Director, Enterprise Technical Architect

Enterprise Technology Architect

Leading organisations - corporations, non-profits, government departments, look to Avanade to help them make the most of their investment in Microsoft and to push the boundaries of digital innovation. The result? Interesting work that is well supported, always evolving and sure to keep you engaged and interested. Together we go beyond.

Come join us

As an Enterprise Technology Architect, you will evaluate, design, implement and support customer information technology architectures. Practicing DevOps and agility, you will approach project planning from simple IT projects to large-scale enterprise-level change programs to find the best possible solution for our clients.

What you'll do

• Conduct an enterprise architecture assessment and define a solution

• Provide a quality assurance review of the architecture for proposals and ongoing efforts.

• Support the creation and estimation of technology solution proposals.

• Develop a long-term technology strategy centred around the client's business objectives.

• While exchanging opinions with global Microsoft technology experts, you will deepen your self-improvement and solve the difficult problems of customers in various industries.

• Design cloud-based solutions/ cloud architecture

• create plans and specifications to develop solutions

• Collaborate with managers and engineers to develop specifications for new cloud-based services, infrastructure, and solutions

• Drive the deployment of the cloud management platform, evaluate its performance, and implement improvements

• Design and develop IT architecture (integration process, application, data, technology) solutions to business problems in line with enterprise architecture directions and standards

• Oversee and manage cross-functional development teams that design, develop, and enhance software assets that meet or exceed internal and external (client) expectations

• Coach, mentor and motivate team members to take positive action and hold them accountable for their work

• Create an environment that fosters responsibility, quality, commitment, growth, innovation, and support the sales process when needed

Skills and experiences

About you

• You have extensive pre-sales experience (organizing proposals and projects for customers)

• You have 3 years or more of leadership experience (including project management, team management, negotiations with internal and external stakeholders, and personnel evaluations of subordinates)

• Experience communicating in English at work (level of telephone and video conferencing)

• In addition to the above, you must have experience in creating and reviewing various materials using business-level Japanese (JLPT: N1 guideline) and Office applications.

• Experience in project management (creating proposals for customers in large-scale projects, project composition)

• involved in proposal activities and project orders, from requirement definition, design, development, and introduction.

• You have experience in solving customer problems using technology.

• Those who have a mindset to actively lead customers and can take concrete actions.

• Consider compliance with the safety and security of members at top of mind.

• You can share new skills and knowledge with other members and grow mutually.

• You can proactively manage project finance, scope, resources, customer expectations, etc.

• You have experience in solving customer problems using technology.

• You aspire to earn the trust of our executives and deliver our value to them.

Technical characteristics desired for this role

• Experience in cloud and architecture design (more than 7 years in total)

• Experience with consulting on the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.), including exposure to one or more of; design and construction of public clouds, design and construction of systems using PaaS, design and construction of infrastructure for on-premise or private cloud environments, etc.

• Experience in application architecture development, implementation, and deployment in either web or mobile app development.

• System development experience

• System integration related to mainframe modernization and generative AI, PMO for public cloud construction projects, public cloud operations (especially experience based on SRE methodologies), requirements definition, design and development using IaC solutions

Certifications
* Microsoft Certification
* IPA Information Processing Engineer
* PMP (currently valid qualifications only)
* Microsoft Azure certification is desired

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth

• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look!

Together we do what matters.

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously
• Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by

• Empowering every voice
• Encouraging boldness
• Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client
• Prioritizing what matters
• Acting as one

Learn more

To learn more about some of Avanade's client success stories, check out the following case study:

• [3] Inail Digitization with Digital Desk- Avanade

Interested in knowing what's going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:

• [4] Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow's innovation

• [5] Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade

References

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1. https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/career/benefits
2. https://www.avanade.com/en-us/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity
3. https://www.avanade.com/en-au/clients/sportello-digitale-di-inail
4. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights
5. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade