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Microsoft Architects

including Microsoft Solutions Architects, Microsoft Technical Architects

Overview

There is an ongoing need for experienced business oriented Technical Architects with specialist expertise in the planning, design and Microsoft based technical architectures. 

Role Responsibilities
  • Taking a major role or lead in the planning, design and implementation of entire Microsoft based technical architectures and solutions. Alternatively the Microsoft Architect may perform a specialist role in specific areas
  • Development of technical architectures based on an assessment of the customer or business needs
  • Detailed sizing and selection of technical components required to support the implementation of the architecture
  • Implementation, configuration and testing of the technical architecture
  • Provide technical leadership in areas such as technical design, configuration and implementation
  • Provide thought leadership and guidance on Microsoft product capabilities and strategic direction
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    Experience Indicators
  • 5 plus years’ relevant commercial design and development experience
  • Proven expertise in the development of Microsoft based technical architectures
  • Proven ability in appraising the development options for large scale Microsoft based systems implementations and in the sizing and performance tuning of the Microsoft environments needed to support them.
  • Proven experience of designing and developing large scale distributed systems including client-server or n-tier solutions and scalable, secure and extensible component based architectures using distributed object technologies (such as CORBA or COM/DCOM
  • Experience of MTS and/or other major application server technologies such as  EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans).
  • Expert knowledge of one or more of the major Microsoft products, including Microsoft based middleware (COM, MSMQ, MTS, ADO, OLE-DB, Tuxedo), NT  or NT,  Middleware. This should include deep knowledge of their configuration options, capability, and strategic direction
  • In-depth knowledge of MS Clustering (WolfPack)
  • Extensive development experience gained on  Windows NT

    • Experience gained in any of the following areas is desirable:

  • Experience of implementing major ERP packages in an NT environment
  • Experience of XML and any experience of the Microsoft.NET platform
  • Knowledge of relational or object databases e.g. Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, ObjectStore, Objectivity
  • MCSE or MCSD qualified
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    Personal
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong problem solver
  • Keen interest in technological trends
  • Strong presentation skills and ability to articulate complex ideas and solutions clearly and concisely
  • Delivery focused
  • Self starter
  • Flexible, adaptable and able to cope with change
  • Team Player
  • An exponent of best practice

    • Locations
  • UK-wide (including London & Home Counties; North West)
  • Germany (Frankfurt & Munich)
  • Hong Kong

    • NB: Positions with Consultancies typically require a willingness to travel according to project and client needs.

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