Our client is looking for a Cloud Solution Architect – Data Platform. You will own the Data Platform & Advanced Analytics technical customer engagements including architectural design sessions, specific implementation projects and/or MVPs. The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success leading deep technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Architects, IT Management and Developers to drive Data Platform and Advanced Analytics solutions to productions. Key responsibilities include:

• Understand customers’ overall data estate, IT and business priorities and success measures to design implementation architectures and solutions
• Apply technical knowledge to architect solutions that meet business and IT needs, create Data Platform, Analytics and AI roadmaps, and ensure long term technical viability of new deployments, infusing key analytics technologies where appropriate (e.g. SQL Server, Azure Synapse, Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Data Factory, Big Data, Data Lake, Azure Databricks, Power BI, etc.)
• Ensure that solution exhibits high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment
• Develop deep relationships with key customer IT decision makers and relevant business decision makers, who drive long-term cloud adoption within their company to enable them to be cloud advocates
• Be a Voice of Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with Engineering team to remove key blockers
• Assess the Customers’ knowledge of Azure platform and overall cloud readiness to support customers through a structured learning plan and ensure its delivery through partners
• Collaborate with other Cloud Solution Architects and stakeholders in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on Cloud platforms
• Maintain technical skills and knowledge, keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights; collaborate and share with the technical community while educate customers on Azure platform
• Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners and external communities.

The location of the role is in Auckland.

You must have the legal right to live and work in the location this job is advertised in.  This means you must have citizenship, residency, or a current work visa.  You must already live in the area, supply a local phone number, and be available for interview at short notice.  You must have excellent communication skills and a high standard of both written and spoken English.

Apply in the first instance by sending your CV to recruitment.manager@hadwinjones.com  referencing the vacancy code listed in the job title.