Microsoft Solution Architect

At Tenzing, we help organisations navigate complex business and technology challenges with clarity, confidence, and practical expertise. As a trusted transformation partner, we work alongside our clients to design and deliver solutions that create lasting business value.

We're looking for an experienced Microsoft Solution Architect who combines deep Microsoft technology expertise with strong consulting skills. This is a client-facing role where you'll work directly with organisations across New Zealand and Australia, helping them shape technology strategy, solve complex business challenges, and deliver modern Microsoft-based solutions.

You'll be equally comfortable facilitating executive workshops, developing architecture roadmaps, advising senior stakeholders, and guiding delivery teams through implementation. Most importantly, you'll know how to translate business needs into practical, scalable solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

What you will do

• Partner with clients to understand business objectives and provide trusted technology and architecture advice.
• Lead solution architecture engagements across Microsoft 365, Azure, SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, Dynamics 365, and related Microsoft technologies.
• Design end-to-end solutions that balance business outcomes, user experience, security, governance, and scalability.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagements to shape solution direction, build alignment, and define architecture roadmaps.
• Provide architecture leadership throughout delivery, ensuring solutions align with Microsoft best practices and client transformation goals.

• Support pre-sales and solutioning activities by translating client requirements into pragmatic architecture options, estimates, assumptions, risks, and delivery approaches.

What we are looking for

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect delivering Microsoft solutions within consulting, professional services, or complex enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise across Microsoft 365, Azure, SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Platform, Copilot, Dynamics 365, and modern workplace technologies, with practical awareness of Microsoft Fabric and the broader Microsoft data platform.
• Demonstrated experience leading client-facing architecture engagements from discovery through to delivery.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, security, governance, compliance, integration, and identity management.
• Working knowledge of core data concepts including data integration, data modelling, data governance, metadata, data quality, reporting, analytics, and AI-ready data foundations.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business audiences at all levels.

• Ability to explain data platform choices clearly, including when to use lakehouse, warehouse, integration, reporting, and analytics patterns within a Microsoft architecture.

What will make you successful

At Tenzing, technical expertise is only part of the equation. Our most successful consultants combine strong architecture capability with the ability to build trust, navigate complexity, and deliver value for clients.

You'll demonstrate:

• Consulting mindset – able to understand client challenges, ask the right questions, and provide pragmatic advice.
• Architecture leadership – capable of shaping solution direction and making sound technology decisions.
• Business focus – understands that successful solutions deliver business outcomes, not just technical outcomes.
• Influence and communication – comfortable engaging with executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Commercial awareness – able to balance client needs, priorities, risks, and delivery considerations.
• Problem-solving and ownership – proactive, pragmatic, and outcomes-focused.
• Adaptability and curiosity – embraces new technologies and continuously learns, including emerging AI capabilities within the Microsoft ecosystem.

Why Tenzing?
At Tenzing, we've been helping clients scale their mountains for over twenty years. We call it the Sherpa ethos - standing alongside our clients, doing the heavy lifting and guiding them through complex transformations. As trusted partners in change, we work with some of Australasia's leading organisations to deliver strategic and operational impact across industries.

Tenzing is an independent subsidiary of the Tech Mahindra Group, giving our people access to a global network of expertise and opportunities, while maintaining our well-known Tenzing ways of working and deep understanding of the local context across New Zealand and Australia.

We believe our people are our greatest asset. That's why we invest in tailored career development, mentorship and a collaborative environment where creativity and professionalism thrive. We also take the time to celebrate our wins, recognising individual and team achievements and fostering a culture of appreciation and shared success.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Life and Income Protection Insurance (fully subsidised)
• Discounted Medical Insurance
• Mobile phone and plan
• Comprehensive Learning & Development programmes
• Wellbeing support including EAP and flu vaccinations
• Inclusive culture with regular social events and celebrations