Senior Azure Architect

Azure Architect

Daymark Solutions is an experienced technology integration and solutions provider that helps organizations effectively architect, implement, and deploy customized solutions using best of breed technologies. Specializing in cloud solutions and datacenter technologies, Daymark's unique combination of in-depth technical knowledge, extensive experience, and proven methodologies enable our customers to successfully address even the most difficult business and technology challenges.

We're looking for an Azure Architect who thrives on solving real business challenges and shaping how modern workplaces operate.

As a senior member of our Professional Services team in the Cloud Platform practice, you'll lead high-impact discovery and pre-sales engagements—partnering with clients to uncover their needs, define the right solutions, and clearly articulate the value behind them. You don't just design solutions; you influence decisions.

This role is a true blend of pre-sales (50%) and post-sales (50%) consulting, giving you full ownership from the first conversation through successful delivery. You'll architect, scope, and implement Azure solutions while serving as a trusted advisor every step of the way, guiding clients through complex decisions and ensuring outcomes that are both technically sound and business-driven.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and pre-sales engagements, translating customer business needs into solution architectures, scope definitions, and compelling value propositions in partnership with the sales team.
• Design, configure, and implement cloud and technology solutions while delivering documentation and knowledge transfer to customer stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted advisor throughout the project lifecycle, driving successful deployments, resolving complex technical challenges, and ensuring customer satisfaction and adoption goals are met.
• Advise customers on best practices, whether with industry standards or your own recommendations, around Microsoft Azure including security, networking, applications services, Artificial Intelligence and data management.
• Contribute to expanding our Microsoft partnership & Azure practice through growth in CSP and Professional Services revenue, the development of new technical skills & focus areas, and building relationships with key Microsoft resources.
• Participate in knowledge exchanges with coworkers, regularly sharing and receiving knowledge to enhance our Microsoft Azure services, including best practices, implementation strategies, and complex architectures.
• Collaborate with team members to define and implement/document standards and methodologies for Professional Services engagements.
• Learn security and compliance frameworks including but not limited to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 for Defense Industrial Base customers leveraging Microsoft Azure Government and Microsoft 365 GGC High.

Technical Requirements

• Experience with the Microsoft Partner ecosystem including Solution Partner designations, Advanced Specializations, and how to achieve them.
• Insight into Microsoft programs and customer funding mechanisms including ECIF.
• Knowledge and experience with many of the following technologies as possible:
• Azure PaaS & SaaS offerings including Azure SQL Service, Azure App Services.
• Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Azure CLI, and Terraform.
• Azure Virtual WAN, Azure Firewalls, and Virtual Networks plus general networking including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, dynamic routing, and load balancing.
• PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or other scripting languages.
• Azure Sentinel and Azure Security Center.
• Azure Cost Manager dashboards and methodologies to optimize costs.
• Containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• DevOps and CI/CD tools, such as Azure DevOps
• Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and/or Azure database services, such as Azure SQL Database or Azure Cosmos DB.
• Microsoft Certifications or the ability to achieve them during the first 6-12 months:
• Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
• Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

Additional Requirements

• A business and technology mindset that can identify ways to grow our org and expand our capabilities.
• Proven experience in identifying business challenges and requirements, building and delivering compelling presentations, crafting detailed statements of work, and clearly and concisely conveying solutions to both engineers and C-suite stakeholders.
• The ability to lead multiple pre-sales engagements simultaneously and identify ways to drive repeatability and innovation within the team.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to own customer engagements including pre-sales architecture and design, scoping and Azure consumption estimates, solution implementations, project management, communications, and documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate both business and technology topics.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills including the ability to manage communications internally and with the customer during challenging situations.

Important: U.S. citizenship is required due to access requirements for Azure Government, Microsoft 365 GCC High, and Defense Industrial Base environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relationships with Microsoft Sales, Technical Specialists, Product Managers, Program Managers, MVPs.
• Experience building datacenter solutions that include compute, storage, networking and virtualization that provide the ability to translate on prem solutions into cloud solutions and/or hybrid solutions.
• Deep experience with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Government, and/or Microsoft 365 GCC High in support of regulated environments including the Defense Industrial Base.
• Deep knowledge of developing advanced PowerShell and/or Azure CLI scripts for automating critical tasks during implementations, migrations and assessments.
• The ability to help develop and refine our growing Data & AI practice leveraging your experience with Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Dataverse, and/or Copilot Studio including currently holding or the ability to achieve the following certifications: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102), Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100), Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203), and/or Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300).
• The ability to help build and grow our Microsoft Power Platform practice including currently holding or the ability to achieve any of the following certifications: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200), Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300), Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400), Power Automate RPA Developer Associate (PL-500), and/or Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600).
• Any experience with 3rd party solutions that integrate with Microsoft Azure including but not limited to Palo Alto Networks, F5, Okta, Cloudflare, Rubrik and/or Zerto.

HR Information

• Full-time, permanent role
• Base Salary: $200,000 annually (up to $230,000 in On-Target Earnings)
• Comprehensive employee benefits plan
• Fully remote work