, Container Orchestration with ACA/AKS) is required • Candidates without direct technical experience on Azure should not apply • At least 3 years modernizing application platforms, service delivery architectures, and/or backend modernization • Includes baseline application platform services (App Services, APIM, Kubernetes, CI/CD practices), and Software Modernization (.NET Preferred) or Developer & QA Enablement • This is an application-focused role, candidates without experience working with software development teams to modernize should not apply • At least 2 years of experience with presales responsibilities related to proposal development, solution architecture, statement of work authoring, and co-owning of technical sales pipeline with a direct sales team • Experience in a consultative role or engineering role working with multiple clients concurrently at any given time is required • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing & PowerPoint presentations • Direct channel sales experience with Microsoft is preferred but not required • Experience supporting production applications or workloads, being able to performance test and troubleshoot related issues • Experience with other public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Oracle) is beneficial, but not required • Experience in any cloud AI/ML services is beneficial, but not required Benefits • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance through United Healthcare. • 401k, FSA and LSA offerings • Three (3) weeks of paid time off annually, not including eight (8) paid company holidays. • Annual training budget. • Fully remote work environment, with local co-working options. Company Overview • Azure Cloud Consulting, Strategy & Engineering It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job