Principal Architect - Azure - Maine Staffing : Job Details

Since 1989, SHI International Corp. has helped organizations change the world through technology. We've grown every year since, and today we're proud to be a $15 billion global provider of IT solutions and services. Over 17,000 organizations worldwide rely on SHI's concierge approach to help them solve what's next. But the heartbeat of SHI is our employees all 6,000 of them. If you join our team, you'll enjoy:

+ Our commitment to diversity, as the largest minority- and woman-owned enterprise in the U.S.

+ Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities.

+ Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family.

+ World-class facilities and the technology you need to thrive in our offices or yours.

The SHI Services Principal Architect Azure will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions for our companys end customers and partners. They will also serve as a thought leader in the Azure services practice. This position requires a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic leadership, and customer-facing consulting skills.

Role Description

• Serve as the lead architect on Azure professional services engagements, responsible for overall solution design, technical integrity, and successful delivery
• Translate customer requirements into Azure architectures, aligning with best practices, security, and operational excellence
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and consultants to ensure solutions are delivered on time, on budget, with high customer satisfaction.
• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise customers throughout the post-sales lifecycle, providing architecture guidance, technical leadership, and thought partnership.
• Lead workshops, assessments, design sessions, and technical deep dives across a wide range of Azure capabilities (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, security, DevOps.)
• Own technical governance and support project delivery milestones, documentation, and architecture reviews.
• Identify risks and drive mitigation strategies across architecture and delivery phases.
• Contribution to continuous improvement of delivery methodologies, templates, and best practices
• Support knowledge transfer and enablement for customer teams and internal delivery staff.
• Stay current with Microsoft Azure innovations, roadmap, and service updates to maintain leadership in this space.
• Contribute to the development of the SHI Microsoft Azure services practice including building reusable delivery frameworks, defining engagement best practices and creating content for Sales and Delivery.
• Provide thought leadership through presentations, whitepapers, and industry engagements.
• Work closely with sales, engineering, and delivery teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Drive the growth of professional services revenue by identifying and pursuing Microsoft Azure focused opportunities.
• Develop and deliver a world-class professional services experience.

Willingness to Learn: Can apply new learning to daily work, encourage and facilitate learning in others, and actively make changes to work based on feedback.

Self-Development: Can demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and adaptability to new ideas and methods.

Leadership: Can take ownership of complex team initiatives, collaborate with others in decision-making processes, and drive team performance.

Strategic Thinking: Can analyze complex situations, anticipate future trends, and align and integrate strategies across departments or functions.

Problem-Solving: Can proactively identify and take ownership of complex problem-solving initiatives, initiate preventative measures, collaborate with others to find solutions, and drive successful outcomes.

Analytical Thinking: Can use advanced analytical techniques to solve complex problems, draw insights, and communicate the solutions effectively.

Prioritization: Can take ownership of complex task management, collaborate with others to align priorities, and drive team efficiency.

Customer-Centric Mindset: Can take ownership of customer-centric initiatives, ensuring products and services align with customer needs. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to integrate customer feedback into product development.

Organization: Can oversee complex projects with multiple moving parts, ensure team alignment with organizational systems, and adapt to changing priorities.

Communication: Can effectively communicate complex ideas and information to diverse audiences, facilitate effective communication between others, and mentor others in effective communication.

Interpersonal Skills: Can communicate effectively, build relationships, resolve conflicts, influence others, and support others in developing their interpersonal skills in major situations.

Ability to design, implement, and configure robust AI solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and technical specifications.

Expert Ability to design comprehensive Azure structures and frameworks to meet complex requirements.

The ability to design, implement, and support multi-tier applications and cloud-based architectures to meet organizational needs.

The ability to oversee and direct projects to completion, ensuring goals are met, resources are utilized efficiently, and stakeholders are satisfied.

Background in large-scale migrations, hybrid cloud, Azure landing zones, and application modernization projects.

Experience with regulated or complex environments

Familiarity with ITIL, Agile, and modern delivery frameworks

Proven experience delivering enterprise Azure solutions in a post-sales, customer-facing capacity

Strong understanding of core Azure services and architecture patterns across compute, networking, identity, storage, containers, and automation

Proficiency with infrastructure as code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform), DevOps pipelines, and CI/CD practices

Strong knowledge of security, governance, identity (Entra ID), and compliance considerations in Azure

Completed Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience required

Ability to travel occasionally

Microsoft Cloud Certifications

Minimum 10 years of technical experience with increasing responsibility

Experience working in professional services, consulting, or systems integration delivery models

The base salary range for this position is $144,000 - $200,000. The estimated on-target earnings, or OTE, which includes a base salary and bonus is $180,000 - $250,000. The compensation for this position is dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location and, therefore, will vary from individual to individual. Benefits may include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending. Equal Employment Opportunity M/F/Disability/Protected Veteran Status