Partner Technical Specialist - Azure

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Liquid Intelligent Technologies is a pan-African technology group with capabilities across 14 countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. Established in 2005, Liquid has firmly established itself as the leading pan-African digital infrastructure provider. Liquid Intelligent Technologies is redefining Network, Cloud and Cyber Security offerings through strategic partnerships with leading global players, innovative business applications, intelligent cloud services and world-class security to the African continent.
Liquid is now a full one-stop-shop technology group that provides tailor-made digital solutions to businesses in the public and private sectors across the continent. The Group also operates state-of-the-art data centres in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, Harare and Kigali, with a combined potential 19,000 square metres of rack space and 78 MW of power.
Through this combined offering, Liquid Intelligent Technologies is enhancing customers' experience on their digital journey.

JOB SUMMARY

QualificationsMicrosoft Azure Administrator AssociateAZ-900AZ-305MD 100/MD101MS100/MS101ExperienceExperience in Azure Presales 3 – 5 YearsSoftware/ICT marketing experience (cloud preferred) 5 – 7 YearsResponsibilitiesAccountable, regular engagement with partners and their respective end-customersApply deep technical knowledge and customer insights to support partners create a modernization roadmap for end-customerOrchestrate activities across Microsoft and Partner resources to maximize business results and customer successAssess the customers' knowledge of M365/Azure platforms and overall cloud readiness to support customers’ cloud adoptionBuild deep audience insight, including understanding customer segmentation, their attitudes and purchase behavioursProvide feedback on customer development needs, customer blockers, and/or mitigation strategies related to the Microsoft productsIdentify and attend relevant seminars, workshops, and courses.Maintain technical skills and knowledge of the market trends and competitive insightsIdentify and articulate business value of solutions for customer organization through demonstrationsLeverage others for your success.Conduct presentations on topics relevant to field of expertise.Be the voice of the Customer; Share customer insights, best practices, and connect with internal teams to remove key blockersReport on agreed success metrics (revenue, scorecard, marketing performance) as part of regular business rhythms

REQUIRED SKILLS

System and network security, Azure, Cloud architectures and services, DevOps

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Diploma, Associate's degree