Are you excited about Microsoft Azure? Join our team as a Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure! We work with customers to help them achieve their business priorities and guide them in their Cloud & AI transformation journey. We also support customers in evaluating their applications and business requirements, recommend solutions that meet their requirements, and demonstrate these solutions to win technical decisions.
We’re looking for a passionate and collaborative Cloud Solution Architect to help customers migrate, modernize and secure their infrastructure, applications, and data on Microsoft Azure, laying the foundation for scalable, production-ready AI solutions. As part of the Cloud & AI Infrastructure team, you’ll deliver engagements focused on migration, modernization, operational excellence and resilient architecture using frameworks like Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF). You’ll work closely with customer IT leaders to design and implement scalable solutions, resolve blockers, and accelerate adoption of Azure services through repeatable IP and delivery excellence. With deep expertise across Azure infrastructure, applications, databases, SAP, and hybrid environments, you’ll play a key role in helping customers unlock the full value of their Microsoft Azure investments.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
Create business value by translating customer challenges into actionable solutions aligned to high ROI customer outcomes. Ensure a seamless, connected experience that fosters satisfaction, loyalty, and long-term value.
Lead architectural design sessions and deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions aligned to customer business goals using frameworks like CAF and WAF.
Partner with technical and sales teams to identify opportunities and develop tailored solutions to drive expansion and business value realization.
Drive migration and modernization initiatives, including committed proof of concept and production milestones, across infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads.
Ensure customer environments are optimized for health, resiliency, security, and performance—enabling production-scale AI use cases.
Deliver repeatable IP and contribute to centralized IP development to accelerate deployment and achieve targeted outcomes.
Identify and resolve technical blockers to accelerate go-live and ensure delivery excellence.
Generate incremental pipeline from each engagement by driving next best actions and aligning with business priorities.
Maintain technical intensity through continuous skilling and certifications in priority workloads such as App ServicePaaS Services, Networking, Windows, Linux, Modern Databases, Defender for Cloud and SAP (Native + RISE)
Engage in technical communities, share best practices, and contribute to knowledge reuse to accelerate customer transformation and success.
Embody our Microsoft culture and values.
Qualifications
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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