This role sits in the operations team of a major Belgian public sector organisation, responsible for the Microsoft 365 and Azure platform that supports internal collaboration and public services. The position exists to provide senior technical leadership on Azure, Active Directory and SharePoint Framework work, while shifting the team from subject-matter expertise to self-sufficiency through coaching and documented designs.
The mission
The organisation is consolidating Microsoft workloads on Azure, improving identity and access management, and modernising SharePoint and Teams integrations. You will work across cloud governance, security and data/AI pilots that connect Microsoft 365 services to back-end systems, providing architecture, standards and deployment guidance for the operations team.
On a day-to-day basis you will act as an architect and facilitator: designing Azure solutions, reviewing identity and compliance patterns, and producing runbooks and deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps. You will lead migrations from on-premises servers to Azure when required, define connector and SharePoint Framework patterns for Teams and SharePoint development, and coach operators to run those solutions reliably.
Your responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design for Microsoft cloud solutions, prioritising secure identity, governance and maintainability
- Design and document migration plans and deployment pipelines that move services from on-premises to Azure, delivering clear rollback and runbook procedures
- Coach and upskill the operations team, transferring practical Azure, Active Directory and Azure DevOps practices through workshops and shadowing
- Define and enforce standards for SharePoint development and SharePoint Framework components, including Teams connectors and integration patterns
- Ensure access management, data protection and compliance controls are embedded in designs and validated during deployments
- Contribute to data and AI pilots by advising on data modelling, operationalisation and integration with Microsoft services
Your profile
Essential skills
- Proven senior experience as a Microsoft architect or Azure architect, able to translate business needs into cloud solutions
- Strong technical mastery of Azure, Active Directory / Azure AD, and Azure DevOps for CI/CD and infrastructure as code
- Hands-on experience with SharePoint, SharePoint Framework development and Microsoft Teams connectors
- Demonstrable experience running server-to-cloud migrations and operational handovers to an exploitation/operations team
- Ability to coach and communicate complex technical topics clearly to operations staff and stakeholders
- Good understanding of cloud governance, compliance and identity protection principles
- Willingness and ability to declare and manage any conflicts of interest in line with public procurement rules