Summary: As a Customer Engineer, you will collaborate directly with customer teams to provide expert advisory services across a range of technologies. Highlights: 1. Collaborate directly with customer teams to provide expert advisory services 2. Establish trusted advisor relationships and guide customers 3. Deep knowledge (300 – 400 level) in Azure and Windows Server Title *Azure Local Customer Engineer* Role type *As a Customer Engineer, you will collaborate directly with customer teams to provide expert advisory services across a range of technologies. By leveraging structured intellectual property (MIP) engagements, you will establish trusted advisor relationships and guide customers towards achieving a healthy and secure state.* Relevant MIP/VBD Titles *Azure Local Workshop* *On Demand Assessment – Hyper\-V* *On Demand Assessment – Windows Server* *WorkshopPLUS \- Azure Arc with Labs* *WorkshopPLUS \- Azure Virtual Desktop* *WorkshopPLUS \- Windows Server 2022 and Azure Hybrid Features* Skills Required This role requires deep knowledge (300 – 400 level) in the following technology areas: Azure Local Deployment and configuration: * Software Defined Networking Deployments and Configuration * Network ATC * Storage Spaces Direct Deployments and Configuration * Storage Provisioning * Azure ARC for Servers * Azure Virtual Desktop * Virtual Machines * Azure Update Manager * Azure Monitor Windows Server (Windows Server 2012 R2\-2025 \= advanced level) : * Virtualization (Azure Stack HCI/Local, Hyper\-V, VMware) * System Center Virtual Machine Manager \- SCVMM Azure Hybrid Services: * Azure Backup and Site Recovery * Azure Migrate * Azure ARC * Azure Monitor * Azure Virtual Machine \- VM * Azure Virtual Desktop \- AVD Backup and migration tools (SCDPM, Veeam, Commvault, Carbonite, …) General Azure IaaS platform (networking, storage, etc.) Optional Skills Entra ID (RBAC, AuthN/AuthZ, Hybrid identity, Entra ID Domain Services) Azure Kubernetes Services – AKS Azure PaaS Services (Function App, APIM, Automation) Infrastructure as code (Bicep/ARM or Terraform) Azure Network security (NSG, BGP routing, ExpressRoute and Gateway) Relevant Certifications Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or equivalent Microsoft Certified Trainer – MCT or equivalent Microsoft Certified Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate AZ800/AZ801 Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert – AZ305 Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator – AZ104 Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty – AZ140