Cloud Solution Architect Reading 2023

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• Start date: 01/09/ 2023
• Duration: 24 Months
• Job type: Full time
• Location: Reading
• Work type: TBC - Flexible working - You will benefit from up to 50% worksite flexibility, dependent on the needs of the role (50% office / 50% home working)

About the Role

As a Cloud Solution Architect, you will drive high-priority customer initiatives on the Microsoft Azure Platform in collaboration with customers and the Microsoft in-field strategic accounts segment of our business.

This is a customer-facing role, owning the overall technical relationship between a customer and the Microsoft Azure Applications Development Platform.

The purpose of the Customer Success Unit is to guide our customers to better deploy, adopt, and gain long-term business value from their investment in Microsoft. In turn, their successes will ensure we grow our Azure consumption. Ultimately, when customers are successful, we are successful.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, installation, and maintenance of company products.
• Assists the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications/solutions.
• Ensures that the product application/solution is functioning according to specifications.
• Provide follow-up support to company sales staff and customer personnel by disseminating technical information on specific applications.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or have completed bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
• Passion for technology and customer obsessed.
• Displays strong stakeholder and relationship management across senior leaders, partners, and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills

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