Principal Consultant - Azure

**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.*