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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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As a senior Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI, you will join a team dedicated to guiding enterprise customers through their cloud and AI transformation journeys. You will serve as a technical advisor to C-level executives, leading architectural design sessions to build secure, scalable, and resilient solutions. Your daily work involves managing the end-to-end technical delivery for strategic accounts, resolving technical blockers, and designing impactful delivery proposals. You will focus on optimizing mission-critical workloads across infrastructure, data, and applications while ensuring production-scale AI readiness. The role requires deep expertise in Microsoft Azure technologies, specifically including Azure AI Foundry, GitHub, App Services, Databricks, and Fabric. You will apply frameworks like CAF and WAF to solve complex technical challenges, helping customers modernize their systems and adopt artificial intelligence at scale within a professional service environment.
Advise C-level executives and business leaders on their Cloud and AI transformation strategies.
Lead architectural design sessions for secure, scalable, and resilient solutions using Microsoft frameworks.
Optimize Azure workloads across AI, Applications, Infrastructure, and Data for production-scale readiness.
Manage end-to-end technical delivery for strategic accounts to maximize the value of Microsoft investments.
Resolve technical blockers and provide delivery oversight to accelerate Azure consumption and customer outcomes.
Design impactful delivery proposals in collaboration with internal teams and partners.
Mentor peers and serve as a spokesperson in internal and external technical forums.
Guide customers through the adoption of AI at scale to drive innovation and business value.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience.
Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not require employer sponsorship.
Experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting, systems administration, network operations, software development, architecture, or practice development.
Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure, IT consulting, systems administration, network operations, software development, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, or consulting (preferred).
Master's Degree and 8+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, or consulting (preferred).
6+ years of experience working in a customer-facing role (preferred).
6+ years of experience leading technical projects (preferred).
Technical Certification in Cloud such as Azure, AWS, or Google (preferred).
Microsoft Azure
SAP
Azure SQL
PostgreSQL
AKS
App Service
AVS
Defender for Cloud
Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
Linux
Windows
AI Infrastructure
Migration
Modernization
Microsoft Azure
SAP
AKS
Azure SQL
PostgreSQL
App Service
AVS
Defender for Cloud
Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
Linux
Windows
AI Infrastructure
Migration
Modernization
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Fabric
Azure Databricks
Cosmos DB
Purview
AI
Data Modernization
Proof of Concept
MVP
Infrastructure
Software Development
Network Operations
Systems Administration
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Fabric
Azure Databricks
Cosmos DB
Purview
Python
R
SQL
Data Analytics
AI
Proof of Concept
MVP
Infrastructure
Network Operations
Systems Administration