Senior IT-Security Berater:in; w​/m​/x

Key Responsibilities

Identity & Access (Microsoft Entra /Azure AD, Conditional Access, MFA, ADFS/Entra Connect, Identity Hardening)

Cloud Security (z.B. Azure Security Services, Key Vault/HSM, Secrets & Key Management)

• Information Protection & Cloud:
  Microsoft Purview (IP, DLP), Defender for Cloud Apps, Azure Key Vault/HSM

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Cloud Resiliency Architect – bilingual role, French is required.

• Assess the resiliency posture of customer environments from both technical and operational perspectives.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster recovery (DR) plans, business continuity (BC) strategies, and Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).
• Conduct in-depth technical analysis of cloud infrastructure, application dependencies, observability configurations, and failover capabilities.
• Review and enhance MIRPs, including escalation protocols, incident communication plans, recovery sequencing, and impact containment strategies.
• Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure across workloads and operational processes.
• Recommend improvements aligned with the Azure Well‑Architected Framework, SRE principles, and ITIL practices.
• Engage customer teams to understand RTO/RPO targets, recovery workflows, and coordination models for major incidents.
• Deliver professional, customer‑facing documentation summarizing technical findings and process maturity recommendations.

Location:

Canada
Travel:
Up to 40-50%, depending on engagement

As an Associate Manager – Power BI Architect, you will play a key role in designing and delivering enterprise‑scale analytics solutions for Avanade clients using Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric–based analytics architectures, along with Azure data platforms. You will work closely with client stakeholders and delivery teams to translate business needs into well‑architected, performant, and governable analytics solutions.

• Design and deliver end‑to‑end Power BI and Fabric‑enabled analytics solutions, including semantic models, datasets, reports, and dashboards aligned to client business objectives.
• Define Power BI and Microsoft Fabric architectural patterns that support scalability, performance, security, and self‑service analytics.
• Serve as the Power BI technical lead within a project workstream, contributing to solution quality and delivery success.
• Design optimized data models using Power BI, Fabric semantic models, DAX, SQL, and dimensional modeling best practices.
• Integrate Power BI with Microsoft Fabric components (e.g., Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Data Pipelines) and collaborate with data engineering teams on ingestion, transformation, and refresh strategies.
• Implement governance, security (including row‑level security), deployment, and lifecycle management practices aligned with enterprise and Fabric tenant standards.
• Communicate architecture decisions and trade‑offs clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and support Power BI developers and analysts through design guidance, reviews, and knowledge sharing.

• Work for Microsoft’s Global Systems Integrator Partner of the Year, with direct access to Microsoft technologies, training, and certifications.
• Grow your career through meaningful customer work, continuous learning, and clear progression opportunities.
• Join an inclusive, people‑first culture that values curiosity, collaboration, and innovation.