Job Title: | O365 Lead Architect |
Contract Type: | Contract |
Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands |
Industry: | |
Salary: | Negotiable |
Start Date: | ASAP |
REF: | 20190711c_1562852715 |
Contact Name: | Konrad Klusek |
Contact Email: | Konrad.klusek@projectpeople.com |
Job Published: | almost 5 years ago |
Job Description
O365 Lead Architect
Leadership
- A focal point & escalation point for other architects or offshore based delivery teams
- Able to be the senior supplier technical lead through the solution lifecycle , 1. pre-sales, 2. design, 3. Implementation, 4. delivery
- Able to lead supplier architects and engineers where integration / crossover to other technology areas occur - such as InTune, or Windows 10
- A trusted advisor to the customer and supplier leadership teams
- Able to lead the O365 roadmap by translating change logs into benefits and impacts directly with the customer
Technology
- Detailed understanding of Office 365 components - Exchange online, SharePoint online, Yammer, OneDrive for business, Skype for business
- Detailed understanding of technologies required to deliver a Hybrid solution - Active directory (inc federated domains), directory sync, ADFS, DRS, exchange on premise,
- Detailed understanding of technologies required to secure Office 365 and hybrid environments - conditional access, MFA
- A good understanding of emerging Office365 components - Teams, flow, planner, video, PowerBI, Delve, video, sway
Skills
- Impact asses customer created Azure and office 365 designs against existing supplier delivered services
- Commercial understanding, able to push back when required on client where account technology or services are at risk through customer requirements and or customer solution
- Commercial understanding, able to draft solution element for customer quotes (statements of works)
- Able to own existing supplier design collateral and update based on Customer provided solutions or account developed solutions
- Technical ability to implement solutions if required (as a last resort), able to provide detailed guidance to offshore engineers through implementation
- Willingness to quickly learn new office 365 / Azure technologies as and when required, often in own time
- Able to identify new business opportunities through customer engagement and Evergreen processes
- Able to build and maintain relationships with customer stakeholders such as architects and programme managers
- Able to demand high degree of customer trust, through previous experience and technical know-how. Demonstrating "why" the customer should come to the supplier rather than taking a DIY approach
- Willingness to work in collaboration with the customer, creating joint solutions, and demonstrating value throughout the process
- Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical customer and supplier leaders
- Ability to easily travel to customer site (Staines) and supplier's Bracknell office at short notice (M3 / M4 corridor)
Previous experience
- Having previously been the sole prime technical lead on enterprise scale Office 365 rollout where Hybrid configuration is required
- Having been the lead technical resources through design, implementation and support phases
- Ideally having experience of working with large Enterprise environments 25,000 users +, with multiple subsidiary organisations.
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