Principal Architect – Azure Position Available In Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

The SHI Services Principal Architect – Azure will lead thedesign and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions for ourcompany’s end customers and partners. They will also serve as athought leader in the Azure services practice. This positionrequires a combination of deep technical expertise, strategicleadership, and customer-facing consulting skills. This position isa remote position with Home Office setup as determined by SHImanagement. About Us Since 1989, SHI International Corp. has helpedorganizations change the world through technology. We’ve grownevery year since, and today we’re proud to be a $14 billion globalprovider of IT solutions and services. Over 17,000 organizationsworldwide rely on SHI’s concierge approach to help them solvewhat’s next. But the heartbeat of SHI is our employees – all 6,000of them. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy:

• Our commitment todiversity, as the largest minority- and woman-owned enterprise inthe U.S.
• Continuous professional growth and leadershipopportunities.
• Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offerpeace of mind to you and your family.
• World-class facilities andthe technology you need to thrive – in our offices or yours.

Responsibilities Include but not limited to:

• Serve as the leadarchitect on Azure professional services engagements, responsiblefor overall solution design, technical integrity, and successfuldelivery
• Translate customer requirements into Azurearchitectures, aligning with best practices, security, andoperational excellence
• Collaborate with project managers,engineers, and consultants to ensure solutions are delivered ontime, on budget, with high customer satisfaction.
• Act as atrusted advisor to enterprise customers throughout the post-saleslifecycle, providing architecture guidance, technical leadership,and thought partnership.
• Lead workshops, assessments, designsessions, and technical deep dives across a wide range of Azurecapabilities (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, security, DevOps.)
• Own technical governance and support project delivery milestones,documentation, and architecture reviews.
• Identify risks and drivemitigation strategies across architecture and delivery phases.
• Contribution to continuous improvement of delivery methodologies,templates, and best practices
• Support knowledge transfer andenablement for customer teams and internal delivery staff.
• Staycurrent with Microsoft Azure innovations, roadmap, and serviceupdates to maintain leadership in this space.
• Contribute to thedevelopment of the SHI Microsoft Azure services practice includingbuilding reusable delivery frameworks, defining engagement bestpractices and creating content for Sales and Delivery.
• Providethought leadership through presentations, whitepapers, and industryengagements.
• Work closely with sales, engineering, and deliveryteams to ensure successful project execution.
• Drive the growth ofprofessional services revenue by identifying and pursing MicrosoftAzure focused opportunities
• Develop and deliver a world-classprofessional services experience Qualifications
• CompletedBachelor’s, Technical degree or related work experience in ComputerEngineering or a related field
• Minimum 10 years of technicalexperience with increasing responsibility
• Proven experiencedelivering enterprise Azure solutions in a post-sales,customer-facing capacity
• Strong understanding of core Azureservices and architecture patterns across compute, networking,identity, storage, containers, and automation
• Proficiency withinfrastructure as code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform), DevOps pipelines,and CI/CD practices.
• Strong knowledge of security, governance,identity (Entra ID), and compliance considerations in Azure.
• Experience working in professional services, consulting, or systemsintegration delivery models. Required Skills
• Background inlarge-scale migrations, hybrid cloud, Azure landing zones, andapplication modernization projects.
• Experience with regulated orcomplex environments
• Microsoft Cloud Certifications
• Familiaritywith ITIL, Agile, and modern delivery frameworks
• Expert andtimely decision-making skills
• Strong written, presentation andverbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and timemanagement skills
• Receptive listening skills, with ability topresent ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical andnon-technical audiences
• Ability to travel to client sites uponreasonable request Additional Information
• The estimated annualpay range for this position is $200,000 – $250,000 which includes abase salary and bonus.

The compensation for this position isdependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and marketlocation and, therefore, will vary from individual to individual.

Benefits may include, but are not limited to, medical, vision,dental, 401K, and flexible spending.

• Equal Employment Opportunity- M/F/Disability/Protected Veteran Status