If you have serious experience with building and running high-performing corporate applications with a focus around Application Modernization then we want you to be the new Cloud Application Solution Architect who will help our clients leverage Microsoft Azure to migrate, build and run enterprise applications in the cloud. We are looking for a Solutions Architect with a strong foundation in .NET architecture and SaaS (Azure, AWS or similar cloud technologies).

Do you apply a holistic application of technical skills to business problems? Are you naturally a curious and confident person? If so, you may be a great fit as a Cloud Application Solution Architect at 10th Magnitude. In this role, you will provide thought leadership to our clients and help design, scope and sell amazing projects, and help delivery teams fulfill the vision you’ve shaped. This role will directly support both our Business Development Managers to pursue new customer opportunities and our technical teams to deliver cutting edge solutions. Keeping our skills cutting edge is a must, and part of your role will be to share the same education and enthusiasm that you give our clients with our internal teams.  

Responsibilities  

As a Cloud Application Solution Architect at 10th Magnitude, you will take personal ownership of the technical envisioning, scope and goals of sales pursuits. In this role, a passion for helping clients succeed in the cloud is required, as is a cross-functional background with good infrastructure and applications knowledge. You will also shepherd the projects you envision and sell into the delivery phase and remain engaged with your portfolio of projects as our rock star engineers, architects and developers bring them to fruition. Responsibilities will include:

• Pre-sales Leadership. Work with our outstanding Business Development team to identify challenges our services can solve, scope and estimate projects that address those challenges and close the deal.  
• Lead Assessment Engagements. Using 10th Magnitude’s proprietary Cloud Readiness Assessment model, lead projects that help clients review their existing portfolio of applications, determine cloud compatibility, perform cost / benefit analysis and build application migration and modernization roadmaps.  
• Agile Requirements Definition. Collaborate with clients to define requirements and translate them into user stories. Add vision to the project along the way.  
• Technical Architecture. Translate requirements into a technical design with an eye toward leveraging existing tools, services and frameworks.  
• Thought Leadership & Knowledge Management. You will help digest the flood of incoming information regarding new Azure features, development methodologies, libraries and tools to help our clients—and our team—stay ahead of the curve.  
• Microsoft Partnership Enhancement. Deepen our technical relationship with Microsoft by cultivating new and existing relationships to drive additional sales. Collaborate with the product team and help manage our application development competency.  

Experience  

• 7+ years of professional technology architecture experience  
• 5+ years of developing software and/or delivering application development solutions in a consulting environment  
• 2+ years of direct involvement in technology sales  
• Demonstrated understanding of application infrastructure architecture fundamentals  
• Minimum of 4-7+ years of industry experience building sophisticated web based solutions
• Proficiency and fluency in C#, ASP.NET, SOAP & REST web services, VSTS, git, powershell, etc.  
• Ability to work effectively on collaborative multi-discipline project teams  
• Previous experience leading technical project teams of 3-5 engineers, delivering both on time and within budget 
• Proven experience in leading technical presentations for solution design and conveying best practices