Technical Delivery Manager - Azure

Technical Delivery Manager, Azure, hands on,

A leading provider of professional and managed services is seeking a solid hand on and Technical lead in Azure to help drive forward this key business area.
This is a senior, client facing role, responsible for leading the team of technical consultants and SME'S, who are focused on delivering predominantly Microsoft cloud infrastructure, network and security solutions to our customers.

The Role:

• Provide hands on technical leadership across the end-to-end project life cycle (discovery, workshops, design, build, test, implementation, and deployment), ensuring secure, high-quality outcomes and predictable delivery
• Hold overall accountability for technical quality and governance on Infrastructure workstreams, ensuring the right SMEs/architects are engaged, designs are reviewed, risks are understood, and solutions meet security, compliance, and operational requirements
• Ensure that both you and your team's projects are delivered effectively and are meeting quality and time targets
• Proactively escalate and manage risk of overruns with the PMO function and collaborate with Project Managers in resource planning ensuring the team is fully utilised.
• Contribute to post-project reviews, lessons learned and CSI meetings and help identify improvements in how services are delivered and consumed
• Perform peer review of pre-sales outputs in timely manner
• Evolve technical offerings and services, identifying new products and solutions
• Drive repeatable delivery through standards, templates, and automation (eg, PowerShell), improving quality, speed, and consistency across client engagements
• Drive efficiency in project delivery through the adoption of repeatable processes and automation.
• Ensure AI adoption is at the core of our service evolution
• Be a visible team leader and model core behaviours
• Ensure the team members have clear objectives and hold them accountable for their deliverables to be able to achieve project and utilisation targets
• Regularly assess the team's capacity to ensure effective utilisation and resource planning
• Effectively manage employee life cycle processes such as onboarding, probation, absence reviews, regular one-to-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Set standards and guard the correct adherence to the business-wide processes and ensure accountability
• Develop strong workplace morale by promoting and building professional and social connections across the business

• Experience of line managing technical team of senior delivery engineers
• Experience in designing and implementing Microsoft solutions for external customers
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure architecture, administration, security, and governance
• Strong understanding of governance, security, and compliance controls
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Fluent English
  The team is responsible for the design and delivery of Cloud and on-prem infrastructure services, with particular focus on: Microsoft Azure compute: VMs, App services and functions, Azure networking (Firewalls, VPNs, connectivity), and hybrid connectivity, Security and governance: Azure policy, Defender for Cloud, Azure Management: ARM, Bicep, Azure monitor and log analytics, FortiGate networking and security

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.