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The Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Data Platform joins the Cloud & AI Data Platform team to support customers in building secure, scalable, and AI-ready solutions on Microsoft Azure. In this customer-facing role, you will lead architectural design sessions, proof-of-concept initiatives, and production deployments for mission-critical workloads. You will guide organizations through data modernization journeys by ensuring performance, resiliency, and security across various solutions. You will utilize established repeatable IP and execution frameworks to deliver high-quality outcomes. Key technologies include Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Cosmos DB, and Purview. You will solve complex technical problems by translating customer needs into industry solutions that drive AI innovation, foster cloud success, and provide measurable business value through well-architected, cost-optimized, and performance-optimized cloud architectures.
Lead architectural design sessions and production deployments for mission-critical data and AI workloads on Microsoft Azure.
Develop secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Cosmos DB, and Purview.
Conduct proof-of-concept initiatives and rapid prototyping to translate customer problems into technical solutions.
Guide customers through data modernization journeys to ensure operational readiness and long-term organizational adoption.
Identify and mitigate technical blockers to accelerate solution deployment and value realization for customers and partners.
Provide technical enablement and pre-sales support to partners to help them develop products and solutions.
Share technical insights and feedback with Engineering teams to influence product roadmaps and bug fix prioritization.
Create and contribute to repeatable intellectual property and frameworks to build scalable models for AI scenarios.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field.
2+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting, systems administration, network operations, software development, or architecture.
8+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting, systems administration, network operations, software development, or architecture (preferred).
Master's Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business, or Liberal Arts (preferred).
6+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting (preferred).
4+ years of experience working in a customer-facing role (preferred).
4+ years of experience working on technical projects (preferred).
Technical Certification in Cloud, such as Azure, AWS, Google, or security certifications (preferred).
Azure
Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft Fabric
Azure Databricks
GitHub
Copilot Studio
Microsoft Purview
SQL
Cosmos DB
PostgreSQL
Containers
AKS
Serverless
DevOps
Agentic DevOps
RAG
LLM