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We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.\nKey Responsibilities\nAzure Solution Architecture\nDesign Azure-based infrastructure and platform solutions for enterprise, commercial, and public sector customers.\nDevelop secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud architectures aligned to Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Well-Architected Framework.\nConduct cloud readiness assessments, workload discovery, architecture reviews, and solution recommendations.\nSupport Azure Landing Zone design and implementation initiatives.\nProduce architecture diagrams, solution blueprints, technical design documents, and migration roadmaps.\nCloud Migration & Modernization\nAssess customer environments and define migration and modernization strategies for applications, servers, databases, and workloads moving to Azure.\nSupport migrations using Azure-native tools including Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery.\nDesign hybrid cloud architectures integrating on-premises systems with Azure services.\nAssist customers in modernizing workloads through containers, Kubernetes, serverless computing, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities.\nSupport business continuity, backup, disaster recovery, and resilience planning initiatives.\nPre-Sales & Customer Engagement\nParticipate in customer discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and technical assessments.\nContribute to RFPs, RFIs, proposals, Statements of Work (SoWs), and technical responses.\nPresent cloud, security, and AI solutions to technical, business, and executive stakeholders.\nSupport account teams in identifying Azure consumption growth opportunities and cloud transformation initiatives.\nAssist customers in developing cloud adoption and digital transformation roadmaps.\nAct as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer engagement lifecycle.\nAI & Data Platform Enablement\nSupport customers in designing cloud architectures that enable AI, analytics, automation, and data-driven transformation.\nAssist in identifying and developing opportunities leveraging Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Fabric, and Microsoft Copilot technologies.\nSupport development of AI-ready data platforms and cloud-native architectures.\nCollaborate with customers to evaluate AI readiness, governance requirements, and Responsible AI practices.\nDesign integrations between AI services, customer applications, business workflows, and enterprise systems.\nHelp customers understand the business value, risks, and opportunities associated with AI adoption.\nCost Optimization & Operational Excellence\nSupport Azure consumption reviews and optimization assessments.\nIdentify opportunities for cost savings through rightsizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and resource optimization.\nAssist customers in implementing FinOps and cloud financial management best practices.\nRecommend improvements related to performance, reliability, availability, operational efficiency, and scalability.\nSupport operational governance and resource lifecycle management initiatives.\nSecurity, Governance & Compliance\nApply Microsoft security best practices across Azure environments covering identity, infrastructure, network, application, and data security.\nSupport implementation of Zero Trust security principles within customer environments.\nDesign and support solutions utilizing Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, and related security services.\nImplement governance frameworks using Azure Policy, Management Groups, Landing Zones, and security baselines.\nConduct cloud security assessments, architecture reviews, risk evaluations, and remediation planning activities.\nSupport compliance initiatives aligned to ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS, CIS Benchmarks, and industry-specific regulatory requirements.\nAssist customers in strengthening cybersecurity posture through monitoring, threat detection, identity protection, and security operations best practices.\nManaged Services Enablement\nSupport the design and transition of customer environments into managed service operational models.\nCollaborate with delivery teams to establish cloud operational standards and support frameworks.\nAssist in designing monitoring, alerting, backup, recovery, patching, and operational governance solutions.\nParticipate in service reviews, health checks, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nIdentify opportunities to expand customer engagement through managed services offerings.\nInternal Collaboration & Enablement\nCollaborate with cloud engineering, security, AI, data, and delivery teams to develop customer solutions.\nWork closely with Microsoft account teams, specialists, and partner ecosystem stakeholders.\nSupport internal capability development and knowledge-sharing initiatives.\nStay current with Microsoft's cloud, security, AI, and data platform innovations.\nContribute to solution templates, architecture standards, methodologies, and best practices.\nKnowledge & Skills\nAzure Architecture\nStrong understanding of Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).\nKnowledge of Azure Virtual Machines, Storage, App Services, Azure SQL, Kubernetes, Networking, and Identity Services.\nExperience designing scalable, highly available, and secure cloud architectures.\nUnderstanding of Azure Landing Zones and Cloud Adoption Framework principles.\nNetworking & Infrastructure\nExperience with Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), NSGs, Azure Firewall, Load Balancers, Route Tables, DNS, and Traffic Manager.\nUnderstanding of hybrid connectivity through VPN Gateway and ExpressRoute.\nKnowledge of network segmentation, connectivity, routing, and enterprise infrastructure design.\nSecurity & Identity\nUnderstanding of Zero Trust architecture principles.\nFamiliarity with Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, Identity Governance, and Privileged Identity Management.\nKnowledge of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, and cybersecurity best practices.\nUnderstanding of security operations, vulnerability management, threat protection, and compliance frameworks.\nAI & Data Technologies\nUnderstanding of Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Fabric, and modern data platform architectures.\nAwareness of Responsible AI principles, governance controls, and AI security requirements.\nKnowledge of analytics platforms, data lifecycle management, and data governance practices.\nAbility to articulate AI use cases and business value propositions to customers.\nAutomation & DevOps\nFamiliarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.\nUnderstanding of CI/CD principles using Azure DevOps or GitHub.\nExperience with PowerShell, Azure CLI, automation, and configuration management concepts.\nMonitoring & Operations\nKnowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and operational monitoring frameworks.\nUnderstanding of backup, disaster recovery, observability, and service management best practices.\nAttributes\nStrong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.\nAbility to simplify complex technical concepts for business and executive stakeholders.\nStrong consultative and problem-solving skills.\nCommercial awareness with the ability to identify growth and optimization opportunities.\nDetail-oriented, analytical, and proactive.\nCollaborative team player with strong stakeholder management skills.\nPassion for cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and AI innovation.\nCommitment to continuous learning and professional development.\nQualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.\nPreferred Certifications\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate\nAdvantageous Certifications\nMicrosoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate\nMicrosoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate\nFinOps Certified Practitioner\nKubernetes and Container Platform Certifications\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional\nGoogle Professional Cloud Architect\nExperience\n1-3 years of experience in cloud architecture, cloud engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure consulting, technical pre-sales, or related technology roles.\nExperience designing, implementing, or supporting Microsoft Azure environments.\nExposure to cloud migration, modernization, governance, or optimization projects.\nExperience supporting customer-facing technical engagements, workshops, solutioning activities, or consulting assignments is preferred.\nUnderstanding of Azure infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and cloud operations concepts.\nExposure to cybersecurity, AI, analytics, automation, or data platform technologies will be an added advantage.\nFamiliarity with Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, scripting, or DevOps practices is desirable.\nExperience collaborating with cross-functional technical and business teams.\nWorkplace type:\nHybrid WorkingAbout NTT DATA\nNTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune\nGlobal 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through\nresponsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with\nunmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and\napplication services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move\nconfidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more\nthan 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as\nestablished and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each\nyear in R&D.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nNTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.\nThird parties fraudulently posing as NTT DATA recruiters\nNTT DATA recruiters will never ask job seekers or candidates for payment or banking information during the recruitment process, for any reason. Please remain vigilant of third parties who may attempt to impersonate NTT DATA recruiters whether in writing or by phone in order to deceptively obtain personal data or money from you. All email communications from an NTT DATA recruiter will come from an @nttdata.com email address. 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