The Solution Architect leads the design and implementation of cloud solutions, engages with clients, and manages technical teams to ensure scalable and efficient strategies using Microsoft technologies.
The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess complex client environments, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.
Summary:
The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.
Responsibilities
- The position requires a strong background in information architecture/business analysis, particularly in SharePoint and Power Platform, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions
- Developing comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost
- Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures
- Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges
- Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements
- Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients
- Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community
- Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency.
- Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants
- Lead and coordinate projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope
- Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives.
- Comfortable leading client whiteboards and working as part of a functional sales team
- Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership
- Effective verbal and communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner
- Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to develop rapport with team members and client stakeholders
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Be a self-starter, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Practice excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills
- Be agile and able to pivot quickly in response to changing priorities, business needs, or technical challenges.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Microsoft 365 Suite: Teams; SharePoint; OneDrive for Business; Purview
- Microsoft Power Platform: PowerApps; Power Automate
- Copilot: Copilot for Microsoft 365; Copilot Studio
- Migrations: Experience with complex, multi workstream migrations to and from M365
- PowerShell: Extensive experience in M365 PowerShell automation (preferably PnP)
- Expertise in designing SharePoint and web-based content solutions, including UI/UX design and Information Architecture
- Expertise in building solutions that integrate and extend Microsoft 365: SharePoint, Power Platform, Teams, Microsoft Graph, and Copilot Studio
- Experience with developing solutions using the Power Platform suite of products (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Dataverse)
- Experience with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot Studio, including familiarity with the extensibility frameworks surrounding these products
- Evaluating and re-engineering business processes to improve efficiency and workflow automation
- Five or more years in consulting with enterprise clients
- Bachelor's degree or higher education diploma in Information Technology is desired.
- Migration Tooling:DryvIQ, AvePoint Fly, ShareGate, BitTitan, Dataverse; SharePoint Development Framework; Microsoft Syntex/ SharePoint Premium
Preferred Certificiations
- Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert
- Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant (PL-200)
- Microsoft Power Platform Developer (PL-400)
- Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer (PL-500)
- Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600)
- Microsoft 365 Administrator (MS-102)
- Prepare security and compliance to support Microsoft 365 Copilot (APL-4002)
- Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200)
- Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate (SC-400)
Benefits - You'll love working at NRI not just for the usual benefits, but for our environment and culture!
- You'll work with a great group of people in a highly collaborative team and results oriented atmosphere
- You'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and extremely positive environment where there is always the opportunity to challenge your skills and really move the needle
- You’ll work with large, sophisticated, and progressive clients throughout North America
- We provide a comprehensive benefits program including: $0 Healthcare option, company contribution to Health Savings Account with enrollment in a qualifying plan, 401(k) plus company match, Professional Development funds, Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus 11 company holidays, 4 weeks Parental/Caregiver Leave, company paid family building/fertility benefits through Progyny, Dental and Vision Insurance, and company paid Life/AD&D, short term and long term disability insurance.
Responsibilities
- Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions.
- Develop comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost.
- Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures.
- Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges.
- Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements.
- Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients
- Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community.
- Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency.
- Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants.
- Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives.
- Review technical documentation and sales collateral for punctual and technical correctness.
- Identify new engagement offerings, create client deliverable templates, and revise existing client deliverables as needed.
- Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership.
- Effective communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner.
- Write & present statements of work
- Lead and coordinate implementation & migration projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope.
- Maintain exposure to market trends and business productivity improvement opportunities.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen and communicate well with clients
- Demonstrate the ability to develop rapport with client technical staff, excellent interpersonal skills
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Be a self-starter, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Practice excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills
Required experience in complex enterprise design and implementation in the following technologies:
- Microsoft 365 Suite: Exchange; Teams; SharePoint/SharePoint Online; OneDrive
- Microsoft Purview: Information Protection; Security and Compliance Center; Data Loss Prevention; Compliance Manager; Data Lifecycle Management; Insider Risk Management; Information Barriers
- Microsoft Power Platform: PowerApps; Power BI; Power Automate
- Microsoft Defender: MS Defender for Endpoint; MS Defender of Vulnerability Management; MS Defender for Servers; MS Defender for Cloud; MS Defender for Cloud Apps; MS Defender for Office; MS Defender for XDR; MS Defender for Identity
Preferred experience
- Five or more years in consulting with enterprise clients
- Bachelor's degree or higher education diploma in Information Technology is desired.
- Familiar with multi-cloud strategy and proficiency in other cloud providers such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
- Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
- Experience with SQL Server
- Experience with PKI
- Experience with Microsoft CoPilot for M365
- Experience with Microsoft Security CoPilot
Preferred Certifications
- Azure Administrator Associate
- Azure Network Engineer Associate
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200)
- Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate (SC-400)
- Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert
- Microsoft 365 Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140)
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Notices
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, or experience required of individuals in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
NRI North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
NRI North America will accept applications on an ongoing basis.
NRI North America will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with The Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].
Top Skills
Copilot
Microsoft 365 Suite
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Purview
Power Platform
Powershell
Sharepoint
SQL Server
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