Senior Cloud Solution Architecture

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $106,400–$203,600 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Apr 4, 2027
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Senior Cloud Solution Architecture

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The Sr. Cloud Solution Architecture-CTJ-Top Secret joins the team to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions aligned with customer business goals. This role involves leading architectural design sessions using CAF and WAF frameworks while owning end-to-end technical delivery results. You will drive migration and modernization initiatives for infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads, ensuring environments are optimized for health, security, and performance. Key responsibilities include identifying technical blockers, generating incremental pipeline, and contributing to centralized IP development. You must demonstrate expertise in Infrastructure as Code and automation using Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and CI/CD pipelines. Technical proficiency in Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, AVS, SAP, Windows, Linux, and Defender for Cloud is required to support federal government agency customers.

Skills

Azure SQL PostgreSQL AKS App Service AVS SAP Windows Linux Defender for Cloud Bicep ARM templates Terraform PowerShell Azure CLI CI/CD Infrastructure as Code CAF WAF AI workloads

What you'll do

Lead architectural design sessions to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions aligned with customer goals.
Own end-to-end technical delivery results, ensuring accuracy of consumption and customer success plans.
Drive migration and modernization initiatives for infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads.
Optimize customer environments for health, resiliency, security, and performance to enable production-scale AI use cases.
Develop and deliver repeatable IP to accelerate deployment and achieve targeted outcomes.
Identify and resolve technical blockers to accelerate go-live and ensure delivery excellence.
Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools like Terraform and Bicep to manage secure, scalable infrastructure.
Automate infrastructure operations, including configuration, policy governance, monitoring, and remediation.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field or equivalent experience.
4+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting, systems administration, network operations, software development, or architecture.
Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be willing and able to acquire an SCI clearance.
Demonstrated expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation using Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong experience automating infrastructure operations, lifecycle management, configuration, policy, governance, monitoring, deployment, and remediation.
Maintain technical intensity through continuous skilling and certifications in workloads such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, AVS, SAP, Windows, Linux, and Defender for Cloud.

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