Senior Architect - Azure

Our purpose

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.

Our team

This is an excellent consulting opportunity for a Senior, not to be missed! You will be joining a fantastic team in our Public Cloud business who support each other working collaboratively across locations, locally and internationally. It is a chance to be a part of a business with both a strong people and customer focus.

About the Role

As a Senior Architect - Azure, you are primarily responsible for designing and delivering large-scale cloud migration and modernisation programs for our customers. You will lead engagements across the full migration lifecycle—from discovery and assessment through to execution—helping organisations realise the benefits of Microsoft Azure.

You will have the opportunity to combine your excellent technical knowledge, your desire to continue learning and more importantly your great customer engagement skills in this role.

What you'll do

As a Senior Architect - Azure your key responsibilities include:

•   Discovery & Assessment – conducting portfolio analysis using Azure migration assessment tools to build business cases and migration strategies

•   Workload Rationalisation – applying the 7 R framework to determine optimal migration paths and patterns for customer workloads

•   Design – producing Azure migration assessments, migration plans aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework, and target-state architecture documentation

•   Implementation – delivering migration solutions leveraging Azure tooling such as Azure Migrate, Azure Database Migration Service, and Azure Site Recovery

•   Landing Zones – designing scalable Azure Landing Zones and subscription structures that support large-scale, multi-wave migrations using the Cloud Adoption Framework

•   Technical Leadership – leading team members and third parties through complex migration programs, providing guidance during proposal writing, solution design and implementation

•   Client Engagement – developing strong relationships and delivering technical presentations, displaying excellence during all facets of each engagement

•   Evangelism – promoting Cloud as a driver for business change both internally and for our customers

What you'll bring

This is an excellent senior role for a people person who is passionate about new technologies and producing excellent solutions for our customer needs. You'll have at least 10 years IT experience with at least 5 years in project delivery and/or consultancy.

We are keen to hear about your proven track record in delivering large-scale cloud migration and modernisation programs—taking customers from legacy environments to Azure at scale. Experience leading discovery workshops, conducting workload assessments, and developing migration wave plans is highly valued. Your relationship building and communication skills will be a strength.

We value people who stay ahead of the curve—whether that's experimenting with generative AI tools, exploring how AI can enhance cloud solutions, or simply being curious about emerging technologies.

Highly Desirable Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

•   Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent industry experience)

Certifications:

•   Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (required)

•   Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

Migration & Modernisation:

•   Hands-on experience with large-scale cloud migrations (500+ workloads preferred)

•   Strong understanding of the 7 R framework for workload rationalisation

•   Experience with Azure assessment tools: Azure Migrate Discovery and Assessment, Azure TCO Calculator

•   Proficiency with Azure migration services: Azure Migrate, Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Data Box

•   Azure Landing Zone deployments using the Cloud Adoption Framework and Landing Zone Accelerators

AI & Emerging Technology:

•   Curiosity and enthusiasm for AI and its application to cloud architecture and migration

•   Exposure to Azure AI services such as Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Machine Learning, or Microsoft Copilot

•   Experience using AI-assisted development or productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)

Consulting & Leadership:

•   Technical leadership within project environments

•   Customer engagement, governance and steering business outcomes

•   High-quality design documentation

Culture and Benefits

Datacom is one of the largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services in New Zealand and Australia. As an ANZ company, we have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give us our unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

At Datacom, you'll be recognised and valued for your contributions. We're growing year on year and can provide career opportunity in a collegial and agile environment that empowers people and promotes innovation. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as health insurance, employee discounts, social events, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses to name a few. We operate at the leading edge of technology to help our largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their biggest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

If you would like to know more and this sounds like you. Please apply online today!