Azure Presales Solution Architect at Signal Alliance Limited

Signal Alliance Limited is a leading Technology integrator in Nigeria. Founded in 1996, the company has provided technology integration services to the leading organisations in Nigeria from one technology cycle to the next

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Azure Presales Solution Architect

Location: Lagos

About the Job

• The Azure Pre-Sales Solution Architect role exists within Cloudsa Africa - a subsidiary company of SATH.
• The role is responsible for advancing Azure adoption and consumption and the ideal person must be able to engage C Suite Executives and other technical and non technical stakeholders about Azure solutions and its benefits.
• The aim is to drive Azure solution sales and enhance the purchase decisions of both existing and potential customers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver product presentations and demonstrations to prove the company's ability to meet the cloud adoption needs of prospective customers.
• Showcase propositions about Microsoft Azure solutions to existing and potential customers via online webinars, workshops and other platforms that are available for such engagements.
• Work with customers on their Microsoft cloud adoption strategy and drive sales for the company's Azure business area.
• Engage customers on a long-term basis and drive Microsoft Azure adoption within the customers' space.
• Understand customers’ specific cloud solution needs and show superior understanding of Azure solutions to customers with the aim of driving sales opportunity.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in similar role.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Migrations, Security, and Cloud Strategy.
• Data Centre transformation experience – migration of applications, virtual machines, and databases in a pre-sales capacity.
• Pre-sales background or technical Azure background.
• Knowledge of Assessment, assessment tools and methodology.
• Proven knowledge with Azure IaaS (networking, storage, database, applications, virtual machines).
• Proven knowledge with Azure Backup & Recovery Services.
• Proven knowledge with Azure Governance (Blueprints, policies, tagging, cost management)
• Proven knowledge with Azure SQL (Managed Instances & PaaS).
• Proven knowledge with Azure Security (Sentinel, Security Centre, Defender, ACL, Azure Firewall, Policy).
• Proven knowledge with Azure Serverless and integration (Batch, FunctionLogic Apps etc).
• Proven knowledge with Azure ACR, ACI, Kubernetes.
• Proven knowledge with Azure AD including on premises Active Directory.
• Able to produce high quality and professional presentations.
• Strong verbal, written, and Communication skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.