Microsoft · 14 hours ago
Azure Cloud Solution Architect, Digital Natives
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$104K/yr - $200K/yr
4+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Lead in-depth technical architecture discussions with key client stakeholders, including senior executives, architects, IT management, and developers to drive customer value.
Lead architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment application and increase customer business value. Drive efforts to ensure that the customer's environment and applications are well-architected.
Drive positive Customer Satisfaction
Provide feedback & insights from customers/partners.
Develop opportunities to drive Customer Success business results & help Customers get value from their Microsoft investments.
Identify resolutions to Customer blockers by leveraging Solution Architect subject matter expertise. Deliver according to MS best practices & using repeatable IP.
Commit to continuous learning by aligning individual skills to team and area demands, as well as Customer Success goals.
Share expertise, contribute to IP creation & re-use to accelerate customer outcomes.
Leverage repeatable value-based deliverables to drive customer outcomes.
Receive and synthesize data about customer/partner business and technical requirements, address them with technical architecture(s), demonstrate and prove those solutions capability and business value through design collaboration sessions with the customer/partner.
Understand the competitor's architecture solutions and identify Microsoft's strengths over competitive solutions to drive conversations with customers/partners and convince them of solution.
Embody our Culture and Values.
Qualification
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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.
4+ years of experience managing cloud infrastructure solutions in ANY combination of the following areas: Cloud Infrastructure: Linux environments, security, storage, networking, and management tools in a cloud setting; Automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with automation, monitoring, IAC tools (e.g., Terraform, Azure Resource Manager templates, or similar); Cloud Operations: Experience in managing containers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), open-source software stacks, high-performance computing (HPC), or related cloud solutions.
4+ years of experience working with startups or high-growth digital native companies, including but not limited to the following: managing relationships in startup environments and the rapid pace and unique demands of these customers; dealing with the challenges of scalability, rapid deployment, cost optimization, and evolving needs of high-growth settings.
4+ years of experience in one or more of the following Azure technologies: Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, Azure Arc, Azure Active Directory (AAD), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Generative AI tools and services, or related Azure tools and technologies.
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, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
SaaS or ISV experience is highly desirable.
4+ years of technical sales and project management experience.
Preferred certifications include Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.
Solid foundation in Well Architected Framework/Cloud Adoption Framework (WAF/CAF) and experience managing various cloud infrastructure solutions (Linux, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, containers, Windows, HPC, automation, monitoring, and Infrastructure-as-code (IaC)).
Comprehensive understanding of common architecture patterns related to scaling workloads and managing data, with experience in AI/ML related workloads and MLOps being a plus.
Effective interpersonal skills, including situational awareness and the ability to ask insightful questions to understand customer needs, issues, and business drivers.
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Clare Barclay
Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft UK
Helene Barnekow
CEO Microsoft Sweden
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