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This role focuses on helping teams successfully onboard, adopt, and use Azure in a standardized, secure, and scalable way-working in close partnership with application teams, business stakeholders, and the Cloud Center of Excellence.\nThe Azure Cloud Consultant plays a highly complementary role to our Cloud Management and Managed Services model. While managed services are responsible for the day-to-day operation, monitoring, and support of the Azure platform, this role focuses on architecture, standards, adoption guidance, and self-service enablement, ensuring teams can consume the platform effectively and consistently.\nAbout the Team\nThe Azure Cloud Consultant is part of the Cloud Center of Excellence, working alongside platform, security, and Cloud Management teams. 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