Aoife Mc Closkey

​Microsoft Alliance Manager – United Kingdom I am working with a client who are looking to double their size in one year, adding another 200 individuals to join them and their success. A growth like this is creating an opportunity for talent to come onboard. To achieve such growth, they are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, Microsoft Alliance Manager. This is a Sales role, you will be responsible for the development, ownership, and execution of the Microsoft Partner Plan. Selling the value of across various sellers and stakeholders – great communication skills are a must. Build and maintain a comprehensive network and key contact relationships. Gain feedback and input into the people and engagement, to help drive required improvement to further the relationship. Responsibilities You will own the end-to-end relationship with clients. As an Alliance Engagement Manager, you are expected to contribute to different phases throughout the sales lifecycle. Not only will you work individually you will be part of various teams regarding proposal development, building the right pricing construct, but advice on internal capability also building and collaboration across the sales team. Product development roadmaps. Own sales escalations to support the acceleration of sales opportunities. If you want to find out more, please contact me today: aoife.mccloskey@cognitive-group 020 3800 1305 ​

Azure Architect - Mid-Senior level My client is a Microsoft Business Solution, they implement best in class solutions for Microsoft Azure, ERP and CRM & have extensive knowledge and expertise in all areas, enabling them to provide for their clients with an integrated end-to-end solution. The Role: This person must be comfortable working in an agile manner and be able to spot opportunities for the MBS Azure practice, both within the organisation and customer environments. The person should be comfortable presenting Azure services and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences, articulating the benefits to their business, with the overall goal to drive growth for the MBS Azure practice. The Azure Architect will be responsible for: Creating architectural designs based on customer requirements. Act as the Technical Design Authority on customer engagements. Presenting designs and solutions to clients. Delivering Azure solutions and work with delivery teams to ensure architectural governance is maintained. Drive innovation by developing code base and automated deployments. Work with Azure practice leader to develop the GTM solutions. Contribute to proposals, inputting into Azure technical elements. Core Technical Skills Required: Azure IaaS including storage. Azure SQL (Managed Instances & PaaS). Azure Serverless computing. Azure ACR, ACI, Kubernetes. Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Terraform, PowerShell). Azure Security (NSG,ASG Sentinel, Security Centre, Defender, ACL, Azure Firewall, Policy). Apply now, or contact me for more information.

​I am working with a client who are a large consultancy growing out a new Azure division of their business. They are looking for passionate people who want to make a different within the organisation. This role has the best of both, positives of working in a smaller ‘start up’ team with the benefits of the larger company. The Role: The successful person who comes on board in this role will be responsible for creating and delivering innovative solutions for their clients in conjunction with the Azure practice leader. This person must be comfortable working in an agile manner and be able to spot opportunities for the MBS Azure practice, both within the business and customer environments. The person should be comfortable presenting Azure services and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences, articulating the benefits to their business, with the overall goal to drive growth for the MBS Azure practice. Core Technical Skills Required: • Azure IaaS including storage. • Azure SQL (Managed Instances & PaaS). • Azure Serverless computing. • Azure ACR, ACI, Kubernetes. • Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Terraform, PowerShell). • Azure Security (NSG,ASG Sentinel, Security Centre, Defender, ACL, Azure Firewall, Policy). • Azure AD including on premises Active Directory. • Windows Server\Linux OS • Networking (WAF, AppGw etc.) Desirable Technical Skills: • VMware\Hyper-V • Azure Data Factory • Python If you are interested in knowing more – please contact me today as interviews have already taken place this week. Aoife.mccloskey@cognitive-group.com 020 3800 1305 ​

​ I am working with a leading European Microsoft Gold Partner for Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform and Analytics areas. As part of their existing projects & teams, they have extensive knowledge and experience in Azure DevOps. We are now looking to complement this success by investing to grow this area by offering independent Azure offerings. As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you will be part of the Azure Cloud Solutions capability. You will work on client-facing projects however you will also have the opportunity to contribute towards the strategic direction of this new capability. Key Responsibilities Participate in the setting up team DevOps strategy & principles. Deliver customers facing workshops and advise them on DevOps improvements & best practices. Setup/configuration of ADO. Building continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for projects. Support & automate the deployment of Azure PaaS & IaaS environments. ​ Experience 3 to 5 years of hands-on Azure DevOps experience Knowledge of key DevOps concepts and principles. Experience with Azure. Experience in conducting client-facing workshops. Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills. ​ If you would like to know more, please contact me immediately: Aoife.mccloskey@cognitive-group.com 020 3800 1305 ​