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Sr. Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure

Microsoft· Cloud Solution Architecture
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Washington, DC$106.4k - $203.6kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior cloud solution architect focused on cloud and AI infrastructure, acting as voice of the customer, guiding delivery, enabling cloud adoption, and driving scalable, secure infrastructure solutions with Microsoft technologies. Requires ability to obtain/maintain SCI clearance; on-site in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

  • Build trusted relationships with key customer IT decision makers to drive long-term cloud adoption and serve as the Voice of the Customer—sharing insights and removing blockers through collaboration with Microsoft engineering teams.
  • Lead architectural design sessions and deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions aligned to customer business goals using frameworks like CAF and WAF.
  • Own the end-to-end technical delivery results, ensuring completeness and accuracy of consumption and customer success plans in collaboration with the CSAM.
  • 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 across key Factory engagements.
  • Generate incremental pipeline from each engagement by driving next best actions and aligning with Unified Enterprise Support (ES) priorities.
  • Maintain technical intensity through continuous skilling and certifications in priority workloads such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, AVS, SAP (Native + RISE), Windows, Linux and Defender for Cloud.
  • Engage in technical communities, share best practices, and contribute to knowledge reuse to accelerate customer transformation and success.

Qualifications

  • 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, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience

Skills

Required:Cloud architectureCustomer relationship managementMigration and modernizationSecurity and compliance
Nice to have:Infrastructure as Code

Benefits

  • Benefits information not specified in the provided text.
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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