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Microsoft · 1 day ago

Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Platform (Migration & Modernization)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$106K/yr - $204K/yr

4+ years exp

Microsoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering customers through innovative solutions. The Cloud Solution Architect for Azure Platform will support customers in modernizing their data estate, driving data governance, and enabling scalable machine learning capabilities across Azure data services.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Act as the technical service leader and SME on the entire lifecycle of Success Program services focused on Microsoft Azure cloud migrations and modernizations. This includes aligning service architecture and design with business priorities and requirements, orchestrating build and deployment, managing updates, and supporting change adoption

Demonstrate thought leadership and subject matter expertise across service components, developing IP, influencing design and delivery quality, and enabling others through strategic guidance

Lead technical engagements across design, build, and operations, removing blockers and accelerating adoption of Azure Landing Zones, Infrastructure as Code (ARM/Bicep/Terraform), Microsoft Entra ID, networking & identity, governance automation, and CI/CD for cloud deployments

Drive positive Customer Satisfaction and become a trusted advisor, providing feedback & insights from customers/partners as you develop and expand impactful relationships with customer and partner architects, C-level Technical Decision Makers (TDMs), and business stakeholders

Provide direction to TDMs and build the bridge between TDMs and Business Decision Makers (BDMs)

Develop opportunities to drive Customer Success business results and help Customers get value from their Microsoft investments

Support team technical skilling on Microsoft Azure deployment platforms based on area demands & Customer Success goals, share expertise in relevant communities, contribute to IP creation & reuse, and connect gaps and patterns across business and technology areas

Partner with other CSAs, CSAMs, and Product Groups to drive unified delivery and technical excellence

Qualification

Cloud technologiesAzure Landing ZonesInfrastructure as CodeTechnical Certification in CloudDevOps certificationsMulti-cloud deploymentCustomer-facing experienceTechnical project experienceSoft skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience

Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience

4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)

4+ years experience working on technical projects

Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)

Demonstrated technical expertise in at least one of the following Microsoft cloud deployment platforms: Azure Landing Zones, Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform), Networking & Identity foundations, Governance automation (Policy, Blueprints), CI/CD deployment engineering (GitHub, Azure DevOps)

DevOps and architecture certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400); Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Kubernetes and IaC certifications (e.g., Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA); HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate)

Multi-cloud deployment experience and certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional; Google Professional Cloud Architect)