Principal Consultant, Azure
Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid) or Remote
Type: Full-Time
Travel: Up to 50%
About the Role
ivision - a Microsoft Solutions Partner with 22+ years of Microsoft partnership, 5x Solutions Partner designations, and 6x Advanced Specializations - is hiring a Principal Consultant, Azure to join our Modern Work, Cloud & AI Practice.
This is a hybrid technical leadership role spanning consulting delivery, pre-sales architecture, and practice development. You'll be the senior technical voice on complex Azure engagements - from landing zone design and enterprise datacenter migrations to application & database modernization - while mentoring a high-performing team of Senior Consultants.
What You'll Do
- Architect and deliver enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones, migrations, and modernization programs using CAF and the Well-Architected Framework.
- Lead App & Database Modernization programs - re-architect legacy 3-tier client/server apps to Azure-native PaaS (App Service, AKS, Functions, Azure SQL DB/MI), aligning with CAF landing zones and Private Endpoint patterns.
- Lead technical pre-sales - discovery, assessments, scoping, LOE, and SOW development - partnering with Account Executives and Practice Directors.
- Engage C-level executives as a trusted advisor on cloud strategy and transformation.
- Build reusable IP - reference architectures, scoping toolkits, runbooks - and grow ivision's Azure offering portfolio, including ownership of the App & DB Modernization service.
- Mentor Senior and mid-level consultants; drive Microsoft Azure Specialization wins.
What You Bring
- 10+ years in IT consulting; 5+ years architecting and migrating workloads to Microsoft Azure.
- 3+ years as a Solutions/Enterprise/Lead Architect on medium-to-large enterprise migrations.
- 3+ years architecting application modernization programs (3-tier Azure PaaS).
- Deep expertise across Azure networking, identity, security, governance, IaC (Bicep/Terraform), AKS, App Service, Azure SQL DB/MI, AVD, and FinOps.
- Strong executive presence, exceptional technical writing, and a collaborative, mentor-first mindset.
Certifications
Required: AZ-305, AZ-104
Strongly Preferred: AZ-500, AZ-204, AZ-700, AZ-400, CKA/CKAD
ivision is an equal opportunity employer.