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Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Data Platform

Microsoft· Cloud Solution Architecture
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Hybrid (United States)$86.1k - $169.8kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Cloud Solution Architect focused on data platforms and analytics to support customers in building secure, scalable, and AI-ready solutions on Microsoft Azure. Leads architectural design, proof-of-concept initiatives, and production deployments for mission-critical workloads, emphasizing performance, resiliency, and security across AI-enabled solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record with minimal guidance from more experienced peers.
  • Collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams to achieve objectives and increase customer satisfaction.
  • Identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers to accelerate solution deployment and value realization.
  • Identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion at scale based on business value and Microsoft value proposition.
  • Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies, including value-based deliverables, training, and technical validation.
  • Guides customers/partners toward well-architected, secure, AI-enabled, cost- and performance-optimized solutions.
  • Contributes to feedback loops with Unified Delivery Team on content like VBDs.
  • Learns customer goals and helps define success conditions, addressing dissatisfaction and improving value realization.
  • Translates customer problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft strategy and ROI goals, and supports adoption of cross-solution area solutions.
  • Acts as voice of the customer, sharing insights with Engineering and Product teams and potentially influencing roadmaps.
  • Builds relationships with Technical Decision Makers (TDMs) and bridges to Business Decision Makers (BDMs).
  • Supports customer interactions with stakeholders on security, compliance, operational, and risk requirements.
  • Identifies patterns across customers/territories/industries to develop strategic insights and inform product/solution improvements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 2+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Cloud architectureAzureData platformCommunication
Nice to have:Customer engagement
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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