Microsoft Azure Cloud Manager

MUST SKILLS:Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud architecture, including the design, implementation, and management of cloud-based solutions. Proven ability to manage both infrastructure and application delivery projects from planning through execution and successful delivery. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to take ownership, drive initiatives independently, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional business and technical stakeholders. Self-motivated professional with excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and project coordination capabilities.Position SummaryThe IT Lead acts as the technical authority and primary IT representative on projects spanning applications and/or infrastructure. The role operates in a dynamic environment where requirements may evolve, information may be incomplete, and delivery often spans multiple regions and time zones.The role includes leading virtual, cross-functional technical IT teams, providing direction, coordination, and technical oversight without necessarily having direct line management responsibility. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with ambiguity, able to quickly form effective working relationships with global teams, and capable of rapidly understanding and applying organizational standards, frameworks, and ways of working.What we can expect from you:• Lead and coordinate cross-functional technical IT teams across applications, infrastructure, security, and integration.• Provide clear technical direction and decision-making, even where requirements are evolving or not fully defined.• Act as the IT technical focal point for projects delivered by geographically distributed, virtual teams.• Drive alignment across technical teams to ensure a coherent end-to-end IT solution.• Quickly understand, adopt, and apply internal IT standards, governance processes, and architectural principles.• Identify and manage technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate.• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and supportability requirements and are ready for operational handover.• Represent IT confidently in project governance forums and senior stakeholder discussions.What skills and experience you will gain from this role:• Experience leading and influencing technical IT teams without formal authority.• Stronger capability to direct technical delivery across both application and infrastructure domains.• Increased confidence operating in ambiguous, fast-moving delivery environments.• Deep understanding of enterprise IT standards, governance, and delivery models.• Broader exposure to global delivery teams and complex stakeholder landscapes.RequirementsSelection CriteriaSkills• Demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate, and motivate technical IT teams in a project environment.• Strong ability to operate effectively under ambiguity and make sound technical decisions with incomplete information.• Ability to build trust and working relationships quickly with global, virtual teams.• Clear and confident communicator, able to provide direction and challenge where required.• Ability to rapidly learn and apply organisational standards, processes, and architectural principles.Experience• Experience acting as a technical lead for IT teams on projects and initiatives.• Proven experience coordinating multiple technical disciplines (applications, infrastructure, security, vendors).• Experience working with global or multi-regional teams.• Experience delivering solutions where scope or requirements evolve over time.• Exposure to enterprise IT governance and delivery frameworks.Knowledge• Broad understanding of enterprise IT environments, including applications, infrastructure, integration, and security.• Understanding of how to lead technical delivery while maintaining alignment to standards and operational support models.• Awareness of service readiness, handover, and long-term support considerations.• Familiarity with matrixed organisations and complex stakeholder environments.

MUST SKILLS:

Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud architecture, including the design, implementation, and management of cloud-based solutions.

Proven ability to manage both infrastructure and application delivery projects from planning through execution and successful delivery.

Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to take ownership, drive initiatives independently, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional business and technical stakeholders.

Self-motivated professional with excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and project coordination capabilities.

Position Summary

The IT Lead acts as the technical authority and primary IT representative on projects spanning applications and/or infrastructure. The role operates in a dynamic environment where requirements may evolve, information may be incomplete, and delivery often spans multiple regions and time zones.

The role includes leading virtual, cross-functional technical IT teams, providing direction, coordination, and technical oversight without necessarily having direct line management responsibility. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with ambiguity, able to quickly form effective working relationships with global teams, and capable of rapidly understanding and applying organizational standards, frameworks, and ways of working.

What we can expect from you:

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional technical IT teams across applications, infrastructure, security, and integration.

• Provide clear technical direction and decision-making, even where requirements are evolving or not fully defined.

• Act as the IT technical focal point for projects delivered by geographically distributed, virtual teams.

• Drive alignment across technical teams to ensure a coherent end-to-end IT solution.

• Quickly understand, adopt, and apply internal IT standards, governance processes, and architectural principles.

• Identify and manage technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate.

• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and supportability requirements and are ready for operational handover.

• Represent IT confidently in project governance forums and senior stakeholder discussions.

What skills and experience you will gain from this role:

• Experience leading and influencing technical IT teams without formal authority.

• Stronger capability to direct technical delivery across both application and infrastructure domains.

• Increased confidence operating in ambiguous, fast-moving delivery environments.

• Deep understanding of enterprise IT standards, governance, and delivery models.

• Broader exposure to global delivery teams and complex stakeholder landscapes.

Requirements

Selection Criteria

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate, and motivate technical IT teams in a project environment.

• Strong ability to operate effectively under ambiguity and make sound technical decisions with incomplete information.

• Ability to build trust and working relationships quickly with global, virtual teams.

• Clear and confident communicator, able to provide direction and challenge where required.

• Ability to rapidly learn and apply organisational standards, processes, and architectural principles.

Experience

• Experience acting as a technical lead for IT teams on projects and initiatives.

• Proven experience coordinating multiple technical disciplines (applications, infrastructure, security, vendors).

• Experience working with global or multi-regional teams.

• Experience delivering solutions where scope or requirements evolve over time.

• Exposure to enterprise IT governance and delivery frameworks.

Knowledge

• Broad understanding of enterprise IT environments, including applications, infrastructure, integration, and security.

• Understanding of how to lead technical delivery while maintaining alignment to standards and operational support models.

• Awareness of service readiness, handover, and long-term support considerations.

• Familiarity with matrixed organisations and complex stakeholder environments.

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Unison Consulting was launched in Singapore on September 2012, the hub of the financial industry, with innovative visions in the technocratic arena. We are a boutique next-generation Technology Company with strong business-interests in Liquidity risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Regulatory Compliance. Unison provides technology consulting and services to implement Risk Management and Risk Analytics System for Financial Institutions.

Our services suite comprises of Techno-Functional consulting, systems integration, Business Intelligence, information management, and custom development of IT solutions, plus project management expertise for financial institutions. We have expertise in latest cutting edge technology to achieve better total cost of ownership. Through our qualified professionals, we assist you drive your unique risk management strategies, whether that means efficient monitoring, improving risk appetite of the financial institutions, complying with regulations, or capturing growth opportunities through innovation, this is what maximizes your decision taking potential.

At Unison Consulting, we view clients as partners, and our success is only measured by the success of our partners. So we put it all on the table in order to exceed expectations. Our staff consists of young, energetic and innovative consultants who are never afraid to challenge the conventions and push the boundaries in an effort to help our clients. For every project, no matter how large or how small, we strive to not only meet your needs, but deliver a showcase in your field.