Senior Cloud Platform Consultant

Company Description

3Sharp is the trusted technology partner delivering inspiration, productivity, and competitiveness for enterprise clients leveraging Microsoft platform solutions.

We offer three main types of consulting solutions:

• Technical Marketing - Since 2002, 3Sharp has partnered closely with internal Microsoft leadership and marketing teams across the Office 365 and Azure product groups to develop cutting-edge product demos used to inspire Enterprise customers. Examples range from building and supporting CEO keynotes, to key industry conference talks, to product solution demos. You can see our work on stage here: http://tinyurl.com/keynote515.
• Enterprise Application Development - We build custom .NET, Azure, SharePoint and Office 365 software solutions for top Enterprise customers. Our solutions deliver competitive advantage for companies across industries including Ernst & Young, RR Donnelley, the Associated Press, American Express, and Deloitte. Our work on product: http://tinyurl.com/RRDActiveLink and in the Office Store - http://tinyurl.com/APStylebook3S
• Collaboration Solutions - A new and fast growing business for us focused on increasing productivity and competitiveness for Enterprise clients by developing elegant business solutions and custom business dashboards using SharePoint and Office365 document management and Azure for companies such as Milliman, Dunn Lumber, Silvergate Bank and PepsiCo. Read about a successful implementation here: http://tinyurl.com/SilvergateTacTile

Because of 3Sharp's close relationship with the Microsoft product groups, we're working with cutting edge technology before it is even announced. This insight saves our customers development time, drives a better outcome, and ensures peace of mind that we deliver solutions that just work. To meet client demand of 25%+ annual growth over the last few years, the 3Sharp team has grown to 40 employees and expanded into a new Redmond office.

People like working here because they get to work with small, high-performance teams on a mix of projects, working directly with the customers - so there is always something intellectually interesting going on. You visibly see the impact of your work and the appreciation of your customers. Here the CEO will know your name and you'll have great career growth potential with many cross-training opportunities. We are geeks at heart and love to craft elegant solutions using the latest technologies and cloud trends. Most positions are low travel and we focus on maintaining an excellent work-life balance so you can enjoy life outside the office. We value Empowerment, Teamwork, Technology, Transparency, and Passion and strive to exemplify these in all we do.

Job Description

Our customers are among the world's most innovative software product companies in the Cloud and Enterprise business, experiencing unbelievable growth. 3Sharp's Technical Marketing team enables the Executives, Field Professionals, and Partners of our customer organizations to demonstrate their cloud-centric products throughout the world. We combine marketing verbiage into tangible demos for our customers that wow their viewers.

We're looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Consultant with a broad technical background to lead our Technical Marketing efforts. You'll use your knowledge of Microsoft Cloud to lead technical discussions with senior customer executives on planning and implementing demo solutions in Azure-hosted or Hybrid environments. As the technical leader and architect, you will review and manage the technical and functional requirements to build out a solution to demonstrate the customer's product, then lead the buildout of the actual solution.

Specifically, you will:

• Gather and document requirements from executive customers for event-specific demos, which includes setting up cloud demo environments, devices, and sample content
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to the demo creation process
• Continually build upon your subject matter expertise on products and technologies being showcased, earning the trust of the customer as their go-to resource
• Write clear, consistent solution documentation, manuals, demo guides, and other documentation for customer consumption. Demo guides may be required in multiple formats, including Word docs, PowerPoint decks, screencasts, videos, etc.
• Work collaboratively with customers, project management, quality assurance and other team members to ensure project success
• Provide accurate estimates of work effort at the beginning of projects and execute to those timelines and budgets to the best of your ability
• Communicate with transparency on project progress, issues, obstacles and successes throughout the duration of the project, both informally and through TFS/SharePoint; and identify significant problems and solving or escalating them in an appropriate manner

We are creating demos of products that are new, innovative, and on the cutting edge. In this role, you'll inevitably stay on top of the latest technological innovations and trends in the marketplace. This, combined with your passion for solving technical problems, establishes a path for continued growth in your career and alongside 3Sharp. Come join our team and see for yourself!

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have broad technical knowledge of the Microsoft Cloud platform, especially from an infrastructure setup and security standpoint. You'll need to be able to understand the features in depth in order to convert the product messaging and positioning statements into a set of technical requirements for a demo solution; and lead a team of developers in implementing a scalable, reusable demo solution. Your experience probably includes:

• 10+ years of consulting experience or equivalent technical lead role in IT infrastructure and platform management with an emphasis on the Cloud
• Knowledge of identity and access management (on-prem domain controller, Azure Active Directory, or similar LDAP directory)
• Hands-on experience with one or more enterprise platforms such as mobile device management, systems management (MS System Center), directory/identity management solution (Active Directory, Azure AD, FIM, ADFS), information rights management, mobile application management (iOS or Android), or SharePoint Online
• Customer-facing experience at an executive level with professional demeanor and polish
• Ability and desire to self-direct, work hard and meet difficult goals

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Amount of expected travel: 3 weeks per year