Azure Team Lead
AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
As a Technical Team Lead, you will utilize your extensive Cloud knowledge and experience to design, develop and deploy solutions utilizing the Cloud platforms. You will also spend a significant part of your time mentoring and providing direction to junior team members. You will work with a collaborative team by leading, mentoring and ensuring development efforts are well documented and delivered with quality. You will work with customer service owners, process owners, various service delivery groups, participate in demos and attend meetings in a professional and courteous manner. The Technical Team Lead is a highly experienced subject matter expert on Cloud platforms with strong experience designing, developing and deploying integrations with external third-party tools.
Responsibilities
- Provide solutions and thought leadership for customers using Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Provide technical leadership to junior staff in the form of coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
- Supporting customers on core technologies used for Managed Services offerings
- Lead and oversee end-to-end cloud migration projects for our clients on the Microsoft Azure platform.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless and efficient migration processes.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with cloud migrations.
- Work closely with clients to understand their business objectives and technical requirements.
- Architect scalable and secure cloud solutions aligned with clients' goals and industry best practices.
- Stay abreast of the latest Azure cloud offerings and recommend suitable technologies to meet client needs.
- Assist with team building through interviewing, on-boarding, and aligning of technical resources.
- Leading the creation of documentation and written deliverables
- Act as a consultant during client meetings, performing both business and technical discoveries.
- Engage with clients to understand their pain points, requirements, and desired outcomes.
- Provide strategic advice and recommendations to clients, demonstrating a deep understanding of their business challenges.
- Obtain and maintain certifications with associated qualifications
Qualifications
- Proven experience in leading cloud migration projects on the Azure platform.
- Strong background in architecting and implementing Azure cloud solutions.
- Strong leadership skills (coaching, mentoring, technical leadership).
- Ability to mentor and guide team members effectively.
- Consultant mindset with the ability to engage with clients at both business and technical levels.
- Subject matter expert on Cloud platforms - Azure
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong project and situational awareness
- Strong attention to detail
- Self-starter
Expectations
- Demonstrate deep expertise on a variety of technologies used within Managed Services offerings.
- Balancing client billing responsibilities with leadership priorities.
- Strive for continuous improvement through updates to processes, practices, and documentation.
- Ability to adapt to evolving customer requirements and changes in team workloads.
- Depth of knowledge and experience enables contribution in a more complex/critical environment
- Provide measurable input into new products, processes, standards, and / or plans
- Communicate with external customers, which may include senior management, on matters that require explanation, interpretation, and / or advising
- Drive scoping, planning, and methodology for critical projects
- Provide measurable input into new products, processes, standards, and / or plans
Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
We understand that you have a life outside of work. That’s why we offer paid time off, paid company holidays, and a great benefits program including maternity/paternity leave and much more!
Please note that although some job posting are indicated as remote, it is solely for the purpose of the posting. It is company policy for employees within thirty miles of an office to be in-office at least 2 days per week.