Technical Consultant

- Educated to degree level or equivalent - At least one Microsoft Azure certification - preferably Microsoft Azure Architect Expert (AZ303/304 or AZ104/305) - Current or working towards Microsoft Expert, CCNA, VCP or equivalent qualification (desirable) - Prince2 Foundation/Practitioner or other project management qualifications (distinct advantage) - Significant experience in a similar role - Proven effective communication and influencing skills - Excellent knowledge of current IT technologies - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Azure IAAS, PAAS, Storage and Networking, Identity and Authentication (MFA), Azure HA/DR, scaling and backup, Azure Monitor - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft 365 Threat Protection, Identity and Access Management, Device and Application Management, Information Protection, Compliance, Email and Teams - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server (up to at least 2024) - Excellent knowledge of Virtualisation - Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft desktop operating systems - Windows 11 - Knowledge of LAN technologies - switching, routing, VLANs (hardware including HPE, Cisco) - Knowledge of WAN technologies - routers, firewalls (hardware including Sophos, Cisco, Draytek) - Knowledge of Private Cloud infrastructure - Private and IAAS including hybrid deployments - Knowledge of Antivirus (Preferably Microsoft Defender and Sophos Endpoint) - Knowledge of Backup Technologies - Datto, Veeam, Azure - Experience with Azure Automation, Azure CLI, PowerShell scripting - Experience with Azure DevOps, including Automation - Experience with Kubernetes and Docker - Experience with HPE Server and SAN infrastructure