Azure Pre-Sales Architect

We're on the lookout for an Azure Presales Architect to join our team! In this role, you will help guide customers through their cloud transformation journeys. You'll play a key role in supporting migration and onboarding initiatives across the Microsoft cloud ecosystem—whether in Modern Work, Azure, Data, or Security. This is a customer-facing position focused on transformational projects.

What you'll do:

• Engaging in a range of pre-sales activities both customer facing, internal and with Microsoft to help drive and win new business.
• Provide Azure focused sales support, including estimating, high-level solution development and cloud strategy.
• Be comfortable engaging with and presenting to C-suite.
• Establishing and maintaining a professional working relationship at multiple levels both internally and with the client.
• Ensuring that RFPs, statement of works and proposals are responded to in a timely manner and with accurate costing for Cloud Services, licensing, and professional services.
• Work with professional services, sales and marketing to define new consultancy packages and identify new market opportunities.
• Prepare material and present at Cloud Direct webinars, workshops and company events.

What we're looking for:

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption and Well Architected Frameworks.
• Understanding and enthusiasm for Azure technologies and the desire to keep learning.
• Stay up to date with new technologies and industry trends.
• Ability to articulate the benefits of cloud adoption from both a technology and commercial aspect.
• Ability to prioritise work, manage own time independently and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with colleagues, customers and partners.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to engage with customers at C-suite.
• Azure certification (Azure, AI or Data).

What we offer:

• Responsible Time Off (uncapped annual leave).
• Fitness Cash Contribution.
• Pension Contribution.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave.
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness, and Income Protection.
• Birthday lunches, a Fun Fund, and more.

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to our success. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and strive to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We encourage candidates of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, and socioeconomic statuses to apply.