Senior Solutions Engineer - Microsoft Azure

Why join CompuNet?

CompuNet values its people more than any other asset—and realizes the contributions made by each employee are a reflection of their education, experience, certifications, expertise and passions. We strive to take care of each other, do the right thing and help our customers succeed. We work to build lasting relationships and are proud that our customers across many industries see us as a trusted advisor. Putting the customer at the center of every engagement, our mission is to design, test, deploy and support the right IT solutions for every customer.

We offer a generous total compensation package for our employees, including competitive wages, medical, dental, vision, PTO, company-matching retirement plans, profit-sharing and more.

As a Microsoft Azure engineer at CompuNet, you will design, develop, and deploy effective business solutions using Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, and other related technologies.

Role Expectations

Technical Expertise:  Serve as a subject matter expert in Azure and Entra ID, with a deep understanding of both licensing and product functionality

Solution Architecture:  Leverage broad and deep technology knowledge to architect solutions that meet client business requirements, focusing on operational effectiveness and business value

Consulting & Engagement:  Deliver consulting engagements, manage customer expectations, and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of Microsoft Azure services

Communication & Leadership:  Exhibit strong communication skills to guide clients through projects with multiple work streams and resources

Core Duties and Responsibilities

Articulate the benefits of Azure products to technical teams and business leaders

Enhance customer value and productivity using Azure technologies

Gather and translate client business requirements into use cases for Azure solutions

Collaborate with sales teams to develop winning strategies for clients

Execute pre-sales functions to create solution designs

Use effective whiteboard storytelling for client and team communication

Create Bill of Materials and Statements of Work

Implement post-sales solutions and aid in the customer adoption experience

Produce post-implementation project documentation

Ensure clients understand solution features, infrastructure, and operational implications

Participate in technical speaking engagements for market strategies or related events

Key Expectations of this Role

Be a subject matter expert in various Azure services and Entra ID

Develop and grow Azure market opportunities and strategies

Address customer technical challenges and design scalable and integrated solutions

Actively participate in the CompuNet cloud strategy team meetings

Resource cost estimation, analysis, and optimization

Maintain existing certifications and pursue new relevant certifications

Participate in team functions, including calls, meetings, and events, both remote and in-person

Accept mentorship from Architects, Principal Engineers, and Senior Solutions Engineers

Own the opportunity lifecycle, from pre-sales through solution delivery and ongoing optimization

Minimum Requirements

Candidate can occasionally be provided rough outline of ideas or requirements and extrapolate using expert judgement

5+ years of experience in IT systems development or consulting

5+ years of experience in designing solutions to solve business problems

Demonstrated knowledge of Entra ID and Azure, with an emphasis on hybrid connectivity

Deep experience with DNS

Self-sufficient on IaaS migrations (strategy, migration planning, execution)

Experienced with core PaaS services (App Services, Azure SQL Database, Storage accounts)

Comfort outside of Azure Portal UI, familiar with basic coding practices (VS Code/git repos/etc.) and/or CLI/scripting

Cloud-native networking basics (VNet components, peering, private endpoints, on-premises inter-connectivity

Networking technologies such as Fibre Channel, ethernet, iSCSI

Identity fundamentals

Storage fundamentals such as blob, file-level, network-attached, local storage, direct-attached, hierarchical, namespace, directory

Comfort discussing application lifecycle

Ability to consult on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Explain differences between Redundancy and Availability

Administration and troubleshooting experience with server operating systems such as Windows and Linux

Azure AZ-104 certification + (2) years industry experience as an Azure-focused engineer

Explain each layer of the OSI model

Explain differences between TCP and UDP traffic

Experience in customer-facing roles with demonstrated capability in clearly presenting thoughts and ideas confidently to audiences of various sizes and technical knowledge levels

Demonstrated aptitude for providing exceptional customer service in politically charged environments

Ability to adapt to the customer's changing needs or requirements as they arise

Ability to work independently with minimal management supervision and also as part of a global team of consultants and engineers

Possess passion for continuous learning, strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and time management skills, and good judgment

Ability to enhance the technical expertise of peers via the development of product-related intellectual capital and mentoring new hires

Ability to apply knowledge to improve existing products and systems in the customer environment and for internal use

Assist in developing strategies to gain additional business by communicating opportunities to sales teams

Preferred Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in related field: Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Computer Science, etc

Understand best practices and impact of Azure vs. in-guest operating system configuration management

At scale, understanding the financial and technical impact of differentiating storage sizing such as “-ibibytes” vs. “-abytes” (e.g. Tibibytes vs. Terabytes)

Knowledge and practical application of all Azure access methods including Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, Cloud Shell

Understanding of Windows Server, Linux, and virtualization concepts

Deep experience with hybrid DNS between on-premises and Azure

Entra ID, Entra ID Connect, and Active Directory Domain Services administration and troubleshooting

Practical relational and non-relational database architecture, querying, concepts, and troubleshooting

Understand Service Level Indicators, Service Level Offering, and Service Level Agreement

Identity management troubleshooting and best practices consulting

Conditional Access troubleshooting

Experience with Application Performance Management and observability platforms

Experience with Security Information and Event Management tools

Experience with Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response tools

Experience Azure VMware Solution, Azure Files, and FSLogix

Third-party Network Virtual Appliances

Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification (AZ-140)

Azure Administrator Associate certification (AZ-104)

Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-104 + AZ-305)

Azure Network Engineer Associate certification (AZ-700)